Born 
1966 (Thrissur), Kerala

Education
1995
MFA, Kalabhavan, Santiniketan, West Bengal 
1992
BFA, Kalabhavan, Santiniketan, West Bengal

Solo Exhibitions
2009 
Unmarked, Viart Gallery, New Delhi
2007 
Mise- En- Scene, Viart Gallery, New Delhi
2002 
National Human Rights conference at M.R.A. Centre, Panchagani, Maharashtra
2001 
Contemporary Art Gallery, Ahmedabad presented by Kerala Lalit Kala Academy

Two Person Exhibitions
2007 
Crimson Art Gallery, Bangalore
Kashi Art Gallery, Kochi
Kashi art gallery, Kochi
1997 
Two Persons Show, Contemporary Art Gallery, Ahmedabad

Group Exhibitions
2009  
Spectrum, a curated  by Sarayu Doshi, Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH), and the Indian Embassy, Abu Dhabi.
Ways of Seeing, Galley Soulflower, Bangkok , Thailand.
The Art of India - 20 Years of Contemporary Indian Art, Munich. Germany
Meet the Artist at Chicago Art Fair, USA 
Art Chicago Presented by PAC gallery Cincinnati.
Video Wednesdays, curated by JohnyML, Gallery Espace, New Delhi
Metamorphosis, PAC Gallery, Cincinnati.
Passage to India, Part Two New Indian Art from the Frank Cohen Collection,  Wolverhampton, U K,
Connective Delineation, FSCA, Mumbai 
Signs 2009, curated Video Festival, Thiruvanathapuram.

2008 
1x 1 Art Gallery Dubai
Representation, Triva Contemporary ,Trivandrum
Engendered, Lincoln Centre New York
Trends & Trivia- an Indian Story, Visual Arts Centre Kennedy Road, Hong Kong
Trends, Hotel Trident, New Delhi
Avanthay Contemporary, Zurich
Young contemporary of India, Gallery Kolkata, Kolkata
Annual show, Gallery MEC New Delhi
2007 
Gallery 1 x 1, Dubai  
Emerging India, Art Alive Gallery & S. A. Fine Arts, London, The Henry Moore       Gallery,London                                                            
Harvest Annual show, Gallery Arushi Arts, new Delhi
Art works on paper, show curated by Niyatee Shinde, at Gallery Articulate
Mumbai Generation Next, New Trends in Contemporary Indian Art, Visual Arts Gallery, New Delhi
Art for Prabhat, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
Summer show, Gallery Espace, New Delhi
Art for freedom, Asia House London, organised by Tehelka
Inaugural show, Gallery Kolkata.
Srishti Art Gallery, Hyderabad.
Reading Paint, Inaugural show, Soul Flower Gallery, Bangkok
Art chutney.com Inaugural show, Taj Westend, Bangalore
Waging peace, Arts For Peace Gallery, New York   
Crimson and The Art Resource, Bangalore
Rock+Music+Art, Gallery Art Resource, Mumbai
2006  
Compensation for what has been lost, Travancore Art Gallery   
Paper flute..., Curated by Johny ML, Gallery Espace, New Delhi
Waging Peace, Curated by Troy West and Claudia Flynn, Rhode Island, USA
Viart Art Gallery, New Delhi
Gandhi Satyagraha Centenary Exhibition, Travancore Art Gallery, New Delhi  
Real 2006, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2005  
The Second Coming -The Quotable Stencil -Part Two, Tao Art Gallery

Awards & Scholarship
1997 
Kanoria Scholarship for Print Making
1997-1999
Junior Fellowship, Research in Fiber Art, Awarded by Department of Culture, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India, New Delhi
1997-1998 
Kerala State Lalit Kala Academy award
1993-1995
Cultural Scholarship Awarded by Department of Culture, Ministry of Human   Resource Development, New Delhi.
1992  Honorable Mention, West Bengal State Exhibition, Calcutta Information Centre
1989-1994 
Merit scholarship. Kalabhavan, Santhiniketan
1987-1992 
Round Table 38, Calcutta

Theatre Experience
Visualized and directed few plays including Tagore, Samuel Becket, and Badal Sarkar etc
Beyond the Vermillon Dreams’ an adaptation  of Kumaranasan and Tagore’s  text,  performed at Natarani, Darpana Academy of Performing Arts, Ahmedabad.
Notes from hand kerchief’s end’ performed at National Human Right Conference, at M.R.A. Centre, Panchagani, Maharashtra.
The ‘Mud Angel‘ performed at CEPT campus, Ahmedabad

Murali has taught art and design in, School of Architecture, CEPT &  Kanoria centre Ahmedabad and NIFT, Chennai and Bangalore

The artists works and lives in Bangalore