About

Anukta’s magical strokes breathe a symphony of the world around her, as she goes about celebrating life through her colours.

The horizon of her works is beyond the boundaries of categorization. Just as many India(s) breathe within one India, having had a multi city upbringing and career, Anukta gives an ode to that diversity through her works.  Ever inspired by the spaces she inhabits, the places she visits and the people she meets, her works are mostly personal insights and associations from the extraordinary to the obvious. Colours, forms and lines play a special interest in her works done mostly in representational, contemporary realistic style.

Rising above from her corporate avatar of over a decade in the country’s premier Hospitality chain and then as a General Manager at a top multinational dealing with office space solutions, Anukta bid adieu to her successful career and embarked on a new adventure to complete a two year online Diploma course in drawing and painting,  with a certificate of distinction from the London Art College, while also honing her skills through guidance from professional artists.

For Anukta painting is not merely about the end result. In a world that is standing at the brink of chaos, Anukta believes in the redemptive power of art. Her strokes cast a magical spell of positivity and cheerfulness on the audience, reaching not only the heart but the very soul of those who take respite in art.  Art apart, what gives her solace and rejuvenates her is music, running and trekking.

Anukta’s paintings have been exhibited in solo and group shows across India and abroad.  Her paintings and commissioned projects adorn homes and corporate houses across India and worldwide in the US, UK, New Zealand, Netherlands, Germany and Dubai. Among her noted commissioned works are the ones for ITC Ltd.,  Speciality Restaurants Ltd. ( London), a restaurant in New Zealand and for a boutique hotel in Mashobra, Simla. 

 At present her works are available online through international galleries like Paris Gallery Singulart and Saatchi Art and in India through – NDTV’s Mojarto. They are also available for viewing through her website. Her works are also selected as a repository for viewing through Google books and she owns the copyright of the images.  Her works have been featured in many leading English newspapers and media including NDTV. Recently an interview of her Artistic journey was published in The Telegraph newspaper. 

Highlights and awards

  • Participant as an artist at the Florence Biennale 2023 in Italy among 85 nations, among 600 artists, as the only Indian passport holder, after selection by the curatorial team to participate in the prestigious Florence Biennale 2023 in Italy – under the aegis of Tuscany Ministry of Tourism and Culture, and UNESCO. Local media in Florence covered her participation via an interview.
  • Image of her painting “Magan” has been adapted by the Government of India  in 2019 , for a period of ten years as a mascot for a  Pan India project called Womaniya on GeM, It is a women empowerment project, supporting woman entrepreneurs and SHGs. The image is currently on the home page of the Govt. e market website. She has been felicitated by the Union Minister of Commerce & Industries, Mr. Suresh Prabhu in New Delhi, at a National Launch of the above project. 
  • Her large artwork titled ‘Kolkata Kaleidoscope’ hangs in the public area lobby of the super luxury hotel ITC Royal Bengal, a commissioned work as part of an art camp hosted by ITC Ltd. comprising some of the leading artists of Bengal. 
  • A series of her paintings hangs at a leading restaurant in the heart of London – Chourangi, commissioned by leading hospitality chain Speciality Restaurants Ltd.
  • One of her paintings from her series “My Brush with Bollywood” found a feature and favourable mention by Shri Amitabh Bachchan in his official blog in February 2018. 
  • She has addressed a team of 400 medical professionals of a renowned international Medical Chain, on the Therapeutic Effects of Art,  through a webinar in Sept 2020 
  • Google has selected her artworks for Art Exhibit through Google books, for their project GBA&C
  • Awarded Grand Queen’s Leadership Award for the field of Arts, by Rotary Club on International Women’s day. March 2021.
  • Awarded first prize on March 2021 at an International Online Art competition organized by Absolute Arts.
  • She was awarded the second prize for Acrylic painting at a national Art Fiesta exhibition held in Jaipur in Dec 2018. 
  • Shortlisted by an International 5 member Jury among 200 artists for an International art competition/auction – Torso – June 2021
  • WICCI council member – personal branding