ARTIST STATEMENT
A calm and meditative rhythm is what I try to convey in my paintings. It is the
meeting of three powerful cultures. The inspiration is the the everyday dance of
life - the joys, the tribulations, the richness and the mundane.
In my art I deal with deeper and simple but powerful forces that affect
us all. The resulting technique requires an emphasis on the basic shapes of
objects rather than the details. Thus a human body is simplified to perhaps
a triangle and a circle. The design of characters and the composition are
also kept simple.
Color represents life and vitality. The philosophy behind the paintings
is an optimistic one with an affirmation of life. This is reflected in the
rich and varied colors used. The surface is wrinkled paper on canvas. This
gives the paintings their rich texture.
EXHIBITIONS
- News From the Other Side, Tokyo, Japan, 2009
- Hexi University, ZhangYe, China, 2008 - Solo exhibition
- ZhangYe Art Association Exhibition, ZhangYe, China, 2008
- Fairmount Gallery, Dallas, Texas, US 2007
- Art on 5th Gallery, Austin, Texas, US 2007
- Hexi University, ZhangYe, China 2007
- Nama Group Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan 2007
- MeiHongHua Gallery, ZhangYe, Gansu, China 2006
- Winter Fair Art Exhibition, TianLeCun, Gansu, China 2006
- MeiHongHua Gallery, ZhangYe, Gansu, China 2005
- Landscapes in oils, Lanzhou, China 2005
- AiLi Gallery, Lanzhou, China 2005
- LaoSiMiao Gallery, Zibo, Shandong, China 2004
- ZiboYiZhong exhibition 2, Zibo, Shandong, China 2004
- ZiboYiZhong exhibition 1, Zibo, Shandong, China 2004
- Banyan Tree Apartments solo exhibition, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US 2003
- Palmbeach library, Juried exhibition, Palmbeach, Florida, US 2003
- Zhephyr exhibition - Juried, Palmbeach, Florida, US 2003
- Art of Life, Juried, Wellington, US 2003
- Zhephyr exhibition, Palmbeach, Florida, US 2002
- Sunnyvale public library, Sunnyvale, California, US 2002
- Baptist Church Art fair, Sunnyvale, California, US 2002
- Banyan Tree Apartments art exhibition, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US 2001
- Corradino Group, Corporate office, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US 2001
PUBLICATIONS
- 2006 Esophy magazine, Painting Harvest at Logani with statement
- 2005 Seven point foreign language school, final exam paper drawing requiring students interpretation
- 2004 ZiboYiZhong monthly magazine, Adventures of a Foreign Teacher - a cartoon series
- 2004 ZiboYiZhong monthly magazine, Adventures of a Foreign Teacher - a cartoon series
- 2003 Ft. Lauderdale Art League monthly newletter, Creativity and the artist
BIO
Sridhar Ramasami was born in India, studied and worked
in the US and now lives in China. 
By education, he is an engineer but is now a self-taught artist.
After working in the corporate world for many years as a high-paid
programmer he found that the materialism and the sterility of
modern life was eating away at his soul. One day he woke up,
looked at his apartment full of stuff and realized that it was not
him. He was doing it to fit in.
The emptiness he felt led him to complete a 10 month, 5000 mile hike of the Eastern Continental Trail. It was a turning point in his life. After the hike he decided to expand his horizons and live and paint professionally in China - a country and culture he had always been fascinated with.
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