Dr. Sivananda Nyayapathi, ARCALM, OPA
Dr. Sivananda was very fortunate to have been born in an artistic family. His father, Mr. N. S. V. Rao, was a painter, writer, dramatist and a singer. He was inspired by watching his father paint that led him also to art. Sivananda started painting in oils as graduate student in the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, where he had obtained a doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering. He has studied with some of the top artists like David Leffel, Burton Silverman, Daniel Greene, Dawn Whitelaw, Michael Shane Neal, and Scott Christensen.
Honors
- Signature member of Oil Painters of America (OPA)
- Art Renewal Center Associate Living Master (ARCALM)
- Signature member of National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society (NOAPS)
- Juried member of Portrait Society of Atlanta
- Juror for the 2020 national exhibition of the OPA
- Juror for the 2020 national small works exhibition of NOAPS
- Awards juror for the 2022 national small works exhibition of NOAPS
Partial List of Awards
- Best in show Award in the BAG Annual Exhibition held at/by Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, GA, USA, 2021
- Seventh place award in the still life category, Members only Competition of the Portrait Society of America, 2021
- Grand prize in the CFUMC annual Festival of Arts juried exhibition, Cumming, GA, USA, 2018
- Third prize in the BAG Annual Exhibition held at/by Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, GA, USA, 2018
- First place awards, Juried Exhibition of Portrait Society of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 2013 Summer, 2013 Winter, 2014, 2017
- Fourth place award in the Still life category, Members only Competition of the Portrait Society of America, 2014
- First Place award in Still Life Category, GA National Fair Juried Competition, Perry, GA, USA, 2016
- Cheryl Williams Merit Award for portraiture, GA National Fair, Perry, GA, USA, 2016
- Lee Woodall Merit Award for portraiture, GA National Fair, Perry, GA, USA, 2016
- P. Venugopala Rao 'Maitri' Award for Excellence in Art and Literature, Atlanta, USA, 2013.
- Distinguished Award in Arts – American Telugu Association, USA, 2012
- Bapu Vamsi Award of Excellence in Art, India, 2016.
Partial List of Exhibitions
- Solo exhibition titled “East and West – An Artist’s View” in the Arts Clayton Gallery, Atlanta, GA, USA – 2019
- Solo exhibition titled “Of Beauty & Nature, Simple Pleasures of Life” in the Ventulett Gallery, Atlanta, GA, USA – 2016
- Oil Painters of America Juried Exhibitions: National, Eastern Regional, and Salon Shows – 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 to 2021
- Art Renewal Center Annual Juried Salon Shows – 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021
- Portrait Society of America, International Portrait Competition, Select 50 – 2019
- Portrait Society of America, Members only Competition – 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021
- Richeson75 Juried exhibitions: “Figure & Portraiture”, “Landscape, Seascape & Architecture”, “Still Life”, “Small works” categories – 2012, 2014, to 2021
- National Oil & Acrylic Painters’ Society (NOAPS) Best of America Juried Exhibition – 2015, 2017 to 2019, 2021
- Booth Artists Guild, Annual Juried Exhibition – 2018 to 2022
- Portrait Society of Atlanta Juried Exhibitions – 2004, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2022
- Atlanta Fine Arts League Juried and Members Exhibitions – 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017
* This statement has been provided directly by the artist in association to their 16th International ARC Salon entries. This content has not been edited for typos or grammatical errors and has not been vetted for accuracy.