Laxma Goud

Born in 1940 in Nizampur (Andhra Pradesh), K Laxma Goud is an Indian painter, printmaker, and draughtsman who works in a wide range of mediums such as etching, gouache, pastel, and sculpture. He completed his Diploma in Drawing and Painting from the Government College of Fine Arts and Architecture, Hyderabad, in 1963 and did his post-diploma in mural painting and printmaking at M. S. University, Baroda, from 1963 to 1965, where he worked under Professor K. G. Subramanyan. 
Laxma Goud has moved from one medium to another with ease over the past years of his artistic career. His sculptures in bronze and terracotta are celebrated among the artistic community in India. Raw and potent, Laxma Goud paintings and sculptures exude a rustic energy and charm. Goud was known for his portrayal of eroticism, which is clearly evident in his early works from the 1970s. Laxma Goud’s love for the erotic lies in his life in the village, where taboos and inhibitions about sexuality are not so predominant compared to the urban society.
He has served as the Head of the Department at the Sarojini Naidu School of Performing Arts, Fine Art and Communication, the University of Hyderabad for several years. He was appointed as a Graphic Designer at Doordarshan for 15 years. He had his first solo exhibition in his hometown in 1965 and has held numerous group and solo exhibitions since then across India and around the globe as well. Art Alive gallery, New Delhi has presented ‘I want to Seduce with My Line’, a solo show of Laxma Goud in 2012, ‘Art Now: A group Show’ in 2016 by Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi. 
Goud received the Andhra Pradesh State Lalit Kala Academy awards in 1962, 1966 and 1971. Several publications have been made based on his oeuvre, including The Art of K. Laxma Goud by Art Alive Gallery. He has been awarded many accolades, including the Padma Shri, the highest civilian honour of India in 2016, the Telangana State’s Prafulla Dahanukar Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015, the State Lalit Kala Award, Andhra Pradesh and Silver & Gold Medal by Hyderabad Art Society.
He lives and works in Hyderabad.