Om Soorya

Om Soorya is a painter from Kerala who works in Hyderabad. He paints surreal, largely empty landscapes in which he explores the tension between calm and urban anxiety. He studied history at Calicut University and painting at Thiruvananthapuram and the University of Hyderabad. He received the FICA Emerging Artist Award in 2007 and held a 2007 residency at Sanskriti Kendra in New Delhi. His work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions in India, Hong Kong, Italy, China and the United States.