Imprints of Reminiscence
December 10 @ 11:00 am - December 21 @ 6:30 pm
“Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.” – Oscar Wilde
Runa Biswas’s interplay of colours and forms re-create the reminiscence of childhood memories and a youth gone by. A world of simple needs, fun and laughter, where children were engaged in play with friends. Innocent childhood friendships too that are close to her heart, have featured in this collection of works. There is a yearning to go back in time as seen in the choice of subjects with a playful connotation, inspired by European and Indian style of miniature paintings.
Runa Biswas has created a visual vocabulary inspired by Indian folk lore, that evoke the child in the viewer. Growing up with stories of Bengal’s own fairy tales book of Thakurmar Jhuli translated as grandmother’s bag of enchanted tales akin to Hans Anderson’s in the Western World! The protagonists in some of her visual narratives being the mischievous and adventurous Neel Kamal and Laal Kamal.
As the child growing up in a fantasy world, the first experience with cinema from a bygone era is the Itinerant play of the bioscope that creates a bond with children who peek through the windows of the unusual contraption on wheels, while music is played on a gramophone placed on top. Textural compositions developing a particular style of contemporary folk art, Runa Biswas has created a niche that is endearing.
Like footprints left behind, in the sands of time, Biswas has captured imprints of reminiscence in her visual narratives.
Runa Biswas
Runa Biswas was born and brought up in Kolkata where she completed her Masters in Economics in Kolkata University and later on honed her talent in a five year Diploma in Fine Art from Sarvo Bharatiya charukala mandir, affiliated with Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata.
From 2009 to 2025, Runa participated in several Group Shows and Solo shows across India, Dhaka, Hong Kong, Italy and Singapore. Some of the shows were Hyderabad in 2009 for Indo-Bangladesh Group Exhibition at National Gallery of Art, and also at Art Club Bangladesh, Dhaka in 2010.
Between 2010 and 2015, most of her group exhibitions took place in Bengaluru, which included shows at Renaissance Art Gallery, a two-women exhibition at Hobitute Art Gallery and Foundation, Alliance De Françoise, Sublime Galleria- UB City, Hyatt Bengaluru, Gallery Third Eye, one at the Taj hotel, as well as at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath and India Habitat Centre.
In 2016 Runa was part of Budapest International Aquarelle festival and also at First International Watercolor Biennale at Hong Kong. She has participated in Watercolour Exhibition at Italy Fabriano Aquerello in 2017.
Some of her other exhibitions from 2019 to 2025 includes India Art Festival with Gallery Artisera in Mumbai, Kala for Vidya show organized by Rotary Bengaluru, Palette of perspective by Mayin Art at ION gallery, Mosaic of Modernity at Gallery-G, Salt Lake Art Fair By gallery Daughtor in Kolkata.
Runa held her Solo show at Art Houz Gallery in 2018 and at the MKF Museum of Art in 2022, Bengaluru.
In 2017 Runa was awarded the prestigious Prafulla Dahanukar Bengaluru City Artist Award and an Honourable Mention Award from International Watercolor Society (Hungary).
Runa Biswas is currently based in Bengaluru.
Duration of show – 10th December to 21th December 2025 ,
Timing – 11 am to 6.30 pm ( Tuesday to Sunday )