Saju Kunhan (b. 1983) began his artistic training in his home state of Kerala, at the Government College of Fine Art, Thrissur. After receiving his Bachelor’s in Fine Arts, he went on to pursue his Master’s in Fine Arts in painting from the Sir J.J School of Art, Mumbai. In 2014, Kunhan received a Post-Graduate Diploma in Museology and Conservation from CSMVS Museum, Mumbai.
Kunhan had his second solo exhibition, Home Ground at TARQ, Mumbai in 2022 and his first solo exhibition, Stained Geographies at TARQ, Mumbai in 2017. He has been a part of exhibitions across the country. Some of his recent exhibitions of note are – In Our Veins Flow Ink and Fire, at the Kochi Muziris Biennale curated by Shubigi Rao, Kochi (2022); Lokame Tharavadu, curated by Bose Krishnamachari in Alappuzha, Kerala (2021); Traversing Histories, curated by Jitha Karthikeyan at Artimis Cars, Chennai (2019); India Art Fair, represented by TARQ, Mumbai (2019); Mapping Frontiers, curated by Lina Vincent Sunish as part of the Krishnakriti Festival, Hyderabad (2018); Mattancherry, curated by Riyas Komu at URU Art Harbour, Kochi (2017); Young Subcontinent, curated by Riyas Komu at the Serendipity Arts Festival, Goa (2016); Scape & Scope, anniversary group show of TAO Art Gallery at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai (2016); Liminal Affinities, the inaugural exhibition at Nine Fish Art Gallery, Mumbai (2015); The Deep Inside, two man show at Kalakriti Art Gallery, Hyderabad (2015); and Memento Mori, a group show at TARQ, Mumbai (2015).
He currently lives and works in Mumbai, India.