Rekha Rodwittiya was born in Bangalore in 1958. She studied B.A. (painting) in 1981 at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda and at the Royal College of Art, London (MA 1984, on the Inlaks Scholarship).
Rekha Rodwittiya’s work is a dynamic continuum of life itself. Her images are a distilled expression of her thoughts, emotions, readings, observations, beliefs values as well as the rich repository of her past experiences.
The representation of the female figure has been a focal point of her works. Her early years at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda laid the foundations of what now stands as a politically alert feminist practice of painting. Over the recent years, one can see Rekha Rodwittiya explore the archetypal figuration of the female form in a celebratory mode.
Her works have been included in many prestigious group exhibitions in India and abroad, including the VI International Triennial, New Delhi (1986), India in Switzerland: Six Young Contemporaries, Geneva (1987) and Inside Out: Women Artists of India, touring exhibition in the UK (1995-96).
Her works are in various private and public collections in India, U.K., U.S.A., Brazil, Italy, West Germany, Switzerland, Sweden and the Netherlands. Rekha Rodwittiya currently lives and works in Baroda.
Education
1982-84 M.A.(Painting), Royal College of Art, London
1982-83 Studied Film and Video, Fulham Institute, London
1978-81 Studied and Practiced Photography under the Guidance of Prof. Jyoti Bhatt
1976-81 B.A.(Fine Arts), Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016-17 'Love done right can change the World', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2016 'Love Done Right Can Change the World', Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2016 'The Rituals of Memory: Personal folklore and other tales", Aicon Gallery, New York
2014 'The Guarded Megalopolis of the Feminine Heart', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2013 'Matters of Heart', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2011 'Intangible Interlocution: An Anthology of Belonging', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
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
1997 'My Body-My Land', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
1996 'In Shades of Red', Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore
1994 Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore
1993 Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
1993 Art heritage, New Delhi
1992 Seagull For Arts, Kolkata
1992 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
1986 Sarala Art Centre, Chennai
1985 Art Heritage, New Delhi
1982 Urja Art Gallery, Vadodara
Selected Group Exhibitions
2014 'In-Between', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2013-14 'Forgotten Figures', Aicon Gallery, New York
2012 'Diva', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2012 'Looking Back, Looking Forward', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2012 'Aqua', Gallery Beyond, Mumbai
2012 'Contemporary: A Selection of Modern and Contemporary Art', prsented by Sakshi Gallery at The Park, Chennai
2011-12 'Back to School: Baroda 1979-89', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2011 'Anecdotes', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2011 'Pause: A Collection', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2011 'High-Light', presented by Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai at The Oberoi, Gurgaon
2011 'Back to School: Baroda 1979-89', Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
2010-11 'A Collection', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2010 Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2010 'Dali's Elephant', Aicon Gallery, London
2010 'Singularities', RL Fine Arts, New York
2010 '1.2.3.4.5...In the Line of Fire', Lemongrasshopper, Ahmedabad
2009 'Long Gone & Living Now', Gallerie Mirchandani + Steinreucke, Mumbai
2009 'Zip Files', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2009 'Inaugural Show', Sakshi Gallery, Taipei
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
2000 'Timeless Visions: Contemporary Art of India', from the Herwitz Collection, Peabody Essex Museum, Massachusetts, USA
2000 'Early Works', The Fine Art Company, Mumbai
2000 '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
1999 'Pacaembu', Sao Paulo, Brazil
1999 '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
1997 'Women Artists of India - A Celebration of independence', Mils College Art Gallery, California, USA
1997 'Nirguna/Saguna', Nature Morte, New Delhi
1996 'Acro da Lapa', Laboratoire, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1996 '12 Contemporary Painters from 1984 to 1996', The Fine Art Recourse, Mumbai
1996 '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
1995 'Contemporary Art, Deutche bank Bombay', The Fine Art Resource, Mumbai
1995 'Bombay', An RPG exhibition, Mumbai
1995 'Dialogues of peace', Geneva, Switzerland
1995 '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
1993 'Images & Words', A traveling exhibition for Communal Harmony, Sahmat India
1993 'Husain Ki Sarai', Vadhera Art gallery, New Delhi
1992 'A Nest for Sparrow', curated by C.S.Laxmi, Mumbai
1992 '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
1987 Print exhibition, Centre for Engraving, Geneva, Switzerland
1987 'Alekhya Darsan', Six Young Contemporaries, Geneva, Switzerland
1984 Young Contemporaries, Sheffield, UK
Participations
2013 'The Naked and the Nude: The Body in Indian Modern Art', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2011 ‘Manifestations V', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2011 'Roots in the Air, Branches Below: Modern & Contemporary Art from India', San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose
2011 'The Intuitive: Logic Revisted', from the Osians Collection at The World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland
2010 'Finding India: Art for the New century', presented by Sakshi Gallery at Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Taipei
2010 'Evolve: 10th Anniversary Show', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2010 'Roots', 25th Anniversary Exhibition of Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai at The Park, Chennai
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
Honours and Awards
2010 Montalvo Artist Residency, Montalvo Center for the Arts, Sartoga, CA
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
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