Raksha S

Artist Bio

Raksha is a fine artist based in Bengaluru. She graduated from Karnataka ChitraKala Parishat in 2019 with a degree in Visual Arts. Since then, she has been exploring her art practice through a multitude of concepts using the medium of traditional painting.

In between being a full-time practicing artist, she has worked as an art instructor in an art studio and a school and also worked as a content writer for 1.5 years.

Creating art has always been an escape from the constant existential crisis she experienced from a young age. The act of creating something not only distracted her from it but also helped her find answers to questions she could not articulate and ask. She had a strong desire for something unusual, fantastical, or fictional to exist so she would read books and create works of that genre.

Her ideas were initially driven by curiosity into the subconscious realm of dreams. She would draw elements and scenarios from her dreams and personal experiences sometimes induced by emotional stress.Her works has slowly moved on from exploring dreams to reality, creating visual stories with the aim of providing a surreal escape for the viewers.

Some of Raksha’s earlier influences include Salvador Dali, Tyeb Mehta,...

2015-2019: Bachelor of Visual Arts, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat, Bangalore.
Painting, printmaking

Shows

Solo Show:

“Metonymy of Bark & Sinew”, Alliance Francaise de Bangalore, March 2023, Bengaluru

Group shows:

“Drushyotsava”, ChitraKala Parishat, 2019, Bengaluru

“Complimenting Contrasts”, Curated by Nandita & Sagar Shastri at 1Shantiroad Gallery, 2019, Bengaluru

“A(muse)ing The Self”, Curated by Nandita V Shastri at 1Shantiroad Gallery, 2023, Bengaluru

“Grishma Ritu”, Curated by Rahul Tukaram Vajale, Tulika Art Gallery, Mumbai. March 2024

"In the realm of dream", curated by Luna Arts, AIFACS, Delhi - May 2024