Born in Kerala in 1940 and trained at the College of Arts and Crafts in Madras, Viswanadhan Velu was one of the founder members of the Cholamandal Artists' Village there. Viswanadhan looks at his work as an individual journey and an exploration. Though his early work is figurative, the artist evolved his vocabulary over time through experiments with abstract and geometric forms. In the late 1960s, Viswanadhan, inspired by the geometrical ritualistic-magical diagrams of his native Kerala, began to explore the visual language inherent in them. This theme returns in his work time and again, with gradual evolution of form and colour.

He works mostly on paper, canvas and metal plate. ...