Surakala AppalaRaju (B. 1989, Andhra Pradesh) completed his B.F.A in sculpture from Andhra University Visakhapatnam in 2012 and his M.F.A in sculpture from Faculty of Fine Art, M.S. University, Baroda in 2014.

He has participated in numerous art exhibitions, amongst them, at Art Pilgrim, New Delhi and Gujarat State Lalit Kala Akademi in 2013, Impression Art Festival, Godhra, Gujarat in 2014 and 2015. INBOX81, Contemporary art group exhibition, Hyderabad, Telegana, 2016. 29th National Exhibition of contemporary art, Hyderabad in 2016. and Bombay Art Society, 125th art exhibition, Mumbai in 2017.

Appalaraju was awarded G. K. Varma National Award for Sculpture, Baroda, 2013 and the prizes at the Bombay Art Society, 125th art exhibition in Mumbai and the Silver Medal, Prafula Dhanukar Art Foundation, South Zone, Bengaluru in 2017.