Shankar Pamarthy

Shankar Pamarthy (born 1968) is an Indian caricaturist and cartoonist from Hyderabad.

Career

As of 2010, he was the chief cartoonist for Sakshi, a daily newspaper in Hyderabad published in Telugu.

He has won several national and international prizes in cartoon and caricature contents, both nationally and internationally, including the 2014 Grand Prix World Press Cartoon Award in Portugal.

Pamarthy is the first person in Asia to receive such a prestigious award. He is the only person in India who has received many international awards in cartoon and caricature contests. He has also been invited to serve as jury for several international and national competitions.

His caricatures and cartoons emphasize prominent physical features through exaggeration and charm rather than satire or critique. This style has gained wide acclaim and established his prominence in the field.

Pamarthy has frequent exhibitions nationally and internationally.

Books and publications

Mahatma Illustrated, a collection of pen-and-ink drawings and caricatures depicting Mahatma Gandhi, was authored by Shankar Pamarthy and published by HYDART, a hybrid gallery, in December 2025. The book was unveiled at hyd.art 2025 in Hyderabad. Tripura Star News reported that the book presents Gandhi's life and legacy through hand-drawn illustrations and explores themes including hope, humour, pain, happiness and peace. Art writer Sushma Sabnis, in a 2026 review for Artehelka, discussed the book as an exploration of the continuing presence and visual representation of Gandhi in public memory.


Awards and prizes

Exhibitions

  • 2005 – Shankar's Making Faces, solo exhibition at Lakshana Art Gallery, Hyderabad
  • 2007 – Hyderabad Artists, two-man exhibition at Amaravathi Kalakendra, Hyderabad
  • 2009 – Shankar's Caricatures, solo exhibition at Alankritha Art Gallery, Hyderabad
  • 2011 – Faces Unmasked, solo exhibition at ICC Gallery, Bangalore
  • 2014 – Art@Telangana, group exhibition at Muse Art Gallery, Hyderabad
  • 2014 – Art@Telangana, group exhibition at Salarjung Museum, Hyderabad
  • 2015 – Art for Cause, group exhibition organized by Gallery Space, Hyderabad
  • 2015 – Art Fete 2015, platinum-jubilee celebrations by the Hyderabad Art Society, Muse Art Gallery, Hyderabad
  • 2016 – Hyderabad Art Festival, 75 years, platinum celebrations organized by the Hyderabad Art Society, Hyderabad
  • 2016 – Art for Impact by Dr. Reddy's Foundation in association with Gallery Space at the Avasa Hotel, Hyderabad
  • 2019 – The Inked-Image, exhibition of cartoons and caricatures at Ravindra Bharathi, Kala Bhavan, Hyderabad

Collections

References

  1. 1 2 "Shankar Pamarthy's pencil spares no one". The Hindu. 21 December 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Pamarthy Shankar, Telugu daily cartoonist, wins Grand Prix World Press Cartoon Award". Firstpost. 20 July 2015. Archived from the original on 13 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Telugu daily cartoonist Pamarthy Shankar wins World Press Cartoon award". The Economic Times. 20 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Award for cartoonist". The Hindu. 17 October 2014. Archived from the original on 4 October 2025.
  5. ↑ "Shankar". Alankritha.com. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
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  7. ↑ Shankar Pamarthy. "shan'karicature'". Shankarpamarthy.blogspot.com. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  8. ↑ "Caricatures India expo on Saturday". Deccan Herald. 17 November 2015. Archived from the original on 13 December 2015.
  9. ↑ "Shankar's Caricatures – Editorial Review: Events in Hyderabad on fullhyd.com". FullHyderabad. 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  10. ↑ "Indian Institute of Cartoonists celebrates jubilee". The Hindu. 9 July 2009.
  11. ↑ "'Mahatma, Illustrated' Authored By Noted Artist & Cartoonist Shankar Pamarthy Unveiled At Hyd.Art 2025". Tripura Star News. 20 December 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
  12. ↑ Sabnis, Sushma (9 June 2026). "Same Three Lines, Still Him, Always Him". Artehelka. Retrieved 20 August 2026.