Siddharth Katragadda
Siddharth Katragadda
Siddharth Katragadda
BornBangalore, India
Pen nameSid
Occupation
  • Writer
  • Artist
  • Filmmaker
  • Engineer
NationalityUS (India)
Alma materUniversity of Texas, Arlington, The Frank Anthony Public School, Bengaluru, St. Joseph's College, Bangalore
Period2002–present
Notable worksDark Rooms, The Other Wife, Varanasi (film), B.L.I.N.D (film), Painless (screenplay)
Notable awardsRed Hen Fiction Prize (Runner up), Rhode Island International Film Festival (Semi-finalist) Page Screenwriting Award, Screencraft Drama Contest, WeScreenplay Feature Contest (Quarterfinalist), San Diego Book Awards(Runner-up ), Atlantic City Film Festival (Best Foreign Film)
Website
sidartist.com

Siddharth (Sid) Katragadda is an Indian American Abstract Figurative Artist, Writer, Filmmaker, Poet and Engineer.

Early life

He was born in Bangalore, India, and moved to America for his Master's degree in computer sciences from the University of Texas at Arlington. [1]

Painting

Siddharth Katragadda has been painting since he was around five, but started exhibiting and selling his art only in 2008. From 2008 to 2015, he was very prolific, selling nearly 100 of his Abstract “Dark Indian Women” series paintings to private collectors across the world. In 2010, his work was acquired by Mani Ratnam. He paints colorful and elaborately dressed, voluptuous, dark Indian women - paying equal attention to their omnipresent bindis and resplendent ornaments as he does to their vibrant draped saris and brilliant blouses.

He took a break from painting in 2015, to focus on films and writing, before returning to art in 2022, when he painted a series of 12 Western paintings in what he calls Holeism style, based on various humanitarian issues. He also returned to his abstract Indian women, creating the first of his Timism style paintings. As an artist, he believes that an artist's primary objective should be to capture a culture – and that a culture can be best understood through its women. He aims to develop his own styles of painting that progress art in new directions. His experiments are seen in all his paintings.

My art has three sides: Meaning, Social impact and Innovation . My paintings are not strictly meant to decorate walls, but to decorate minds, each with a story and a message. I believe that an artist's primary goal is to be a vehicle for social change. A hundred years from now, I want my art to be a time capsule of society as it exists today. I also place a high value on innovation; as Picasso said, every painting series has to move art in a new direction... never repeat yourself or others." My goal is to develop my own styles that progress art in new directions. He is the founder of the 'Soulism' art style and various other styles.[2] His art has been featured in journals like taint taint taint and 'Artists of India.

His paintings have been exhibited and collected worldwide.

Exhibitions

Year Gallery Solo/Group Show
2009 Chitra Kala Parishad, Bangalore Solo
2010 Mixture Gallery, San Diego Group "Mixture"
2013 Renaissance Gallerie, Bangalore Group "The Parrot"
2014 Kalarasa, Bangalore Group "Eclectic Collections - 30 emerging Indian Artists"
2014 Kensington Art Gallery, San Diego Group "Boutiful Art - Juried by Christine Knocke"
2015 Wine Vault, San Diego Solo "The Woman"
2023 Saatchi Art Online Exhibition "Sita"
2023 Culturally Arts Online Exhibition "I Can't Breathe"

[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

Films

Katragadda's short documentary "B.L.I.N.D - Born to Live in Near Darkness?" had its theatrical release at the Los Feliz 3 Theater, Los Angeles, from Sept 24-30th 2021. The film was an official entry to the 94th Academy Awards in the Documentary Short-Subject Category. Hi second documentary, The Godsend was screened at the "14th Chicago South Asian Film Festival" His short film "Varanasi" won the Best Foreign Film Award at the Atlantic City CineFest, New Jersey, 2013.[13][14] His screenplay "Painless" (aka The Mercy Machine) was a quarter finalist at the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards, 2016,[15] the Screencraft Drama Contest 2017,[16] the WeScreenplay Screenplay Awards[17] His short documentary "The Indus Code" was shortlisted for the 6th International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kerala. [18][19] His Screenplay pitches won Honorable Mention/Finalist awards at the 2021 ISA Virtual Pitch Challenge.[20][21]

Filmography

Year Film Genre Awards Credited as
Director Producer Screenwriter
2012 The Girl Upstairs Feature Film Released on Amazon Prime Yes Yes Yes
2013 Varanasi Short Film Best Foreign Film, Downbeach Film Festival, New Jersey Yes Yes Yes
2023 City of Lights Short Film
  • Offiicial Selection, Amsterdam Lift-off Film Festival 2023
  • Official Selection, San Diego Independent Filmmaker’s Festival
  • Honorable Mention, Kuumba Film Festival,2023
  • Official Selection - Kerala Short Film Festival, Munnar
 Yes Yes Yes
2020 B.L.I.N.D : Born to Live in Near Darkness Documentary Short Yes No Yes
2020 Being Human Short Film
  • Best Documentary Award - FLICKFAIR, LA, 2021
  • FROSTBITE International Indie Fest,
  • DMOFF, LA,
  • Standalone Film Festival & Awards, LA
  • AI International Film Festival (April 21 - 23, 2023 at the Redstone Theater in Park City, Utah)
 Yes Yes Yes
2023 The Godsend Short Film
  • Official Selection - Chicago South Asian Film Festival, 2023
  • Official Selection - Kerala Short Film Festival, Munnar, 2023
  • Honorable Mention - Indian Independent Film Festival, 2023
 Yes Yes Yes

