Lalithakala Akademi Awards (List of Winners 2018-19)

Lalithakala Akademi Awards 2019

Kerala Lalithakala Akademi Awards (or Lalithakala Akademi Puruskar) are annual awards bestowed upon the artist of Kerala origin by the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi, an autonomous   Government of Kerala entity. It was established in 1962 with the objective of promoting visual art such as painting, sculpture, architecture and photography.

List of Kerala Lalithakala Akademi Award Winners

2019
State Award of Rs 50,000/-
Mohammed Safi (Photography)
KK Subhash (Cartoon)

Honourable Mention Award of Rs 25,000/-
Anoop Krishna (Photography)
Lishoy Narayanan (Photography)
A Satheeshkumar (Cartoon)
Unnikrishnan (Cartoon)

2018
State Award of Rs 50,000/-
Manesha Deva Sarma SN (Sculpture)
Shajith RB    (Painting) 
Shinoj Choran  (Painting) 
Suneesh SS    (Painting)
Vishnu CS    (Woodcut) 
Saju Naduvil    (Photography)  
Gopikrishnan KR    (Cartoon) 
   
Honourable Mention Award of Rs 25,000/-
Akhil Mohan    (Painting) 
Anupama Alias    (Painting) 
Jayesh KK    (Woodcut) 
Dr Kiran Babu    (Painting)
Sreekumar K U    (Sculpture)  
Ashish K Vincent    (Photography)
Haridas KV    (Photography)  
E Suresh    (Cartoon) 
VR Rakesh    (Cartoon)  

V Sankara Menon Memorial Gold Medal
Prasanth Olavilam    (Painting)  

Vijayaraghavan Endowment Gold Medal
Sunil Linus De    (Painting)

Special Mention Award of Rs 10,000/-
Akash Melveettil    (Painting) 
Amal Paily    (Painting) 
Jithin MR    (Woodcut) 
Manu Mohan PM    (Painting)  
Suryanath VK    (Sculpture) 

Shri MK Johnson
Shri KV Anil
Arpana Kaur Award
Smt Deepthi P Vasu

Honourable Mention Award - Rs 5,000/-  each
Shri Joseph M Varghese
Shri Manoj Vyloor
Shri V Satheesan
Shri Reji Nellickappally
Shri Sunil Vallarpadam

Art Students Award Rs 3,000/- each
Shri Majison Thomas Lorance
Shri G Ashok Kumar
Shri VG Yesudas
Shri T Lenush
Shri AS Shahanshah
Vellaykal Sankara Menon Gold Medal
Shri Thomas Kurisingal

In addition Kerala Lalithakala Akademi also award Raja Ravi Varma Puraskaram, Lalithakala Puraskaram, KCS Paniker Puraskaram, TK Padmini Puraskaram, Kesari Puraskaram and Kerala Lalithakala Akademi Fellowships.