Born in 1956 in Andhra Pradesh, Ravinder Reddy completed his BFA(Sculpture) from MS University, Vadodara in 1980 and MFA(Creative Sculpture) in 1982 He secured a Diploma (Art and Design) from Goldsmith College of Arts, University of London, 1983 and did a Short Course Certificate (Ceramics), Royal College of Art, London, a year later He has also been teaching at the Andhra University’s Department of Fine Arts The artist’s works have been shown widely throughout India and internationally, including Sackler Gallery, Washington Dc (2003), at Walsh Gallery, Chicago (2003) He has participated in several prestigious group exhibitions, including an exhibition of Global Creatures, La Virreinna Exposicions Institute de Cultura, Barcelona, (2002), and ‘India: Contemporary Art from North Eastern Private Collections at JaneVoorhees’, Zimmerli Art Museum, US (2002) He has been invited to participate in various sculptor’s camps and workshops His works feature in many prestigious private and public collections in India and internationally The artist is known abroad for his striking colorful heads and figurative sculptures of Indian female forms Ravinder Reddy lives and works in Visakpatnam