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Alaka Kavallur
Teaching Faculty

Area of Practice

Community Art Projects, Pedagogy, Visual Culture, Illustration, Design Education, Visual Communication Design

Education

B.Sc Visual Media from ASAS Kochi, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Kochi, Kerala, Kerala 2014

 

MA in Aesthetics and Visual Cultures  from Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore, University of Mysore, Karnataka 2017

 

Work Experience

  • Independent Visual Designer and Illustrator
  • Instructional Designer at Artville Academy, Bangalore
  • Assistant Professor at WOXSEN University, Hyderabad
  • Assistant Professor at AVANI Institute of Design, Calicut
  • Programme Coordinator at AVANI Institute of Design, Calicut
  • Project Assistant at Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
  • Design Intern at Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
  • Design Intern at DDB Mudra, Kochi
  • Design Intern at IMA, Calicut

Interest Areas

Community Art Projects, Pedagogy, Design Education, Illustration, Curatorial Practice, Craft Documentation, Photography, Visual Culture

Current Practice at Srishti

Facilitating Design Practices
Visual Communication and Strategic Branding

 

Creative Practice and Outreach

  • Solo exhibition: Home and the Ocean at Artville Gallery, Bangalore
  • Conducted Bandhini Workshop at Artville Academy Bangalore
  • Coordinating and Facilitating Uruvam Community Art Project at Janakeeya Vayanasala, Ponkunnam Public library, Kottayam, Kerala
  • Second Prize Winner in Wiki Loves Monuments Photography Contest organised by Wikipedia community

 

 

Recent Units facilitated

Sign Symbols and Metaphors
Illustration for Communication

 

 

 


Projects showcase:

a1

Exploring Signs Symbols and Metaphors through analysing calendar as a social communication system


 

a2

Student’s explored the theme and Structure of the Calenders and curated a calendar for 2023 Work Credit: Saloni Bannore, Sripradha Ganesh, Sushmi Basu


 

a3

Student Work: Decoding Identity by exploring signs, symbols and metaphors. Work Credit: Sushmi, Renish, Teresa


 

a4

Student Work: Decoding Identity by exploring signs, symbols and metaphors. Work Credit: Sushmi, Renish, Teresa


 

a5

Student Work: Decoding Identity by exploring signs, symbols and metaphors. Work Credit: Sushmi, Renish, Teresa