Global Artist awardee, Hungary 2016

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

— Picasso

  • Ambassador of Art
  • Art Bridge Danube – Ganges 2022
  • International Exhibitions
  • Featured in Deccan Herald
  • Exhibited in Russia
  • Charcoal Portraits
  • Portrait Commissions
  • International Symposiums
  • Live Art Sessions
  • The Horse Series
  • Cultural Art Exchange
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Ramesh Terdal in front of his work

the Artist

Ramesh Terdal (Ph.D) Contemporary Visual Artist -Works between Bangalore and Budapest

"Contemporary Visual Artist based in Bangalore, India, working between Bangalore and Budapest. He is frequently invited to Europe for international art shows, symposiums and workshops. His work explores human emotions, nature and cultural memory through deeply textured, emotive canvases."

His paintings are built from saturated colour and heavily worked surfaces, where animal and human figures seem to surface out of layered texture, movement, and energy. Each canvas is an emotional landscape — raw, vibrant, and deeply intuitive.

Alongside his canvases, he is a master of charcoal portraiture, ranging from quiet, intimate studies to commissioned likenesses. A true global painter, he often paints in front of live audiences, holding sessions outdoors and in galleries.

International Symposiums,workshops,seminars

Art camps, symposiums and cultural exchanges abroad, where Ramesh paints, teaches and works side by side with artists from other countries.

  • Live Portrait Session,Hungary 2026

    Live portrait study outdoors with a seated model

  • Art Dialogue in Lithuania 2024

    Cultural exchange with artists and hosts

  • International Art symposiums

    Working alongside fellow artists

  • International recognition 2026

    2026 · Pridnestrovie

    During International Symposium in Pridnestrovie

International Awards

Recognition Abroad

Honours Ramesh Terdal has received for his work and his role in bringing Indian art to international audiences.

2016

Global Artist Honour

Új NESZ · Bálna, Budapest, Hungary

Awarded by Új NESZ, an art association in Budapest, for his contribution to the field of visual arts and documentary films. The trophy was presented at the Danube–Ganges Art Exhibition, Hungary, on 16 August 2016.

2018

The Guest Artist of the Year

Székesfehérvár, Hungary · 14 June 2018

Named The Guest Artist of the Year in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, as an Indian professional visual artist. The award was presented with a heart-shaped trophy and a certificate signed by the event’s curators.

2019

"Ambassador of Art" award

Art Bridge Danube – Ganges 2019

"Ambassador of Art" International recognition along with Danube–Ganges, international art show at Varmezo art gallery,Budapest, linking artists both countries under the Title of Danube -Ganges. The plaque pairs the two rivers’ skylines.

2022

Ambassador of Art

Art Bridge Danube – Ganges 2022

Named an Ambassador of Art at Art Bridge Danube–Ganges 2022. The glass plaque pairs the skylines of the Danube and the Ganges.

  • Honoured with Pridnestrovie nation Diploma

    2025 · Pridnestrovie country

    “The First ever Indian artist invited to Pridnestrovie country”Father piasis
  • Solo Exhibition Opened by Hungary’s First Astronaut

    2022 · Budapest, Hungary · 1 August 2022

    Dr. Bertalan Farkas, Hungary’s first astronaut, opened Ramesh Terdal’s solo exhibition in Budapest on 1 August 2022. The collage shows the opening ceremony with the audience and guests, the chief guests at the opening, and a group photograph with the participants.

  • Kala Bhushan award

    2026 · Bangalore, India

    Recognition in the field of visual art

National Awards

Honours in India

Recognition from art academies and cultural organisations across Karnataka, from his early years to today.

  • Karnataka Lalit Kala Academy Award

    1995

  • Golden Jubilee of Independence Honour

    Art exhibition honour

  • Kala Bhushana

    2019 · Painting

  • Varnakala Shree Award

    2020–21 · Varnakala Sanskrutik Sangh, Belagavi

Signature Works

A selection of his most powerful paintings and charcoal works.

  • Thank God, The Tiger Doesn't Have Wings

    2024 · Acryilic on canvas, 75x75 cms

    Price on request

    Sometimes I say to myself - Thank God, the cruel tiger doesn't have wings. If it had wings, what would happen?
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    > The tiger is nature's most perfect predator - beautiful, powerful, and merciless. On the ground, it has limits. But if it could also rule the sky, there would be no escape, no balance left in the forest.
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    > In this painting, I gave the tiger wings made of texture, memory and time - abstract, dissolving, heavy with history. The body is grounded but the wings are dreamlike, fragmented. It is a mythical creature of my imagination.
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    > The intense orange-red background is the fire of power and cruelty. The tiger stands in pride, looking upwards, as if questioning its own destiny.
    The concept is about nature's wisdom. God in his creation has distributed power with balance. He gave strength to one, flight to another. If all power was given to one cruel being, creation itself would collapse. This work is a prayer of gratitude for that balance.

