Raka Panda
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Born West Bengal, India
BFA, Painting, Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan MFA, Painting, Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan Raka has been the recipient of numerous awards including Emergent Art Space, for curated (online) show ‘Calling Across the Distance’ 2020, and has also been selected for the Junior Fellowship by Ministry of Culture in 2018-2019. |
Raka's work is an exploration of the spaces around her and the society in which she grew up. She focuses on people who have their distinct traits, culture and ways of living. Often looking at the socio-political issues of those, for whom simply living day to day is a struggle.
“Surface is an essential part of my work. I choose the surface on which to make the painting based on the mood I want to depict. The stories I paint are those of the common person’s experience- expressions of wonderings about everyday dealings. I am currently working on basing the same themes on objects made of fabric (such as my old bed cover). It is a representation of how at the end of the day, I slide into it and all the seemingly insignificant conversations and happenings/observations off the day run through my mind. It is here that I begin questioning why things are the way they are; not necessarily in a melancholic tone. Sometimes, it is simply innocent wonderment”. |
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‘Hide and Seek’ SOLD
Acrylic, ink and Nepali paper on canvas 91 x 61 cms |