Surendran Nair was born in 1956 in Onkoor, Kerala. He did his B.F.A in painting from the College of Fine Arts, Kerala, in 1982, and completed his post-graduate study in Printmaking at M.S.U Baroda four years later. Nair has had several solo shows including Graphic Prints, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi (1986); India in Switzerland Center Genevois de Gravure Contemporain, Geneva (1987); Exhibition at the National Museum of Modern Art, New Delhi (1998). He also exhibited at the important group show Edge of Desire: Recent Art in India presented by the Asia Society and Queens Museum, New York, in 2005. Other group shows include; the 6th Biennale of Contemporary Art, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal in 1996; New Shoes for Mercury, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, 19Christie's, Mumbai...