Rajasekharan Parameswaran (born 1964), also known as Marthandam Rajasekharan, is an Indian art director and self-taught painter from Tamil Nadu. He holds two Guinness World Records.
Personal life Born in 1964, Parameswaran lives in Kaliyakkavilai, 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 Adoor Gopalakrishnan's 2002 film, Nizhalkuthu. 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 Oru Pennum Randaanum (2008), Magizhchi (2010), and Pinneyum (2016).
In 2008, Parameswaran received a Guinness World Record for creating the largest easel painting, a portrait of former Chief Minister of Kerala E. M. S. Namboodiripad, which measures 25' x 50' and is displayed on a 56.5' x 31' easel on National Highway 47, near Neyyattinkara, in Kerala. In 2010, the painting was also included in the Limca Book of Records.
He received a second Guinness World Record in 2017 for "The Largest Devil's Knot (Edaakoodam)", a type of Burr puzzle, 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 Mahatma Gandhi. That same year, his painting of Fidel Castro won an online art contest organized by ArtSlant International.
His work was exhibited at Elegance Club in Kuala Lumpur, 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 Lalit Kala Akademi in Chennai, with the proceeds donated to a relief fund for victims of Cyclone Thane (2011).
Parameswaran's portraits include depictions of Mother Teresa, Abdul Kalam, Richard Branson, and Najib Razak.
Filmography
Year Film Notes 2002 Nizhalkuthu assistant director 2005 Maestro's Memoirs documentary based on the life of Ramankutty Nair 2006 Mohiniyattam documentary based on Mohiniyattam 2007 Naalu Pennungal debut as art director 2008 Oru Pennum Randaanum art director 2010 Magizhchi art director2013 Kanyaka Talkies art director2016 Pinneyum art director2016 Ayaal Sassi art director2018 Sukhantyam art director2021 Vazhakku art director
Selected exhibitions 2009 – Alshine Art Forum, group show, New Delhi 2010 – International Contemporary art Festival, Daegu, Republic of Korea Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai, 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 Abdul Kalam 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 Lokanath Behera 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 Horses , 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, Dallas, Texas. 14 April
Gallery
References
External links
Online galleries on RtistiQ