Born in 1984 in Kolkata, West Bengal, Bholanath Rudra is a contemporary Indian artist who graduated with a B.F.A. and an M.F.A. in Painting from Rabindra Bharati University in 2009 and 2013, respectively. Since 2019, he has been a member of the Society of Contemporary Artists, Kolkata.
Rudra has exhibited widely all over India in numerous group exhibitions, such as All That is Hidden: Mapping Departures in Landscape, Terrains and Geographies, Emami Art, Kolkata, 2024; Brink at Art Centrix Space, 2022; Fluid Boundaries, Emami Art, Kolkata, 2020; Insights Emami Art, Kolkata, 2020; 64th Annual Exhibition of Society of Contemporary Artists, Birla
Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata, 2018 – 2022; Annual Art Exhibition at Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata, 2014, 2016, and 2018; State Art Gallery, Hyderabad in 2019; Kolkata Centre for Creativity, 2018, CIMA Gallery, Kolkata, 2017; Rajya Charukala Parishad, Kolkata, 2017 -2019; Karnataka Lalit Kala Akademi, 2017; Annual Exhibition, Emami Chisel Art, Kolkata 2015 and 2017.
His solo shows include Pensive Moons, Emami Art, 2024; States of Mind at the Society of Contemporary Artists, Kolkata, in 2018; and Mechanical Libido at the Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, in 2013. Rudra has participated in several art fairs, including the India Art Fair, New Delhi, in 2020, 2022, and 2024; Hub India – Maximum Minimum, Artissima, Torino, Italy, 2021. He has also participated in several art residencies, including the International Artists Residency Exchange Program at Kira A. Princess of Prussia Foundation (Germany, Italy), in collaboration with Emami Art, 2022.
He was awarded the State Gallery of Art Award by the Telangana Government in 2019; The Birla Academy Annual Exhibition Award in 2018; The Rajya Charukala Parshad Annual Award in 2017; The National Exhibition Award by Lalit Kala Akademi, Karnataka, in 2017; and The All-India Watercolor Exhibition Award by AIFACS in 2017.
Bholanath Rudra lives and works in Kolkata.