Rajan Krishnan
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14 December 1968
Rajan Krishnan രാജൻ കൃഷ്ണൻ | |
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| Born | Rajan Krishnan 14 December 1968 |
| Died | 11 February 2016 (aged 47)[1] |
| Alma mater | NSS College, Ottapalam in 1989 & College of Fine Arts Trivandrum in 1990 |
| Occupations | Artist, Painter |
| Spouse | Renu Ramanath |
| Parent(s) | Krishnan & Narayani |
| Awards | Kerala Lalithakala Akademi in 2010 |
Rajan Krishnan was a modern Indian artist based in Kerala.[2][3]
Rajan, hailing from Pallikkal - a small village near Cheruthuruthy in the Thrissur district of Kerala - was born as the sixth of seven children of Mandalaparambil Krishnan and Narayani. He received his early education at the Government High School in Cheruthuruthy, and enrolled for BA Economics at NSS College, Ottapalam. However, his passion lay in the visual arts, and thus he dropped out of the Economics course in 1989 and joined the College of Fine Arts, Thiruvananthapuram in 1990. After completing his BFA from the same college in 1994, he went on to pursue an MFA at the M.S. University, Baroda.[4][5][6][7] In 1996, after completing MFA, Rajan returned to his home State, opting to work from there instead of migrating to large metros of India like many of his contemporaries were doing at that time.[8]