Rajasekharan Parameswaran (born 1964), also known as Marthandam Rajasekharan, is an Indian

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and self-taught painter from

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. He holds two

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Personal life

Born in 1964, Parameswaran lives in

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, Tamil Nadu, India. He is married with two daughters.

Career

Parameswaran's career has spanned various fields and included working as a statistics compiler, receptionist, medical representative, and teacher, before he transitioned into the arts. He is a self-taught artist, having learned pencil sketching and oil painting without formal training. He began his film career as an assistant director for

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's 2002 film, ''

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''. His first credit as art director was for the 2007 film '' Naalu Pennungal'', also directed by Gopalakrishnan. He has since worked as an art director for several films, including ''

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'' (2008), '' Magizhchi'' (2010), and ''

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'' (2016). In 2008, Parameswaran received a

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for creating the largest easel painting, a portrait of former

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, which measures 25' x 50' and is displayed on a 56.5' x 31' easel on National Highway 47, near

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, in Kerala. In 2010, the painting was also included in the ''

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''. He received a second Guinness World Record in 2017 for "The Largest Devil's Knot ( Edaakoodam)", a type of

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, unveiled on 27 December 2017 at the Ravis Hotels and Resorts, Kollam, Kerala. Each piece of the puzzle measures 24' x 2' x 2'. Parameswaran won the ''Bikhuram National Award'' in 2010 for his painting of

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. That same year, his painting of

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won an online art contest organized by ArtSlant International. His work was exhibited at Elegance Club in

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, Malaysia, in 2015. The exhibition included a portrait of Adhiletchumy Natrajan, titled ''Bliss'', which was previously featured at the Vienna International Exhibition (2013). His painting ''Bhayanakam'' was exhibited and sold at the

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in Chennai, with the proceeds donated to a relief fund for victims of Cyclone Thane (2011). Parameswaran's portraits include depictions of

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, and

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Filmography

Selected exhibitions

* 2009 – Alshine Art Forum, group show, New Delhi * 2010 – International Contemporary art Festival, Daegu, Republic of Korea *

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, organised by Ananda Vikatan * 2015 – ART NOW The Artists Fair London * 2015 – Memoirs Journey – at Elegance Club, Malaysia * 2016 – Oxford International Art Fair – representing ''Laksagi Art Gallery'', Malaysia * 2016 – Symposium of Oil Painting Exhibition – 2016, Batu Gajah, Malaysia. * 2017 – Oil Painting Demo of

at Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) Trivandrum, India. * 2018 – Oil painting Demo of Elamkulam Namboodiripad at "EMS-ntey Lokam" – national Seminar at Wandoor, Malappuram, Kerala. * 2019 – Oil painting Demo of

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drawing-life-to-a-painting – Band stand, Museum, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. * 2019 – Chithra Sancharam-2019, the national level painting exhibition at Kerala Lalithakala Akademi Art Gallery, Vyloppilli Samskrithi Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram. * 2019 – Chithra Sancharam-II, the national level painting exhibition-2019 at Kerala Lalithakala Akademi Art Gallery,Kozhicode. * 2019 – Solo Show-2019, 14 Oct to 30 Dec, Palaces of the Golden Horse

Jalan Kuda Emas, Mines Wellness City, 43300 Seri Kembangan, Malaysia * 2021 – OVIYAM Kerala Arts and Crafts Village, Kovalam, Trivandrum. 20 January * 2024 – Gefuhle-Solo oil painting exhibition,

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, Texas. 14 April

Gallery

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, father of

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, classical

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References

External links

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Online galleries on RtistiQ
{{DEFAULTSORT:Parameswaran, Rajasekharan 1964 births Living people Indian male painters 21st-century Indian painters People from Kanyakumari district Painters from Tamil Nadu Indian portrait painters Indian art directors 21st-century Indian male artists