Art Education and Training:
ArtCam Pro Software Training Completed in 2006.
Short Term Course in Glass Kiln Casting and FusingGlass Furnace Foundation,
Istanbul, Turkey. Completed in 2006.
Bachelor of Fine ArtsAndhra University, Visakhapatnam. Completed in 2000.
Carving and Quarrying Skills and Traditional Sculpture
from his father: Late D. Balaveer Achari (1926-1986)
Awards, Fellowships, Grants, Recognition:
1998 National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi (National Academy of Art), New Delhi
2000-2001 Junior Fellowship, Department of Culture, Government of India, New Delhi
2004 The Jury of ARTIADE 2004 (Olympics for Visual Arts) Athens/Berlin has chosen the work ‘He’ for the ARTiade show in Athens, Greece.
2006 Grant Award by India Foundation for the Arts, Bangalore, India
Solo Presentations:
2006 ‘Uncensored’ Kalakriti Art gallery, Hyderabad
2006 'Poetry in Stone' at Lalit Kala Akademi (National academy of Art) , New Delhi
1998 Abburi Kala Kendram, Visakhapatnam
1998 Contemporary Art Gallery, Ahmedabad
Important Group Presentations:
2007 Harmony Art show, Mumbai
2007 Maping the south’ in Dubai-UAE, organized by Vinnyasa premier art gallery.
2006 ‘Sands of Colours’ Art N Soul Art Gallery, New Delhi
2006 Kalakriti Art Gallery-Hyderabad
2006 Diara Art Gallery- Hyderabad
2005 'Mapping the South' A Travel Exhibition organized By Vinyasa Art Gallery Chennai.
2005 State Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2004 'ARTiade'| Olympics of Visual Arts |, Athens, Greece
2003Kailasagiri Art Gallery, Visakhapatnam
2002 ArtDais, Hyderabad
2002 All India Art Show, Vinyasa Art Gallery, Chennai.
2001 Vinyasa Art Gallery, Chennai
2001 Diara Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2001 5th AAW show, Birla Academy of Art, Mumbai
2001 Jahangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.
2001 Lakshana Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2000 Crimson Gallery. Mumbai.
2000 Visakhapatnam Museum & Abburi Kala Kendram, Visakhapatnam.
1999 ARTODAY, New Delhi
1999 Best of the Year 1998, Regional Center, Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai.
1999 Chithra Kala Parishad Galleries, Bangalore.
1998 41st National Art Exhibition Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1997 All India Mini Sculpture Exhibition, Karnataka Shilpa Kala Academy, Bangalore
1997 All India Art Contest, SCZCC, Nagpur
Invitation Symposiums:
2008 International ArtCamp in SiemReap-AngkorVat-Combodia and Bangkok-Thailand
2007 Interational sculpture symposium, Mumbai organized by Harmony art Foundation
2006Full circle ‘a Waste to Energy’ scrap metal work, Hyderabad
2006 Krishnakriti Annual Festival of Art & Culture, organized by Kalakriti Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2003 & 2002International sculpture symposium, Bhopal. India sponsored by M.P. Housing Board, conducted by Mr. Robin- David
2002Sculpture Symposium "SHILPAM 2002", Hyderabad: Sponsored by P.L.Raju Constructions, Hyderabad,
2001National Sculptors Camp organized by Lalit Kala Akademi, L.V.Prasad eye institute, Hyderabad
2000International Sculpture Symposium, Stone 2000, Baroda, Organised by Jyoti Ltd conducted by Shri Nagji Patel
1998-1999All India Sculptors Camp, Organized by Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, Visakhapatnam
Selected Bibliography:
Deccan Chronicle:'Sculptor Creates magic with Stone’ By Miss NamrataRao
India Today:'His Excellency’By Amarnath K Menon
The Hindu:'Creativity in stone'By B.Padma Reddy
Indian Express:'Sculpting with Style’By Sharmila Sagara, Ahmedabad
Deccan Chronicle:'A Rhapsody on Stone’By V S Krishna, Visakhapatnam
The Hindu:'Mellow creations'By Pratima Sagar
Indian Express:'Demystifying the Gods'By Avani Rao Gandra
Asian Age:'Thoughts and Tortoises Occupy AP Sculptor's Mind'By S. Dutta
Works in Collection:
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.
A.P. Tourism Development Corporation, Hyderabad
Times of India, Mumbai
Reddy Labs- Hyderabad.
Jyoti Ltd.,Baroda
P L Raju Constructions Ltd
Yashoda Hospitals
Lahari Green Park, Hyderabad
Kanoria Center for Arts
Solux Marketing Ltd., Bangalore
Visakha Municipal Corporation
More works in private collection in India and abroad.