Though he specialized himself in printmaking Kurva has become an expert in watercolour and collage. His works are simple, single and prominent. They are graphical and stylized, direct, strong and demanding. Cocks, bulls, roosters...Kurva has carved his identity. He currently lives and works at Hyderabad, and also teaches printmaking in the department of graphics at PST University, Hyderabad.

ART EDUCATION

• 1994 Passed BFA in Painting JNTU, Hyderabad
• 1996 MFA in Graphics, Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S.University, Baroda

SOLO SHOWS

• 2000 Art Core Gallery, Baroda
• 2000 Daira Art Gallery, Hyderabad
• 2005 Shrishti Art Gallery, Hyderabad

GROUP SHOWS

• 1990 Hotel Ashoka Conference Hall, Warangal, A.P.
• 1994 College of Fine Arts Gallery, JNTU, Hyderabad
• 1994 Art Core Gallery, Baroda
• 1994 Alliance Franchise Gallery, Hyderabad
• 1994 Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay
• 1994 Art Konsult, New Delhi
• 1994 Form and Space an Exhibition of Drawing and Installations
• 1994 Contemporaries of ICCR, Kalabhavan, Hyderabad
• 1996 Art in objects, Holiday Inn Krishna, Hyderabad
• 1997 All India Contemporaries of Indian Artist CCMB, Uppal, Hyderabad
• 1999 (Roop Rekha ) Lakshana Art Gallery, Hyderabad
• 1999 Contemporary Deccan A New Generation of Artists CCMB Uppal, Hyderabad
• 2000 Birla Academy Gallery, Calcutta
• 2001 Lakshana Art Gallery, Hyderabad
• 2002 Lakshana Art Gallery, Chennai
• 2003 Kala Kruti Art Gallery, Hyderabad
• 2006 SPACE Art Gallery, Hyderabad
• 2006 Mystic Strokes Gallery, Pune
• 2006 Stone Scene Gallery, Newyork

AWARDS/HONOURS

• 1988 :  Award by Lalitha Kala Samithi, Andhra Pradesh
• 1997 :  Hyderabad Arts Society, AIFACS, New Delhi. 50 Years of Art in Independent India (Post Independent Era) -1947-1997 Awards,
• 1997 :  Hyderabad Arts Society Award held at All India Art Exhibition, Hyderabad
• 1999 :  P.S. Telugu University, Nampally, Hyderabad
• 1998 :  South Central Zone Cultural Centre, Nagpur
• 1999 :  P.S.Telugu University, Nampally, Hyderabad
• 2003 :  P.S.Telugu University, Nampally, Hyderabad