Background
Akkitham Narayanan was born in 1939 in Kerala, India. Famous Malayalam language poet Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri is his elder brother.
Akkitham Narayanan was born in 1939 in Kerala, India. Famous Malayalam language poet Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri is his elder brother.
Akkitham Narayanan received a Diploma in Painting from the Government School of Arts and Crafts (now Government College of Fine Arts), Chennai, India. He then studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris on a Government scholarship. There Narayanan studied monumental art under Jean Bertholle and engraving under Lucien Couteau.
Narayanan's works have been exhibited widely in India and internationally.
Akkitham Narayanan lives and works in Paris.
According to the artist, geometry comes from earth, a form of universal system, where everything appears simple and straight and therefore, rigid. Akkitham Narayanan’s creations are abstract in character, reflecting a deeper understanding of the nature and its varied colors and moods.
Narayanan has been a founding member of Artists Handicrafts Association and Cholamandal Artists' village, Chennai.