Sudhi S Pooniyil is a contemporary watercolour artist based in Brighton, UK. Taking inspiration from travels around the world, his work focuses on capturing the atmosphere and beauty of day-to-day life; the poetry of man and nature coexisting. Born and raised in the small seaside town of Alleppey, Kerala, India, Sudhi became enchanted by the medium of watercolour during his adolescence. Surrounded by the music of his mother and the writing of his father, he sought to convey the emotions of the wild; the essence of human struggle itself. Having spent his twenties as a journalist in Mumbai, and his thirties as a travel guide in his native Kerala, Sudhi’s journey back to watercolour came through a chance relocation to England. The dense, oppressive streets of Manchester; the languid canal boats of Cambridge; and the Victorian architecture of Hove galvanised the artist within. And it is here, flanked by a community of like-minded people, that he now resides.
EXHIBITIONS & AWARDS
Solo exhibition, 2014 Cambridge
International Watercolour exhibition 2016, Bangkok
International Watercolour festival, Dubai 2017
Watercolour Biennial , National Museum of Kosovo 2019
International Watercolour exhibition & Congress, Fabriano, Italy, 2020 & 2021
International Watercolour Exhibition IWS, Singapore 2021
International Watercolour Exhibition, Niigata, Japan 2021(JIWI)
International Watercolour Autumn Exhibition, Japan 2021(JIWI)
Art Connexion Mondiale - Exposition D'aquarelles, France & Poland 2022
International Watercolour Society India Biennale 2022
Fabriano in Acquarello, Bologna, Italy, May 2022
International Watercolour Exhibition, A peaceful World, France 2022
Fabriano in Aquarello, Italy May 2023
Exposition Internationale d Aquarelles, Albi, France, June 2023
Sussex Watercolour Society annual exhibition, Lewes, England 2023
Fabriano International Watercolour exhibition & Congress, Bologna, Italy, 2024
Sussex Watercolour Society annual exhibition, Lewes, England 2024
Outstanding Watercolour painting award, Boldbrush 2020
Best nominee award, IWS Singapore 2021
International Watercolour Masters Merit award 2022
Global top 50 recognition award, Art Connection Mondiale, France 2022
Bold Brush Mention 2023
AFFILIATIONS
IWS(International Watercolour Society)
Brighton Artist Networks
International Artist Networks
Brighton Painting Group
A-N Artist Council
Sussex Watercolour Society
BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS
My watercolour journeys
“ I try to portray an emotion or a feeling related to a scene in front of me. When I paint, the translucent nature of watercolours merges with me to find a balance between subtle colours and little elements which create a harmony. It is such a joy to embark on this magical journey into unknown”.
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