Rudra is a Bengaluru based artist whose works are a commentary on the lack of attention given to vital issues in today’s society and environment at large. He expresses his interactions with nature and society creatively as paintings and sculptures. His fantasy-scapes are inspired by the rapid urbanization that has swept the country with the co-existence of the past and the present in any Indian metropolis today and the destruction to nature caused in the process.

Rudra has been hugely exploratory with his medium of works. He has experimented using different materials like irregular shaped canvases, irregular frames, canvas cloths, steel sheets, handmade paper with acrylic colour and other media that excited him.

He has won multiple awards and has been a highly regarded artist with numerous solo shows and events to his name. Art lovers at various shows and fairs have expressed appreciation of his creativity, style, presentation and colours.

Solo Exhibitions:

2018 ACTION OF THOUGHTS, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath Bengaluru, India

2016
• “Beauty of Water” Faculty of Fine Arts, M S University of Baroda, Gujarat
• “Beauty of Water” Amdavadnigufa Ahmadabad, Gujarat

2012
• Solo show of Resent paintings at Gallery Beyond, Mumbai
• Evergreen, Venkatappa Art Gallery Bengaluru

2009 Eye witness, Jehangir Art Gallery Mumbai

2008 “Alice in wonderland” Gallery Beyond, Mumbai

Group Exhibitions:
2020
• “If Walls Could Speak” At the ION Gallery, Singapore
• Bengaluru Landscape exhibition Chitrakala Parishath, Bengaluru
2019
• Art for Odisha at AIFACS, New Delhi
• “Glory of nature” Group show at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bengaluru
• Rotary Avani 2019 show at Bangalore International Centre, Bengaluru

2018 Post-Age, A group show of Art on Post Cards, Satya Art gallery Ahmadabad and Maharashtra Culture Centre, Pune

2017 Post-Age, A group show of Art on Post Cards, Artists Centre Mumbai and
Chandigarh, Punjab

2015 The many faces of India"show at 1 M G, from Gallery De art Bengaluru

2014
• Urban scapes an urban show at 1 M G, from Gallery De art Bengaluru
• Lince and Beyond Rangoli MAC Bengaluru

2013 Up to the nine, Jahangir art gallery M G road Mumbai

2012
• “8/560” group show of 8 artists from Bengaluru, Gallery Beyond, Mumbai
• Summer group show Gallery Beyond, Mumbai
“AQUA” group show of water colour Gallery Beyond, Mumbai

2010 “Fictional divisions” Blue Spade Gallery, Bengaluru

2009
• “Potpourri” Kerkar art complex Calangute, Goa
• “Pandora’s box” Gallery Beyond, Mumbai

2008
• “Plethora” Gallery Beyond, Mumbai
• Making a Lasting Impression Gallery Beyond, Mumbai

2007 Gallery Beyond, Mumbai

2004
• Nehru Art Gallery, Mumbai
• Aakruthi Art gallery, Hyderabad (Sponsor - Karnataka Lalit Kala Academy)

Painting Shows were featured in:
2020 Art- Revolution Taipei - Taiwan
2018 All India art competition and exhibition, state gallery of art Hyderabad
2017 1st International Water colour Festival, (IWS) Dubai, (UAE)
2010 AIFACS Annual Art Exhibition, New Delhi

2007
• Onwards-36th, 37th, 38th, 44th, 45th, 46th, Annual Art exhibition of Karnataka
Lalit kala Academy, Bengaluru
• Tilak All India Art Exhibition Pune, (Maharashtra)

2006 Camlin All India Art Teacher Art Exhibition, Bangalore
(Winner of CAMEL ART Foundation Europe art tour 2006
2005 Onwards-48th, 51st, 59th National Exhibition of Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2002 Onwards-4th, 7th, 8th, 9th 11th Southern Camlin Art Exhibition,Bangalore, Chennai,Hyderabad and Kochi
2003 AIFACS – State Level Art Exhibition, Bangalore.
2001 Tilak All India Art Exhibition Pune, (Maharashtra)
1999 Mysore Dasara Annual art exhibition Mysore, (Karnataka)

Sculpture Shows were featured in:

2017, 2018 and 2019 13th, 14th and 15th Annual exhibition of sculpture, Karnataka Shilpkala Academy, Bengaluru

Fairs:
2017
• Busan International Art Fair, South Korea
• Kaleidoscope, Round table in association with the Taj west end, At The Taj west end, Bengaluru

2016 Indian art festival Mumbai
2015 THE 377191 WALLS, Freedom to Express, and Freedom to Choose, Gallery Beyond, Mumbai

2014
• Lince and Beyond Rangoli MAC, Bengaluru
• Kala for Vidya Charity show, The Taj west end, Bengaluru
• Charity show from Time and space ITechLaw the Ritz-Carlton Bengaluru

2013 Art infinite art fair Jamnagar. (Gujarat)
2012 Indian art fair Mumbai. Gallery beyond, Mumbai
2011 India’s first online art fair, Gallery beyond, Mumbai
2010 Fund Raiser for the Blind welfare Assoc-(NGO) at CKP, Bengaluru

2008
• Asian Contemporary Art Fair, New York. (U S A)
• Joie de vivre fund raiser for 2NGO’ at Gallery beyond, Mumbai

2007
• Camel art Tour of Paris, Rome, Florence & Vatican
• Art Tour of Thailand, Malaysia & Singapore

2002 69th Kannada SahityaSammelanTumkur, Karnataka

Camps:
2018
• Aquarela Water colour National level art camp by Eakaant artist residency, Gujarat
• SUCO State level Art camp Bellary Karnataka
• Art camp from Vijayapur tourism Department Vijayapur, Karnataka
• Karnataka lalitha kala academy and Bengaluru metro organizedState level painting Camp, Bengaluru
2011 Walden Pond National level camp Kochi, Kerala

2008
• Karnataka kala utsava, Bengaluru by Kannada & Culture Dept& Lalit kala Academy Bangalore
• Le Royal meridian, National level camp, Mumbai

Fellowships:
2018-19 Junior Fellowship Award from Ministry of culture (HRD), Government of India

Awards:
2018 Shenoy Art Foundation Emerging Artist Award Bengaluru
2007 Tilak All India Art competition, Pune (Maharashtra)
2006 Camlin All India Art Teacher Art Exhibition Bengaluru
(Winner of Camel Art Foundation Europe art tour 2006)