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Self-taught, V.Balu's artistic career began with cartoons and illustrations
for his own stories and articles. He also did oils in the impressionistic style
but soon moved over to paper collages, a medium he has been using for over four
decades. A former senior Government executive and an expert in creative
communications, V. Balu is also a science writer with more than 2000 articles to
his credit. He has edited technical magazines and is the author of books on
humour, spirituality and stories for children.
Balu's collages have been used on first day covers by the Indian Posts and
Telegraph Department; on the covers of magazines such as the Reader's
Digest and in all 30 language editions of the UNESCO Courier ; on shopping bags in Denmark; on greeting cards by UNICEF and
other organizations; for videographic communication of poetry; for raising funds
by several organizations and for award-winning wall and desk calendars on the themes of tolerence, non-violence, peace and unity of mankind. His works are in public and private collections around the world.
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 Quest for Peace-Paper collage by V.Balu. ©V.Balu,Bangalore,India
Among the awards V.Balu has won is the key of the city presented by the Mayor
of Ojai, California; the Medallion of the City by the Mayor of Dilbeek, Belgium;
Bronze momento given by the President of the Executive Council of the UNESCO;
Silver medal by the Johannesstift Organization of Berlin; the Karnataka State
Government's Rajyotsava award; The National Ugadi Puraskar award of the
Madras Telugu Academy and the Senior Fellowship(as an outstanding artist in visual arts) from the GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. The ITC brought out a special coffee table production
titled SHRISTI- COLLAGES THE FINE ART OF V. BALU, with 79 colour
reproductions of his work in acknowledgement of his contributions that have helped establish collage as a serious art form which has served to inspire young collage artists. |
