Rameshwar Broota

Rameshwar Broota
Born1941 (age 83–84)
Alma materCollege of Art, Delhi
OccupationArtist
Spouse(s)Shobha Broota (separated)
Vasundhara Tewari Broota
Children2

Rameshwar Broota (born 1941, New Delhi)[1] is an Indian visual artist. His work revolves around sustained exploration of the body and its vulnerabilities. He is known for his unique Scratch technique.[2][3][4]

Early life

Broota was born in 1941 in Delhi an art-oriented family. He graduated in fine arts from the Delhi College of Art in 1964. His parents were singers and his brothers were visual artists.[2]

Personal life

Rameshwar Broota was married to Shobha Broota, an artist, and they have two daughters Pooja and Sakshi.[5] His daughter Pooja Iranna is also a visual artist.[5] After separating from Shobha, he married Vasundhara Tewari Broota, who is also an artist.[6]

Exhibitions

  • Man Series, Digital Exhibition, September 2020[7]
  • Scripted in Time, Vadehra Art Gallery, February 2018[8]
  • Visions of Integrity: Interrogating the male body, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, January 2015[9]
  • Scripted in Time II, February 2019[10]

Collections

Awards and recognition

  • Ranked second in Hurun India Art List 2020.[14][4]

References

  1. ^ ArtFacts. "Rameshwar Broota | Artist". ArtFacts. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  2. ^ a b "Rameshwar Broota's unsettling visions of paranoias and vulnerabilities in our moment of reckoning". Firstpost. 2020-07-26. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  3. ^ "When Paintings Become Friends". The Indian Express. 2020-03-18. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  4. ^ a b Rau, Rewati (July 16, 2020). "'Art must have a universal language'". India Today. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  5. ^ a b Šimić, Lena; Underwood-Lee, Emily (2022-11-30). "Conversations with Mother Artists on the Dynamics of Support in India". Mothering Performance: Maternal Action. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-000-78516-6.
  6. ^ Maddox, Georgina (2021-08-20). "Art lists and the questions that arise". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
  7. ^ "Art is an expression of the unconscious mind: Rameshwar Broota on relevance of 'Man Series' during pandemic". www.timesnownews.com. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  8. ^ Gupta, Gargi (2018-02-11). "Rameshwar Broota experiments with a new form". DNA India. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  9. ^ "Broota's works on male body on show in Delhi". Deccan Herald. 2015-01-30. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  10. ^ "The memory keeper". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  11. ^ "Untitled". Kiran Nadar Museum of Art. 2017-02-21. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  12. ^ "Der Kreis der Schöpfung". emuseum.duesseldorf.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  13. ^ "National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi".
  14. ^ "Hurun India Art List 2020". hurun-india. Retrieved 2020-12-09.