Rekha Hebbar Rao
Rekha Rao Hebbar was initiated into painting under the guidance of her father, the eminent artist K. K. Hebbar, and holds a postgraduate degree in History from Bombay University. Her academic grounding informs a reflective and nuanced approach to visual practice.
Her paintings are shaped by an ongoing engagement with her surroundings, where lived experience and visual memory converge. Working through a process of association, Hebbar explores the expressive potential of colour, developing a personal chromatic syntax to articulate her responses to events and encounters that act as points of departure. Executed on paper and canvas, her works foreground subtle emotional resonance and introspective inquiry.
Hebbar’s works are represented in major public collections, including the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai; Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi; Singapore National Museum; Fukuoka Gallery, Japan; and Venkatappa Gallery, Bengaluru, as well as in numerous private collections.
