Thota Vaikuntam studied painting and print-making in College of Fine Arts and Architecture, Hyderabad (1970) and continued his pursuit of art under the tutelage of the legendary KG Subramanyam in MS university, Barada(1972).

A simple man and an instinctive artist vaikuntam, finds his inspiration and his theme for paintings through the observations of the rhythms of everyday village life. Through his unique and stylistic depiction he has immortalised the true spirit of village flok.

Vaikuntam transforms his strong connection to his subjects, with a sense of strength, a power that emanates from the paint or charcoal that he applies to the surface, from his controlled lines, the fine strokes and use of primary colors.

Kalal Laxma Goud is an Indian painter, printmaker and draughtsman. He works in variety of mediums including etching, gouache, pastel, sculpture, and glass painting. He is best known for his early drawings that depict eroticism in a rural context, and also for the originality and quality of his etchings and aquatints.

Laxma Goud was born in Nizampur, Medak district, Hyderabad State to Venka Goud and Anthamma. He was one among five sons and two daughters in his family. His childhood was spent in a village environment, where he grew up keenly aware, through firsthand observation, of rural tradition and craft.

Laxma Goud began to interpret his childhood memories of rural and tribal vivacity through an urban grid in which surreal, libidinal tones mingled with fantasy and poetry. He created masterful small paintings of village life in a palette of monochrome grays. He also drew in pen and ink, and his drawings and etchings from this period are an interesting combination of village nostalgia, the surreal, and the erotic.

Kavita Deuskar is the recipient of several awards, including the A.P. Lalit Kala Academy Award, which she received in 1972. Her works are on display at a number of galleries in India, including the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, and the Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad.

Kavita Deuskar has explored various mediums such as egg tempera, colour pencils, dry pastels, etching, oil and water colour. She graduated in Painting and Sculpture from Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts College, Hyderabad and specialized in mural and fresco painting under K.G. Subramanyan from M.S. University Baroda. She has held solo shows in London, Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata and Hyderabad and participated in group shows in Germany, Hong Kong, New Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad. She has participated in art camps in India and abroad. She lives and works in Hyderabad.

Sanjay Ashtaputre 1978 awarded G.D. Art, from Govt. School of Art, Aurangabad.and J.J.School of art , Mumbai.M.S. Worked as freelance Illustrator n designer for many ad-agencies and started own ad-designing studio in Hyderabad. Illustrated more than 60 comic books for children.published from New Delhi ,till 1994 then became full time Painter/ sculptor/ musician Articles on my works and life journey are published in the newspapers like- Times of India, Maharashtra times, The Hindu,Loksatta, Deccan Chronicle, Indian Express, The Hans India, Metro India, Hindi Milap, Enadu, Varta. and etc

Sanjay Ashtaputre is a multifaceted artist: a versatile painter, a sitar player and a poet. Underlining his equal affinity for all three forms, he notes that they are “...an indispensable part and parcel of my being, as naturally and organically embedded as the process of breathing. They are seamless in their extents and it is difficult to separate one from another, they overlap and coincide profusely. Only the technical aspects differ but each has similar and equally strong philosophical strengths.”

Laxman Aelay is an Indian painter whose work is inspired by the poverty of people in his village, whom he often depicts against the backdrop of their homes. He has also produced monochromes and hyperrealistic art.

Aelay was born in Kadirenigudem in Nalgonda district. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and a Master of Fine Arts from the College of Fine Arts at JNAFAU

At an exhibition in 2006, he created artworks using images captured in Kadirenigudem, sketching on the prints or blending and smudging in Photoshop.

He created the Telangana Logo, which contains imagery of both the country and the state of Telangana.

Deepa Nath is a social worker and noted artist from Hyderabad whose journey into the world of Art began at the young age of 12. She had her first painting exhibition at the age of 17 as an amateur. Since then she has held several exhibitions in India and abroad!

She has learnt the nuances of Art from masters such as Shri Anant Bhide(Pune) Shri Ambadas Mahurkar and Shri Muralidhar and Laxma Gowd .Has done art foundation course from the Slade School of Art, London. She has also worked with several mediums such as Painting, Drawing, Sculpting & Etching. A constant learner with an open mind.

Her works are in the collection of Government, public and private places!

Fawad Tamkanat is a star on the canvas. An artist who’s a renowned name in India, and is among foremost painters to emerge out of Hyderabad. This master of colours has had more than 100 solo exhibitions abroad, and even more numerous group exhibitions in several cities in India and abroad. The instinct for art comes as an inheritance.

Fawad is the son of the celebrated Urdu poet Shaz Tamkanat and artistic leanings were there in his family. No wonder he is a gold medal winning artist. His daughter Afza is carrying forward his family’s artistic legacy.At heart of his subjects, Fawad paints are the city he grew up- Hyderabad.

The beautiful cityscapes of lesser-known parts of Hyderabad make his paintings distinctive. The rich visual vocabulary gives them an individualistic touch. He balances the traditional and contemporary elements in his art with panache. Experimenting with different mediums and textures and modern techniques in art and printmaking makes his work larger than life. What makes his paintings so alive is that each of them tells a story.

Sachin Jaltare’s mixed media works explore the tango of form and formlessness, energy and desire, and the mortal and divine. His recent paintings combine figurative and abstract elements fluidly to weave an engrossing narrative that is both authentically Indian and contemporary.

Fragments and silhouettes of hauntingly beautiful men and women, representing Shiva and Parvati, are portrayed locked in a sensuous duet of lowered lids, trailing fingers and passionate half-embraces. The sylph-like women and the medieval knight-like men with blazing red tikkas on their foreheads are pictured against moody, nocturnal land- scapes in charcoal, grey, black, scarlet and blue.

The expressionist, acrylic canvasses are further flecked with esoteric symbols drawn from the natural world and Hindu mythology.

Ramesh Gojrala, BFA from JNTU Hyderabad, specializes in intricate and detailed mythological portrayals of various Indian gods and goddesses. His style is unique where he mixes multiple figures in an integrated subject, all combined towards a big protagonist character which is mostly Krishna, Hanuman, Vishnu and Ganesha.

Ramesh Gorjala has received many awards like "Mahatma Gandhi Birth Centenary Memorial Award" for the year 2000 from Victoria Technical Institute (V.T.I.), Chennai. He has also been awarded the "State Award" from A.P. Crafts Council for the year 2002.

Ramesh Gorjala’s paintings remind us of the intertexuality of Indian myths, multiple stories within a tale, many images ensconced within one.

Ramesh Gorjala learnt the traditional Kalamkari art as a child from his uncle, Balaji Theertham, a national award winning Kalamkari artist.