K. M. Madhusudhanan (b.1956, Alappuzha, Kerala) studied painting at Fine Arts College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, and print making at the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda, Gujarat.
His selected solo and group exhibitions include: ‘Part Narratives’ - Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai (2017); Pond Near the Field: Five Artists from Kerala, collateral event by Kiran Nadar Museum of Art with Kochi Muziris Biennale at Madhavan Nayar Foundation (2016); ‘The Penal Colony, and The Marx Archive: The Logic of Disappearance’ - 56th Venice Biennale (2015); ‘The Marx Archive: The Logic of Disappearance’ - Kochi Muziris Biennale (2014-15); ‘Babel’ - The Guild Art Gallery, Alibaug (2017); ‘Penal Colony’ - Vadehra Art Gallery, Delhi (2016); ‘Meanwhile, What About Socialism?’ - AV Festival, New Castle, UK (2016); ‘Horses in the Air’ - Vadehra Art Gallery (2017); Art Basel, Hong Kong, Vadehra Art Gallery (2017); ‘Fighting Against Electric Bulbs’ - India Art Fair, New Delhi (2016); ‘Aesthetic Bind, Citizen Artist: forms of address' - Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai (2013); VAF @ The Guild (2011); New Indian Film and Animation - ICA, LASALLE Singapore, in collaboration with The Guild, Mumbai (2011); Shrine Empire Gallery, New Delhi (2009); ‘Video Wednesday’ - Gallery Escape, New Delhi (2009); ‘Relative Visa’ - Bodhi Art Gallery, Mumbai (2009); Fajr International Film Festival, Iran (2009); NJISACF, New Jersy, USA (2009); High Museum of Art, Atlanta, USA (2009); ‘Everything’ - Willem Baars Project, Amsterdam (2008); Osian's Cinefan Asian & Arab Film, India (2008); Thrissur International Film Festival, India (2008); Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil (2008); South Asian International Film Festival, New York (2008); South Asian International Film Festival, San Francisco (2008); International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg, Germany (2008); River to River Film Festival, Florence (2008); ‘Prospects Contemporary Art from India’ - Rome Film Festival, Rome (2007); Berwick upon Tweed Film & Media Arts Festival, UK (2007); Outstanding Short Films from International Festival, Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) New York (2007); Uppsala International Short Film Festival (2002); International Short Film Festival in Drama, Greece (2002); Opening Film: Busan Asian Short Film Festival, Korea (2002); Tampere International Film Festival, Finland (2002); Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival (2002); International Short Film Festival, Granada, Spain (2002); Chilean International Short Film Festival, Chile (2001); Outstanding Short Films from International Festivals Museum of Modem Art (MoMa) New York (2001).
K. M. Madhusudhanan has received numerous awards and honours for his films and artistic practice. In 2008, for ‘Bioscope’, he won a Special Jury Award at the National Film Awards in India, as well as a Special Jury Award for Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Best Background Score at the Kerala State Film Awards. The same film also earned him a Special Mention Jury Award at the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival in Germany, Best Cinematography at SAIFF in New York, and the NETPAC Jury Award for Best Asian Film at the OSIAN Cinefan International Film Festival. In 2006, his film ‘History is a Silent Film’ was recognised as an Outstanding Film from International Festivals at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. In 2001, his work Self Portrait won Best Film at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival in Greece and was again selected as an Outstanding Film from International Festivals at MoMA, New York. He has also been the recipient of two grants from the India Foundation for the Arts: in 2009 to make a film on ‘Shambarik Kharolika – Magic Lantern’, and in 2006 to make a film on ‘Venkiteswara Natya Mandali’ in Andhra Pradesh.