About Our Team


The team behind Art Castell  has more than 25 years of experince in the field of Art, Graphics and Publiations.
 
Sebastian Joseph, Curator of the gallery, has more than 20 years of tradition in the publication field. He was the Co-Ordinator (Kerala operations) of a well known Malayalam ethnic News weekly (Malayalam Pathram ) published from New York for the Non-Resident Malayalee community in USA. Having a PostGraduate Degree in Commerce and a P.G.Diploma in Journalism,  he is having  contributions in the field of Publications, Art and Graphics, Finance and Insurance.

N.G.Suresh kumar, Chief Artist of gallery, has more than 30 years of experince in the respective field. Mr.Sureh kumar is from Champakulam, Alappuzha Dist.,Kerala. He completed his Diploma in Fine Arts from A.P.Arts School and started his career in a reputed weekly then, Chembakam and Mangalam as an artist. He was the Chief Artist of Mangalam for 25 years. He also served as the Layout artist of Malayalam Pathram,USA for more than 25 years. He has been contributing to all major Malayalam publications like Manorama weekly etc. in Kerala and other publications from abroad now. His famous  illustrations include Jeevitha Rekha about I.V.Sasi ( Film Director), Nedumudi Venu, Jose Prakash, Kamal Hassan ( Actors) .

Gopu G.Krishna, Artist of gallery, has more than 20 years of experience in the field of handmade paintings, graphic designs, pencil sketches, portraits and all types of digital works. He completed Diploma in Arts from KSS School of Arts, Kottayam

Mohan Manimala, Advisor of our gallery, has more than 30 years of experince as an artist. He has been contributing to major publications like Malayala Manorama etc. for several years.

Our Publication History

We have more than 25 years of publication experience overseas. We published  an ethnic  news  weekly from New York, USA  from 1990 to 2017. Through out  these period the weekly acted as a cultural bridge between the NRI people of USA and Kerala.

 Eminent writers in Kerala like Prof. M.Krishnan Nair, Mrs.Rose Mary, Mrs..J.Lalithambika IAS, Mrs..Chandramathi, Mr.Balachandra Menon, Dr.D Babu Paul IAS, Mr.K.M.Roy, Mr.George Varghese, Mr.C.Rahdakrishnan , Dr.M.V.Pillai etc.were some of the  Columnist of Malayalam Pathram during these period.