| Kavitha Balakrishnan കവിത ബാലകൃഷ്ണൻ | |
| Birth Date: | 1 June 1976 |
| Birth Place: | Nadavarambu, Irinjalakuda, Thrissur district, India |
| Occupation: | Lecturer, writer, poet, researcher, painter, curator |
| Language: | Malayalam, English |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Education: | M.A in Fine Art History and Aesthetics, PhD in Art history |
| Notableworks: | "Adhunika Keralathile Chitrakala" |
| Spouse: | M. Rajesh Aravindakshan |
| Children: | 1 |
| Awards: | the Soviet Land Nehru Award for Painting,Kerala State Govt Award from Lalit Kala Academi in 2007. |
| Website: | Kavitha Balakrishnan |
Kavitha Balakrishnan (ml|കവിത ബാലകൃഷ്ണൻ; born 1 June 1976) is an art critic, poet,[1] contemporary art researcher, painter and art curator. She started her teaching career as a lecturer of Art History at College of Fine Arts Trivandrum from 1998 to 1999. She later lectured at the R.L.V. College of Music and Fine Arts in Thrippunithura and as a visiting faculty at the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) in Mumbai. Balakrishnan is currently a lecturer in Art history and Aesthetics at the Govt. College of Fine Arts in Thrissur, Kerala State, India.
Balakrishnan received her master's degree in Fine Art History and Aesthetics in 1998 from Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. Then she produced a research thesis on the practice of literature-oriented illustrations in Malayalam periodicals' for which she was awarded Ph.D in 2009 by Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam.
At the age of 13 she received the Soviet Land Nehru Award for Painting while she spent the summer at the Crimean coast of the Black Sea, Ukraine (former Soviet Union) at Artek (camp)'s Inter National Young Pioneer Camp.
Her book keralathile chitrakalayude varthamanam won the state award[2] for the best book on art in Malayalam in 2007 from Lalitha kala academy.
1.Contemporary Art gallery, show sponsored by Kerala Lalith kala Academy.1997.