Raju Battula

Raju Battula was born in 1982 in West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh. He studied Master of Fine Arts in the Central University of Hyderabad where he received Bachelor of Fine Arts in SV College of Fine Arts (Affiliate to Osmania University). His works mainly focuses on the coexistence of western and Indian icon-graphic image showing with Indian miniatures and manuscript text in a single frame.

Raju’s works represent a profound relationship with the Indian mythological subjects inspired by Ramayana and Mahabharata. He mingles India mythological and contemporary elements to plait on involving narrative that is both of realistically Indian contemporary. He also tries to invoke modern twist to traditional style creating by the versatile colours. Some characters become the central figure who overcomes the work of art completely. The classical patterns and fresh colours at some sections of the work to make livelier the picture of surface