Dayananda Nagaraju
B.
1988
Mysore
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Harvesting the unsolvable
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Dayananda Nagaraju grew up in a farming family in Karnataka, where early exposure to agricultural life shaped a lasting sensitivity to land, labour, and rural belief systems. Witnessing farming traditions gradually transform under modern pressures continues to inform his artistic language.
His work is anchored in large, intricate drawings that mirror the dense, interwoven logic of nature. Drawing from tree knots, rice grains, paddy fields, everyday farm tools, and agrarian cosmologies, his compositions unfold as layered visual systems—at once observational and symbolic. Alongside drawing, he reworks traditional agricultural objects that have become functionally obsolete yet remain culturally resonant, extending their narratives into murals and public artworks across institutional and private spaces.
Dayananda holds a post-diploma in Painting from Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bengaluru, and a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Art from Sri Kalanikethana School of Art, Mysore.
artworks
GMO 5
2021
Pen on Paper
25.59 x 19.69 in
Entwining 2
2015
Silk Sarees
18 in (diameter)
Suggi 2 (Reap lost crop)
2019
Pen on Paper
24 x 48 in
Hybrid 1
2020
Pen on Paper
60 x 60 in
Antargata 5 (Container)
2025
Watercolor on Handmade Paper
37 x 54 in
Repurposed Lines 2
2025
Watercolor on Paper
29.53 x 21.26 in
The Bullman
2024
Wood Inlay
11.5 x 14.5 in
Untitled Progressive 2
2026
Cotton thread Crocheted on sickles
Suggi 1
2015
Watercolour on handmade paper
12 × 12 in (Set of 4)
Antargata 6 (Container)
2025
Watercolor on Handmade Paper
37 x 54 in
Always grass is greener on the other side
2018
Watercolour on handmade paper
24 × 15 in
GMO 3
2021
Pen on Paper
25.59 x 19.69 in
Hybrid 2
2020
Pen on Paper
48.03 x 48.03 in
Kaggantu (unsolvable)
2021
Pen on Paper
48 x 48 in
Kaggantu 22 (Unsolvable)
2025
Archival Pen on Paper
29.53 x 39.37 in
Leftover
2019
Soft stone & concrete
30 × 19 × 9 in
Bullman
2014
Watercolour on paper
30 × 18 in
Repurposed Lines 1
2025
Pen and Watercolor on Paper
8.27 x 5.91 in
GMO 4
2021
Pen on Paper
25.59 x 19.69 in
Antargata 2 (Container)
2022
Watercolour on Paper
30 x 40 in
The Bullman
2014
Pen and Ink on Paper
15 x 34 in
BattadaNadi (Everlasting River)
2014
Watercolour on Handmade Paper
24 x 96 in
GMO 2
2021
Pen on Paper
25.59 x 19.69 in
GMO 1
2021
Pen on Paper
25.59 x 19.69 in
Entwining 1
2015
Silk Sarees
40 in (diameter)
Feeders
2025
Iron & Nut Bolt
4×42.5 inch x 3cm
Besuge 3
2015
Watercolour on handmade paper
42 in (diameter)
Kaggantu 21 (Unsolvable)
2025
Archival Pen on Paper
21.65 x 29.53 in
Antargata 3 (Container)
2023
Watercolour on Paper
30 x 40 in
Kaggantu (unsolvable) - Triptych
2025
Pen on Paper
21 x 7 in






