Writing

His first novel, "Metamorphosis" won Runners-up Prize at the 2021 Red Hen Press Fiction Award/ Los Angeles Review. [22] His first Novel in Verse, Dark Rooms won an award at the San Diego Book Prize, 2002 (Poetry).[23] A sequel, The Other Wife also won the same award in 2003.[24][25]

Numerous articles written by him have been published on CNN.[26][27][28] [29] His work has appeared in Taint Taint Taint,Grey Sparrow Press (best new literary journal 2011),[30] New Plains Review - Fall 2018 Issue, Chaffey Review, A Generation Defining Itself, Carter Street Review, Wilderness Review and numerous literary journals.[31][32] His work has been reviewed in the journals like "One India."[33] [34] His quotes have been published by various websites, and he's most renowned for his quote "The greatness of a culture can be found in its festivals."[35][36] He also writes on Cricket topics.[37]

Books

Year Book Genre Awards
2002 Dark Rooms poetry Runners-up San Diego Book Awards
2003 The Other Wife poetry Runners-up San Diego Book Awards
2022 Metamorphosis Novel Runners-up - Red Hen Fiction Award

Podcasts

Sid was interviewed on the reputed podcast Immigrantly Podcast for the Dec 24th, 2023 episode. [38]

Plays

An emerging playwright, his play "Tsunami" was produced by Firecracker Production, Houston, and was nominated for five Awards at the 2021 Broadway World Houston.[39] Tsunami also was won the "Your Worst Nightmare Short Play Festival" in San Francisco. His short play Power Outage will be produced at the 11th Towne Street Theatre's Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival - at the Stella Adler Theatre, Hollywood April 4–26, 2020.[40]

Theatre productions

YearPlayProduction
2020The Power OutageStella Adler Theatre, Hollywood 11th-annual-10-min-play-festival
2020TsunamiShelton Theater in San Francisco, Your Worst Nightmare Short Play Festival
2021 Tsunami Firecracker Productions, Houston


Family tree

References

  1. ↑ "50 Notable Alumni of the University of Texas at Arlington". 11 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Soulism".
  3. ↑ "Siddharth Katragadda – Famous Indian Artist, Siddharth Katragadda Paintings - Mojarto". mojarto.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Exhibition of paintings - by Siddharth Katragadda at Karnataka Chitra…". archive.is. 18 January 2013. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ↑ "ArtWalk Artists New". artwalksandiego.org. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Siddharth Katragadda – Famous Indian Artist, Siddharth Katragadda Paintings - Mojarto". indianartcollectors.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "Thecityguide.in".
  8. ↑ "attend". The Hindu. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  9. ↑ http://www.oceansideartwalk.org/artists/siddharth-katragadda Oceanside Art Walk Featured Artist
  10. ↑ http://arti-artindia.blogspot.com/2013/09/siddharth-katragadda-guest-artist_19.html Artists of India Featured Artist
  11. ↑ http://www.ocherart.com/view_artist.php?id=506 Ocher Art
  12. ↑ "Siddharth Katragadda".
  13. ↑ "Downbeach Film Festival/Atlantic City Cinefest 2013 : Home". festivalgenius.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  14. ↑ "Varanasi". festivalgenius.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  15. ↑ "2016 Quarter-Finalists - PAGE International Screenwriting Awards: Screenplay Contests". pageawards.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  16. ↑ "2017 Drama Contest Quarter-Finalists Announced". Screencraft. 24 October 2017.
  17. ↑ WeScreenplay (30 December 2016). "WeScreenplay - WeScreenplay Feature Contest WISC 2016 Quarter Finalists". wescreenplay.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  18. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  19. ↑ "International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala". Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  20. ↑ "ISA Virtual Pitch Challenge".
  21. ↑ "The Key to a Perfect Pitch is You".
  22. ↑ "2021 Red Hen Press Fiction Award".
  23. ↑ "Search - San Diego Public Library". bibliocommons.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  24. ↑ Katragadda, Siddharth (1 January 2003). The other wife: a novel in verse. PublishAmerica. ISBN 9781413706833. Retrieved 16 February 2017 – via sandiego Library Catalog.
  25. ↑ Katragadda, Siddharth (1 January 2003). "Winner, Unpublished Novel, San Diego Book Awards, 2010". PublishAmerica. Retrieved 16 February 2017 – via San Diego Library Catalog.
  26. ↑ "Delhi gang rape victim dies: India does care about its women". Archived from the original on 29 March 2013.
  27. ↑ Brown, Sarah (4 January 2013). "'She could have been me': Action urged after Delhi gang rape case". CNN. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  28. ↑ prospectjournalucsd (30 January 2013). "SHE SAID 'NO,' HE HEARD 'YES': AMERICA'S RAPE CULTURE". prospectjournal.org. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  29. ↑ "Glimmer of hope for India's poorest girl students". CNN. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  30. ↑ "[9] Summer 2011". 31 July 2018.
  31. ↑ "Cartier Street Review March 2011". issuu.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  32. ↑ Poetry in Wilderness House Literary Review
  33. ↑ "The Dark Rooms: Ode to a Generation". 22 April 2008.
  34. ↑ "The Other Wife: When You Take The Second Step". boldsky.com. 5 May 2008. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  35. ↑ "Culture Quotes About Its Power in Society". 19 September 2022.
  36. ↑ https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Siddharth_Katragadda
  37. ↑ "The Fall of Goliath - India's near-exit from the T20 World Cup". 3 November 2021.
  38. ↑ https://immigrantlypod.com/podcasts/ep-252-crafting-change-through-art
  39. ↑ "BroadwayWorld Houston Awards - Best Streaming Play".
  40. ↑ "11th Annual 10 Minute Play Festival | Towne Street Theatre".
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