Born 1958 in Bangalore
Education
1982-84
M.A. in Painting from the Royal College of Art, London
1982-83
Studied Film and Video at the Fulham Institute, London
1978-81
Studied and Practiced Photography under the Guidance of Prof. Jyoti
Bhatt
1976-81 B.A. from Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Solo Exhibitions
2008
'rekha@fifty', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2007
‘Second Skin’, presented by Sakshi Gallery at The Air Gallery, London
2006
‘Once Upon A Time….’, Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi
2005
‘Encrypted Soliloquies’, Singapore
2003
'Bye Bye Baby!', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2001
'Subtexts', Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore
2000
Works presented at Art Amsterdam by Gallery FIA, Amsterdam,
Netherlands
1999
'Time Zones: Home & Away', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
1998
'Evocations', Studio Barbieri, Venice, Italy
1997
'Borders/Territories', Apparao Gallery at Gallery 678, New York
'My Body-My Land', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
1996
'In Shades of Red', Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore
1994 Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore
1993
Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
Art heritage, New Delhi
1992
Seagull For Arts, Kolkata
Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore
1991
Sakshi Gallery, Chennai
1990
Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
1989
Art Heritage, New Delhi
1988
Gallery Sassi, Stockholm, Sweden
1987
Art Heritage, New Delhi
1986
Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
Sarala Art Centre, Chennai
1985
Art Heritage, New Delhi
1982
Urja Art Gallery, Vadodara
Group Exhibitions
2007-08
‘Paisley - Exploding The Teardrop’, PM Gallery in collaboration with The
Pattern Lab, Ealing
2006
‘Making of Divinity’, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2004
‘China Meets India in Berlin’, Alexander Ochs Galleries Berlin, Beijing
2003
'The Said and The Unsaid', Apparao Galleries, Mumbai
2002
'Cinema Stills' Apparao Galleries, New Delhi
2001
'Figures in My Mind', Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2000 '
Celebration of the Human Image', Gallery 42, New Delhi
'Timeless Visions: Contemporary Art of India', from the Herwitz
Collection, Peabody Essex Museum, Massachusetts, USA
'Early Works', The Fine Art Company, Mumbai
'Embarkations: The Millennium Show', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
1999
'Imagined Spaces', a one year touring exhibition with Surendran Nair at
major Art Centers in Australia, Noosa Regional Art Gallery, Australia
'Pacaembu', Sao Paulo, Brazil
'The Tale of Six Cities', Lakeeren Art Gallery, Mumbai
1998-99
'Lines of desire', A Liverpool Art School & Oldham Art Gallery &
Museum touring exhibition
1998
'Indian Spring', Apparao Galleries & Gallery Martini, USA
1997-98 '
The Edge of Awareness', 50th anniversary of the World Health
Organization (WHO), Geneva, Sao Paulo, New York, New Delhi
1997
'Epic Reality', Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, USA
'Women Artists of India - A Celebration of independence', Mils College
Art Gallery, California, USA
'Nirguna/Saguna', Nature Morte, New Delhi
1996
'Acro da Lapa', Laboratoire, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
'12 Contemporary Painters from 1984 to 1996', The Fine Art Recourse, Mumbai
'Of Women, icons/stars/feasts', Eicher Gallery, New Delhi
1995-96
'Inside Out: Women Artists of India', a touring exhibition in England,
Middles-borough Art Gallery, UK
1995
'Indian Winter', Kapil Jariwala Gallery, London, UK
'Contemporary Art, Deutche Bank Bombay', The Fine Art Resource, Mumbai
'Bombay', An RPG exhibition, Mumbai
'Dialogues of Peace', Geneva, Switzerland
'Art for CRY', Mumbai & Delhi
1994
An Exhibition of Women's Art: Society for Promotion of Art, Hyderabad
1993
'In Small Format-Works on Paper', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
'Images & Words', a traveling exhibition for Communal Harmony, Sahmat
India
'Husain Ki Sarai', Vadhera Art gallery, New Delhi
1992
'A Nest for Sparrow', curated by C.S.Laxmi, Mumbai
'Journeys with landscapes', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
1990
Exhibition for the ter-centenary of Calcutta & the support of the SICW,
Kolkata
1989
'Artists Alert', In memory of Safdar Hashmi, New Delhi
1988
Exhibition to Celebrate the declaration of Human Right’s, UN, Geneva,
Switzerland
1987
Print exhibition, Bristol, UK
Print exhibition, Centre for Engraving, Geneva, Switzerland
'Alekhya Darsan', Six Young Contemporaries, Geneva, Switzerland
1984
Young Contemporaries, Sheffield, UK
Participations
2005
‘Shakti 2005’, Aicon Gallery, New York
1987
Second Biennial of Havana, Cuba
1986
Sixth International Triennial, New Delhi
1981
All India Graphic Exhibition, Ahmedabad
1980
All India Photography Exhibition, Mysore
Honors and Awards
1994
Junior Fellowship, Ministry of Culture and Human Resources,
Government of India
1990
Conferred The Staff Fellowship From The Rockefeller Foundation Asian
Cultural Council to Work in the U.S.
1988-89
Invited Faculty and Artist –in- Residence, The Konsthogskolan Art
College, by invitation from Svenska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
1984
Unilever Painting Award, Royal College of Art, London
1982
Inlaks Scholarship for her M.A. in Painting from Royal College of Art, London
