Mr. Krishnamurthy.Y, currently serving as an Assistant Professor at the School of Computer Science and Information Technology at Jain University in Bangalore, is also a contemporary artist hailing from Bangalore, Karnataka. With a Master's degree in visual arts and a Bachelor's degree in fine arts from Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore University, he furthered his expertise with a Diploma in Omega Maya at MAAC. Participating in numerous group shows and camps across India, his passion for art shines through in each brushstroke and layer of color, particularly evident in his works focusing on figurative representations and expressive faces. Known for his vibrant palette and well-defined brushwork, he specializes in a wide array of mediums including oil on canvas, knife painting on canvas, charcoal on paper, watercolor on paper, soft pastel, dry pastel, graphite, color pencils, fire on canvas, acrylic on canvas, oil pastels on paper, transparent ink on paper, and Indian ink drawings on paper. His artistic philosophy revolves around the belief that everything has the potential to be art, with the key lying in how one composes and expresses it onto the canvas.