- Hemant Rao
Born in a remote village and my paintings are inspired by nature. Different elements of the world, including the mystery of light and shadows fascinate me. In a soothing vocabulary of abstract forms, they re-claim their touch. I use dry pastel, exploring luminescent shades, forms submerged under semi-transparent layers, creating a journey, a discovery of some kind,adding some space to let the eyes breathe, till I find myself creating a sanctuary of inner peace and serenity, in a constantly moving world.
Born 29th July, 1984, Raghogarh, Dist. Guna (Madhya Pradesh)
- Self-Taught Artist
- Worked at Graphic Studio, Bharat Bhawan, Bhopal (2005-2010)
- 60th National Academy Award recipient 2019 (from Lalit Kala, Delhi, India's National
Academy of Fine Arts)
Solo Shows :
- Solo Show Curated by Prayag Shukla at Gallery Art & Soul, Mumbai, 2016
- Art Spice Gallery, New Delhi, 2013
- Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) Regional, Bhopal, 2012
- Indian Habitat Centre, New Delhi 2006
Group Shows :
- Restart Art, Online Art Exhibition, Mumbai Midtown Arts Collective, represented by Art & Soul, Gallery, 2020
- Wings & Plumes, Art & Soul Gallery, Mumbai, 2019
- Rasas of Indian Art, Art Spice Gallery, New Delhi 2019-20
- Unmesh Kala Pradarshini, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, 2019
- Wings & Plume curated by Prayag Shukla, Art & Soul, Mumbai, 2019
- 88th Izmir International Fair, Kültürpark, İzmir, Turkey, 2019
- Drawing: A New Chapter by Art Pilgrim, AIFACS (All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society),
New Delhi 2019
- Parables and Paradoxes, The Lodhi, New Delhi 2018-2019
- Art for Kerala National Flood National Gallery of Modern Art, Ministry of Culture 2018
- Art Mela by CIMA Art Gallery, Delhi, 2018
- Art Mela by CIMA Art Gallery, Kolkata, 2017
- Artworld, Sarala Art Centre, Chennai, 2017
- Preview Show at Raghogarh, Guna by MLA Shri Jayvardhan Singh, 2017
- Kala Ghoda Art Festival at Jehangir Art Gallery by Art & Soul, Mumbai, 2017
- India Art Festival by Art Spice Gallery, Delhi, 2017
- Royal Fables, Hyatt Hotel, Delhi, 2015
- Museum Art Gallery, Mumbai, 2011
- Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai , 2011
- International Art Fair Busan, South Korea, 2011
- Asian Young Artist, Seoul Art Festival, South Korea, 2011
- Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai , 2011
- Butterfly Show Curated by Prayag Shukla at Gallery Art & Soul, Mumbai, 2009
- Drawing Exhibition, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi, 2009
- Mindscape Studio 21, CIMA Gallery, Kolkata, 2009
- Homage to J. Swaminathan, Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi Curated by Prayag Shukla, 2008
- CIMA Art Gallery, Kolkata, 2006
- Annual Exhibition, Bharat Bhawan, Bhopal, 2005-06
Participations :
○ Twelfth edition of the annual India Art Fair (IAF) NSIC, Delhi 2020 (represented by Art Houz, Chennai)
- Art Revolution Taipei, 2019
- 60th National Exhibition of Art - Lalit Kala Akademi 2019
- International Bengal Biennale, 2019
- Jaipur Art Summit, 2017
- 7th Bharat Bhavan Biennale of Contemporary Indian Art (Bhopal), 2017
- International Bodhgaya Biennale (Patna), 2016
- The 4th Bangkok Triennale International Print & Drawing Exhibition, 2014
Visual Arts (Painting) “Junior Artist Fellowship” HRD. Govt. Of India, 2011-12 New Delhi
Awards :
- 60th National Academy Award 2019 (Lalit Kala), New Delhi
- Prafulla Dhanukar Art Foundation (MP State Award), Mumbai, 2015
- Certificate of Honour from the 4th Bangkok Triennale International, 2014
- Print & Drawing Exhibition Madhya Pradesh S.H. Raza Award, Gwalior, 2010
- All India Lalit Kala Award, Lucknow (UP), 2010
- Annual All India Art Exhibition (AIFACS), New Delhi, 2010
- “Art Mall” Bhiku Ram Jain Foundation, New Delhi, 2009
- Indian Fine Art Society, Amritsar, Punjab, 2008
- Lokmanya Tilak, Pune (MH), 2007
- Camel Art Foundation, Western Professional Award, Baroda (Gujarat), 2007
- Dhoomimal Art Gallery, Scholarship, New Delhi, 2006
- South Centre Zone, Nagpur (MH), 2006
- M.P. State Award, Indore (MP), 2005
Participated in over thirty art camps including …
- Akshaya Online Art Camp, Hina Bhatt Art Ventures 2020
- Sammilit Artists’ Camp, Veronica Art Gallery, Allahabad 2019
- 7th ArtMeet Camp, ITM University, Gwalior 2019
- Auroville International Artists’ Camp 2019
- Painting Workshop at Bihar Government Museum, 2018
- Art Heart Art Camp, At Chinmaya Vibhooti, Lonavla, 2018
- Bhubaneswar Lalit Kala Akademi Installation Art Camp, 2017
- Art Heart Art Camp, At Chinmaya Vibhooti, Lonavla, 2017
- Master Sansar Chand Baru Memorial & Delhi Metro Rail Corp. Camp, 2017
- National Artists’ Camp, Patnitop, Jammu, 2016
- “International Art Beyond Boundaries”, IECI & Tellus Art, 2016
- Tribal Museum, Bhopal, 2016
- National Art Residency by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, Patna 2010
- National Camp Lalit Kala Akadami, New Delhi (Mizoram Aizol), 2010
- All India Swatantrata Senani Portrait Camp, Swaraj Bhawan, Bhopal, 2009
- National Workshop on Painting, Department of Fine Art University, 2008
- Space Artist Camp, Meadows by Rai Art Foundation, New Delhi, 2008
- Art Meet Senior Artist Camp, Gwalior (MP), 2006
- Ginnor Garh, Ratapani Camp Organized by M.P. Tourism Dept., Bhopal 2005
Collection :
- Arrah Bihar Government Museum, 2018
- Triveni Museum, Ujjain (MP), 2016 Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 2014
- Former C.M. (MP) Shri Digvijay Singh, Raghogarh, Distt. -Guna (MP), 2004
- Bharat Bhawan, Graphic Studio, Bhopal, 2006
- Art Critic Shri Prayag Shukla, New Delhi, 2006
- I.T.M. College, Gwalior (MP), 2006 Kala Bhavan, Chandigarh, 2007
- Other Countries –USA, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, South Korea
