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Ayyappa Nagubandi
Acrylic painting in heavy palette-knife impasto, almost entirely grey. A man in a dark suit stands with his back to the viewer in still dark water, facing a yellow sun sitting on the horizon. A red line runs from his hand down across the water and off the bottom right corner. The sky above is built from slabs of grey and white with a few patches of yellow.

Ayyappa Nagubandi

I build things that did not exist, and then I paint.

Nineteen patent applications, five companies, a conversational AI engine built in 2006, and a studio I found again during the pandemic. Based in Hyderabad.

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Original paintings. Acrylic, ink, canvas.

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The World Bank · Satyam · The Hindu · Business Standard · CNBC Young Turks · History Channel · TREC 2006

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Acrylic painting in heavy palette-knife impasto, almost entirely grey. A man in a dark suit stands with his back to the viewer in still dark water, facing a yellow sun sitting on the horizon. A red line runs from his hand down across the water and off the bottom right corner. The sky above is built from slabs of grey and white with a few patches of yellow.

The Signal

2026

₹67,500

Acrylic painting of a dark blue night scene. A large pale disc sits behind a gap between two brown rock cliffs, and its horizontal middle forms the only bridge across the gap, with the rest of the circle continuing below it. Four small figures, two adults and two children, stand holding hands on the bridge in front of a warm yellow glow. A lone dark figure carrying a bag walks in from the right.

The First Hire

2026

₹67,500

Acrylic painting seen from directly above: a ground of grey stone slabs separated by heavy dark navy fissures. A broad orange path runs through it in the shape of a crossroads, turning red towards three of its four ends. A small dark figure stands at the intersection, casting a long shadow.

The Pivot

2026

₹67,500

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