V. Balan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

V. Balan

Indian artist

Date of Birth: 17-Oct-1942

Place of Birth: Perumbavoor, Kerala, India

Date of Death: 22-Jan-2002

Profession: painter

Zodiac Sign: Libra

V.
Balan (17 October 1942 – 22 January 2002), popularly known as Artist V.
Balan, was a sculptor and painter from India.
He was born the son of Chellamma and Venketachelam Pillai in the small temple town of Perumbavoor, Kerala.
In 1962 he earned a Diploma from the Cochin School of Art.
Immediately after his studies, he started teaching at the same school.
In 1970 he moved to Chennai as a freelance artist. At Chennai, he did his first ever Mosaic Art of the Risen Lord for a chapel of Salesian Provincialate.
From 1972 onwards, he started designing the interiors of churches throughout India and acquired fame as an artist and architect of Christian places of worship. Ten years later he moved to Bangalore and established his studio, Arte Sacra, near the National Biblical, Catechetical and Liturgical Centre.