Siddharth Katragadda
Siddharth (Sid) Katragadda is an Indian American artist, writer, filmmaker, poet and engineer.
Early life
He was born in Bangalore, India in 1972 and moved to the United States for his Master's degree in computer sciences from the University of Texas at Arlington.
Painting
Katragadda began exhibiting and selling his art in 2008. His paintings often feature Indian women painted in an abstract style.
In 2022, he painted a series of 12 Western paintings in what he calls Holeism style, based on various humanitarian issues. He also returned to his abstract Indian women, creating the first of his Timism style paintings, which were exhibited on Culturally Arts Collective. His work has been featured in various journals and podcasts. He was a featured artist on Saatchi Art in 2023. He's an artist on the San Diego Museum of Art Artist Guild
Films
Katragadda's short documentary B.L.I.N.D – Born to Live in Near Darkness? won festival awards.
His short film Varanasi won the Best Foreign Film Award at the Atlantic City CineFest, New Jersey, 2013. He wrote the screenplay Painless (aka The Mercy Machine) in 2016. His short documentary The Indus Code was shortlisted for the 6th International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kerala.
Filmography
Year |
Film |
Genre |
Notes |
Credited as |
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Director |
Producer |
Screenwriter |
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2012 |
The Girl Upstairs |
Feature Film |
Released on Amazon Prime |
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2013 |
Varanasi |
Short Film |
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2023 |
City of Lights |
Short Film |
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2020 |
B.L.I.N.D : Born to Live in Near Darkness |
Documentary Short |
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2020 |
Being Human |
Short Film |
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2023 |
The Godsend |
Short Film |
Writing
Katragadda was quoted in CNN and his first novel, Metamorphosis was named a Runners-up for the 2021 Red Hen Press Fiction Award/ Los Angeles Review. His first novel in verse, Dark Rooms won an award at the San Diego Book Prize, 2002 (Poetry). His next novel "Blood Siblings" won an award at the SD Book Awards, 2010
Katragadda's work has appeared in Taint Taint Taint,Grey Sparrow Press, New Plains Review – Fall 2018 Issue, Chaffey Review, A Generation Defining Itself, Carter Street Review, and Wilderness Review. His work has been reviewed in Boldsky.
Books
Year |
Book |
Genre |
Awards |
|---|---|---|---|
2002 |
Dark Rooms |
poetry |
Runners-up San Diego Book Awards |
2003 |
The Other Wife |
poetry |
Runners-up San Diego Book Awards |
2022 |
Metamorphosis |
Novel |
Runners-up – Red Hen Fiction Award |
Plays
His play Tsunami was produced by Firecracker Production, Houston, and was nominated for five Awards at the 2021 Broadway World Houston. Tsunami also was won the "Your Worst Nightmare Short Play Festival" in San Francisco. His short play Power Outage was set to be produced at the 11th Towne Street Theatre's Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival – at the Stella Adler Theatre, Hollywood April 4–26, 2020.
Theatre productions
Year |
Play |
Production |
|---|---|---|
2020 |
The Power Outage |
Stella Adler Theatre, Hollywood 11th-annual-10-min-play-festival |
2020 |
Tsunami |
Shelton Theater in San Francisco, Your Worst Nightmare Short Play Festival |
2021 |
Tsunami |
Firecracker Productions, Houston |