
Rashmi Soni
Born: 1976
Hometown: Bangalore
Based in: India
Rashmi Soni is an established Indian contemporary artist. Her artworks have been displayed in many national and international art galleries. Her works are often realistic and figurative in style. In her formative years, she was inspired by classical artists like Anthony Ryder and Michele Angelo, which led to adopting art styles that tended towards realism. Nevertheless, she developed her own distinctive flavour of realism with loose strokes and vivid colours.
Her artworks are in the permanent collection of Delhi Lalitkala Acedemy, Karnataka LalitKala Academy, Lovely Professional University Chandigarh and in many other private art collections in India and abroad. She has done various commissioned works too which are mostly portraits in oil colors, water colors, pastels and charcoals.
Fun Fact: She is the Karnataka State Head for International Watercolour Society
Exhibitions:
2015
• Solo exhibition at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath Bangalore
2016
• Solo Show at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath Bangalore.
2015
• Akanksha Group Show at Chitra Kala Parishath, Bangalore
• Exprima Frais - Reves Art Gallery, Jayanagar, Bangalore
2016
• Akanksha Group 2016 at Rangoli Metro, MG Road, Bangalore
• Darvar Art Center, Kerala Lalit Kala Academy by Worldwide Art Movement, Ernakulam, Kerala
• Freedom Of Self Expression at Staphinie Palace Exhibition Budapest-, Hungary by IWS Hungary
• Love United at LeongFong Oi Wan Art Gallery, Hong Kong by IWS Hong Kong
• Peace and Tranquility, International Watercolor Festival and Plein Air Workshop by IWS Nepal.
• Chitra Kala Sangam – Group Show organized by Shiny Colors
• Festival Urbino in Acquerello, Italy
2017
• International Watercolor Festival, Kosovo.
• Watercolors painting featured in Fabriano International Watercolors Exhibition Italy
• Heritage Art International watercolors Exhibition Fort Vredeburg Museum Yogyakarta, Indonesia
• Watercolor & Love 2nd International Watercolor Biennale Vietnam
• Chitra Kala Sangam Group Show organized by Shiny Colors
• 2nd biennale international Watercolors Society IWSIB Delhi
2018
• Art For Cancer Care Show Venkatappa Art Gallery Bangalore
• 1st International Biennale Waves Of Colors Bangladesh
• Group Exhibition Soulful Hues at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath Bangalore
• Water color Festival Fabriano Acquerello, Italy
• Chita Kala Sangam - Group show organized by Shiny Colors
• Sensezioni IWS Exhibition at Contemporary Art Museum Acri. Italy
2019
• The Art Society Of India , Jahanghir Gallery Mumbai
• Watercolor Art Zurich Exhibition 2019 at Kunst Zurich Sud Gallery, Switzerland
• Chitra Kala Sangam group show 2019 at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath Bangalore
2020
• ‘’ Transparenze ‘’Watercolors Exhibition , Italy Art Gallery, Italy
Credentials
Awards
Transparenze ‘Watercolors Exhibition , Art Gallery, Italy
2020
Solo Show at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath Bangalore.
2016