About Me

Born in Kolkata, India, Rita graduated from Calcutta University in 1977, with meritorious distinction and government scholarship. Simultaneously, she underwent extensive training under eminent national artists and art professors like Indra Dugar (Water Colourist), Ashesh Mitra (Prof, Calcutta Art College), Chitra Mazumdar (Prof, Calcutta Art College) and Bimal Dasgupta (Prof, Delhi Art College).

Important Group Shows

  • 1980 Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
  • 1982 Salon des Independants, Grand Palais, Paris Galerie Promotion Audiovisual, Club Alpin, Paris Salon de la Montagne, Chamonix, France
  • 1984 Galerie du Bonhomme en Bois, Honfleur, France
  • 2000 Art Today, New Delhi
  • 2001 Russian Centre, New Delhi Nehru Centre, Mumbai 2002 Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
  • 2004 AIFACS, New Delhi
  • 2005 Apparao Gallery, Chennai
  • 2006 Exhibition and Auction at the residence of British High Commissioner, New Delhi by Khushi
  • 2008 Gallery Artscademia, Montreux, Switzerland
  • 2010 Open Palm Court Gallery, New Delhi 2010 Renaissance Art Gallery, Bangalore
  • 2011 Art Positive, New Delhi
  • 2013 Renaissance Art Gallery, Bangalore
  • 2015 MOSA Exhibition, Bangkok and China Art Museum, Shanghai
  • 2017 Art Fair, Ahmedabad
  • 2023 Art Fair, New York
  • 2023 Espace Sorbonne, Paris

Solo Shows

  • 1981 Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi
  • 1983 La Mandragore Internationale Galerie D'Art, Paris
  • 1987 Chitrakoot Gallery, Kolkata Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi
  • 1991 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
  • 1993 Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi
  • 1995 Gallerie Arcade-Collette, Palais Royal, Paris
  • 1996 Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata
  • 1998 Bajaj Art Gallery, Mumbai
  • 2004 Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
  • 2007 Espace Charenton, Paris
  • 2007 Palm Court Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
  • 2010 Alliance Francaise, New Delhi
  • 2010 Birla Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkatta
  • 2013 Visual Art Gallery, New Delhi
  • 2014 India Art Fair, Nehru Centre, Mumbai
  • 2016 Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
  • 2016 Alliance Francaise, New Delhi
  • 2017 Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
  • 2018 Nehru Center, London
  • 2020 Bikaner House, New Delhi
  • 2020 India Art Fair, Nehru Centre, Mumbai
  • 2022 Bikaner house, New Delhi

Honours

  • 1969 Received the Soviet Land Nehru Award for painting by the President of India and sent to USSR
  • 1984 Selected a Finalist in the 35th Grand Prix International de Peinture de Deauville, France
  • 1985 Received a medal in the 8th Gran Premio Internationale Di-Pittura, Rome, Italy Selected a Finalist in the 21st Grand Prix Internationale de Peinture de la Cote D'Azur, Cannes, France
  • 1997 Received award for painting by Rotary Club, Southend, New Delhi
  • 2004 Painting installed in Rashtrapati Bhawan by the President of India, Dr. Abdul Kalam
  • 2010 Bhikuram Jain Foundation Award, India
  • 2013 Sangeet Shyamala Award, India
  • 2018 Aparajita Award, India