  • Strength in Motion

    The Horse Series, three panels on red grounds

    Price on request
  • Charging Bull 10

    VRISHABA · Painting (detail)87x112 cms,Acrylic on paper

    Price on request

    Charging Bull 10, explores primal strength and forward momentum. Rendered in black against a field of red, the bull embodies endurance and dharma - moving not in aggression, but in undeniable presence.
    The bull is pure, raw energy - unfiltered, unstoppable. Captured mid-charge, its body is rendered in deep black and charcoal, muscles tense, dust rising from hooves.
    The background is an intense, almost violent red - the color of life, of rage, of sacrifice. The ground is left white and empty, to isolate the bull in its own moment of power.
    Unlike the Ashva which was about trust, this Bull is about assertion. No companions, no softness. Just the self, moving forward.
    In Indian context, the bull is Nandi - strength, endurance, dharma. But here he is not waiting before Shiva. He is charging on his own.
    The single thin golden diagonal line in the sky is intentional - a break, a light, a direction. Even in raw power, there is a path.

  • The Silent Grace

    Charcoal, with a red hibiscus

    Price on request
  • Butterfly

    Charcoal portrait

    Price on request
  • Woman in a Hat

    Charcoal on paper, 2025

    Price on request
  • Woman with Flowers

    Painting, 2017

    Price on request
  • Joy as Movement,

    2018 · Acrylic on canvas, 60x60 cms

    Price on request

    The dog is not standing, not sitting - it is in mid-leap. A state of pure, unfiltered happiness. The body is fragmented with textures of yellow, ochre and earthy reds - like memories collected from streets, snow, and human kindness.
    The background is a soft, luminous yellow-green - the color of hope and spring, even in cold Russia. The splashes under its paws are not dirt, but the energy of the leap itself.
    In many cultures the dog is loyalty. Here, it is joy. A reminder that happiness is not a destination, it is a jump - weightless, momentary, and completely alive.

  • Aqurium in Dubai mall

    2024 · 120x 180 cms

    Price on request

    The Mesmerizing Movement
    Created in 2024, after my travel to Dubai.
    Standing before the giant aquarium in Dubai Mall, I was mesmerized - not by the size of the tank, but by the silent, collective dance of the fish. Hundreds of beings moving as one mind, one flow.
    The fish are not painted solid - they are dissolving and appearing through layers of blue, gold and rust. Like memories under water. The intense Dubai blue becomes the infinite - both confining and liberating.
    The work is about abundance, coexistence and silent communication. In that aquarium in the middle of a desert mall, life thrives. It reminded me that movement is meditation.
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Works that have found homes with collectors.

  • Red Horse

    Painting · In a private collection

  • Golden Tree

    Mixed media on handmade paper

  • The Boat

    Mixed media on handmade paper

  • Horse in Pink

    Painting

  • Fish in Blue

    Painting,

  • Bloom

    Painting

  • Fragrance

    Painting

  • Balance

    Mixed media

  • Tree of Life

    Mixed media on handmade paper

  • Mountains

    Mixed media on handmade paper

  • Bull in Yellow

    Painting

Likenesses drawn and painted by Ramesh Terdal for the people who sat for them, and presented to them in person.

  • Charcoal Portrait created for vetrans in Russia and donated to the organiser

    2023 · Presented in Russia

    Price on request
  • Kala Bhushan National level Award

    A commissioned group portrait of six friends, shown on the easel in the studio.

  • International Recognition from Russia

    2024 · Certificate of honour · Timashovo, Russia · 6 May 2024

    A certificate of honour (Gramota) awarded to Ramesh Terdal for taking part in the international plein air “Na Rodine” (“At the Homeland”) in Russia, issued by the parish of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos in Timashovo village and dated 6 May 2024.

  • During Art show and Award ceremony in Hungary

    2018

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In the Press

Deccan Herald · Metrolife, Bengaluru · 17 May 2018

Terdal’s abstract art on show

The paper covered Expression, his solo show at Art Houz, Vasanthnagar, Bengaluru, describing him as a native of Gadag in northern Karnataka who has carved a niche as an artist of abstractions with vivid canvases. It also reported that he received a global artist award in Hungary in 2016.

“They are abstract in appearance with forms of animals, birds, aquatic figures like fish, and humans. They are mystical in appearance, and travel from the surrealistic world of backgrounds.”

Ramesh Terdal, quoted in Deccan Herald. Select the clipping to read the full article.

Kannada Language local Magazine

Magazine published about Young Ramesh Terdal in the year of 2000

Deccan Herald · Bengaluru · 15 May 2018

Bengaluru to Budapest

A report by Akhila Damodaran on Ramesh Terdal’s travelling solo show Expressions: 23 impressionistic paintings inspired by Jackson Pollock, on view at Art Houz, Vasanth Nagar, Bengaluru, before travelling to the OTP Gallery in Budapest.

The Hindu · Bengaluru

A Pollock here and a Croce there

An interview by Shailaja Tripathi on the influences behind Ramesh Terdal’s work, from Jackson Pollock and Antoni Tàpies to the philosophy of Benedetto Croce, and on his journey from Gadag to Bengaluru and Hungary, with two solo shows in Budapest coming up.

Indian Express daily newspaper,coimbattore

Telagu Language local news paper

This publication During Bangalore Art exhibition in India

Kannada Language local news paper

During my art show in Budapest 2016

Viyavaani kannada Language local news paper

Local News paper published Hungarian Global artist award information

Tamil Language local news paper

Art exhibition in India

French Language

French Magazine published Write Ups About Me in Paris

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