Raka’s works explore her inspiration of identity and the space in society where she grew up. Her works focus on regional people with their various natures, cultures and ways of living, sometimes relating towards the socio-political issues of those who are quotidian survivors of their own living. The descriptive richness of the narrative essence of her work allows her to create distant virtual concrete emotional reactions. She believes in attention of non-attentive things. 

Education

2016 MFA, Painting, Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan
2014 BFA, Painting, Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan

Exhibitions | Participations

‘Can you see what I see?’ group show at Kalakriti art gallery in Hydrabad 2024
'Lines, Stains, Grids & Words' at Delhi Art Week 2024
’ART 24’, Group show, Urmila Art Gallery, Kanoria Centre for Arts, Ahmedabad 2024
Participated in Space studio Alumni show 2023, Baroda
‘Lost Fragrance of infinity’ Fundraiser show curated by Saloni Doshi ai Space 118, in Mumbai.2023
Participated ‘On the Threshold of the Time’ at Art Heritage in Delhi 2023
Participated in Inception Grant Finalist Indian Art Fair Parallel Show 2023 at Art Incept in Delhi.
‘Metireal’ group show by Priyasri Art Gallery at Kamalnayan Bajaj Hall in Mumbai 2022
‘Separation’ a Group show in M.S.U gallery, Vadodara 2022
Myth, Memory & Marvellous Realities a group show at Kalakriti art gallery in Hyderabad 2021
‘IN transit’ group exhibition in Hutheesing Art Gallery in Ahmadabad 2021
‘One of these days’ group show at NIV Art Centre in Delhi 2021
Art20, Kanoria Centre for Arts, 2020
Selected for Art Revolution Taipei, Taiwan, 2019
Selected for Asian Biennale Bangladesh 2018
Selected for last image show’18 in Tanzania
Art for peace collection India-Israel collaborative show in Hutheesing Art Gallery in Ahmedabad
Participated for100 Annual Art Exhibition of The Art Society of India at Jahangir Art Gallery in Mumbai 2018
Participated in ART35 Nine Fish Art Gallery in Mumbai 2018
Participated in AIFACS annualShow 2017-2018
Participated in India art fair2017 in Delhi. 
Internationalwomen Artists’ exhibition at Kalavithika in Gwalior.2017
Unfold Voyage group exhibition of young artist at Kanoria art gallery  in Ahmedabad.2017
Art 17 Annual show at Kanoria art gallery  in Ahmedabad.2017
“ Purvaa” (purvesh patel memorial show) a group exhibition of contemporary Artist at  L & P Hutheesing visual art center , Ahmedabad  2016, 2017
Group exhibition at Ssavd in Santiniketan 2016.
Annual show of final year students of kala Bhavana at ICCR, Kolkata 2016.
Translations International art Exhibition at ICCR in Kolkata, 2016 Organized & curated by Emergent Art Space, US and Samindranath Majumdar. 
80thAnnual All India Fine Arts Exhibition at Academy of Fine Arts in Kolkata.-2016
All India women Artists’ Contemporary art exhibition 2015 in Chandigarh.
Group exhibition at Ssavd in Santiniketan 2015.
Group exhibition at Bothi Tree Monastery of art in Kolkata 2015.
Group exhibition at ICCR, in Kolkata.2014.
All India women Artists’ Contemporary art exhibition 2014 in Chandigarh.
Annual show of final year students of kala Bhavana at Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, Kolkata 2014.
27th All India art contest & exhibition-2013 in Nagpur.
Bashudha art gallery at Bhubanashar in Orisha (National level Art & Flim festival).
Annual exhibition at Nandan gallery in Santiniketan.
All India women Artists’ Contemporary art exhibition 2013 in Chandigarh
Annual exhibition of Kala Bhavan 2012 at Academy of fine arts in Kolkata.

Camps

New Grammar a collaborative  Residency at Artichol in M.P, India.2017
Tura art camp in Meghalaya,2016 Organizedby lalit kala academi ,Kolkata regional center.
Translations International art workshop at ICCR in Kolkata, 2016 Organized by Emergent Art Space, US. 
Gati art trash workshop with bangaladesh artist at sabujban in 2015. 
Thanka Painting Workshop at Santiniketan in 2014.
Participated in winner of  Bengal art talent Hunt 2014 during an art camp at Jodhpur in Rajasthan.(by Bothi Tree Monastery of art, Kolkata). 6th National level fine arts college students’ workshop-2013 in Mysore (Chamarajendra Govt. College of visual arts,).
Painting workshop at Ssavd in Santiniketan by SBI 2013.
Kala Bhavana Presence of Past Workshop with Manjari Chakravarti in 2010-2011.     

Awards

Awarded by Emergent Art Space, for curated (online) show ‘Calling Across the Distance’2020
Selected for junior fellowship by Ministry of culture 2018-2019 in painting
3rd in All India women artists’ Contemporary art exhibition 2013 in Chandigarh.
West Bengal State Award for Prafulla Dahanukar Art Foundation 2018
Merit scholarship kala bhavana 2011,2012,2013,2014,2015

Grant

The Elizabeth Green shields Foundation 2015

Residency - 

Space Studio monsoon Residency 2022, Baroda
Kalakriti artist Residency 2019, Hyderabad
Kanoria centre for arts painting studio residency with fellowship 2016 July - 2018 April
New Grammar a collaborative Residency at Artichol in M.P, India 2017 curated by Rahul Kumar