About G. Ravinder Reddy

Born in 1956 in Andhra Pradesh, Reddy studied at M.S. Univeristy as well as from Goldsmith's College, University of London and the Royal College of Art. Ravinder G. Reddy is a sculptor who works primarily with a type of gilded fiberglass in his renditions of heads.

Ravinder Reddy, one of the India's most celebrated contemporary artists, fuses the Hindu sculptural tradition with a contemporary pop sensibility. He mixes a reverence for traditional Indian sculptural forms with an appreciation of Andy Warhol's portraits. In addition to creating a dialogue between traditional Hindu art and contemporary pop, Reddy also reflects the way young Indian woman are recreating the feminine image to merge a reverence for tradition with an embrace of the contemporary world. He currently lives and works in Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.