Born in Mysore (Karnataka) in 1941, S.G.Vasudev received recognition as a painter early in his career.  While he was a student of the Government College of Art, Madras, he won the National Award from the All India Lalit Kala Akademi in 1967.  Awards from State Academies of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, besides prestigious Karnataka  Rajyotsava Award, Venkatappa Award and Paniker Puraskaram.
Vasudev is a founder-member of the Cholamandal Artists’ Village on the outskirts of Madras (now Chennai) where he lived and worked till 1988. He now lives and works in Bangalore.
Vasudev works in various mediums (drawings, paintings, reliefs in copper and tapestries in silk).
Vasudev has participated in several important group exhibitions in India and abroad. In addition, he has held solo exhibitions in different parts of India and the world(including the USA, Canada, England and Germany). Exhibitions of his drawings based on the late A.K. Ramanujan’s poetry and translations, titled “Tribute to Ramanujan,” have been held in Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, London and Chicago.
Vasudev has held two retrospective exhibitions of his art works at National Gallery of Modern Art, Bangalore and Mumbai (1998-99).
Galerie De’Arts has exhibited his works in solo shows “Theater of Life” and “Black and White” alongside the works of Jogen Chowdhury and several group shows over the last years.
Vasudev works and lives in Bangalore, India