Abul Hisham's works manipulate characters he has seen and experienced in his social environment. Upon them he layers various inflections of positive and negative humanity its inevitability and horror. Collaging symbols of power through words, attire and expression, he takes these figures beyond realism, placing them on pedestals of hyperreal farce, stripping them of both their positions of power and humanity.
Born 1987 in Thrissur, Kerala
MFA (Painting), S.N. School of Arts, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
BFA (Painting) Government College of Fine Arts , Thrissur, Kerala
Lives and works in Thrissur, Kerala
Solo Exhibitions
2019 'In the Land of Downside Up', curated by Nancy Adajania, Birla Art Academy, Kolkata
2018 'Nine Painters from Kerala', Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai
2018 India Art Fair, New Delhi, presented by Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke
2017 'DWELLING, 10th Anniversary Show (Part II)', Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai
2017 'Drawing Experience', curated by Avani Rao at Icon Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2017 'Landforms' group show, curated by Kathleen Wyma at Gallery OED, Kochi
2015 'Reviving the retinal' group show, curated by Kathleen Wyma, Gallery OED, Kochi
2013 'Art For Young Collectors II', Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai
2013 'Hanging Terraces', Gallery Veda, Chennai
2012 'Prepellers', Gallery Art & Soul, Chennai. Curated by Dr.Kavitha Balakrishnan
2012 'New Trends from South', Art Chennai Presented by Apparao Art Gallery, Chennai
2012 'Art For Young Collectors', Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai
2011 'Voices from Kerala', Apparao Art Gallery, New Delhi
2010 '36 Degree C Group', Government College of Fine Arts, Thrissur
2010 'SESTET', Chithra Kala Parishath Art Gallery, Bangalore
2009 Kerala Lalit Kala Academy State Exhibition, Durbar Hall Arts Centre, Kochi
2009 London Art Fair, Presented by Kings Road Art Gallery, London
2008 'Deep Sleep', Government College of Fine Arts, Thrissur
2008 'What's wrong with that?' Durbar Hall Arts Centre, Kochi
2007 'Back Space', Dravidia Art Gallery, Kochi
Awards