Krishna Setty CS is a Bengaluru-based artist well-known nationally and internationally, born at Theerthahalli, in Shimoga District in Karnataka. A versatile personality his academic studies ranged from fine arts [Davangere School of Art] to post-graduation in Kannada Literature [Mysore University] including a short stint working in Delhi Garhi Graphics Studios. Besides being an artist he also served as an art critic for Kannada Dailies Prabha and Praja Vani.

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Though intellectually inclined, in this recent suite of works he delves within the subconscious to dredge out subject matter that unconsciously links to his immediate environment, becoming the protagonist dictating the creation of narratives that are essentially encountered with his interiorization of experiences that reflect the dystopia of society, culture, environment, and many other related issues. In this large corpus of works, he offers an art, which is performative of a world of dreams and fantasy with imagination weaving forms that have a greater degree of surreality that belongs to the realm of non-normality.