After a Bachelor’s in 1990 and Master’s in 1993 from Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan, Rashmi Bagchi Sarkar (b. 1968)spent over two years at the Saga University of Arts in Kyoto, Japan. She is proficient in the Nihonga style of traditional Japanese painting.

According to Sarkar, she is driven by the desire to engage with grass-roots communities through her art practice and projects. Her art education in Santiniketan, with its abundance of natural resources and the guiding philosophy of environment by Tagore, has had a profound impact on her. The captivating beauty of the red soil and green agricultural patterns and the interactions with its inhabitants, unfortunately, being gradually pushed back due to urbanization, have played a pivotal role in Sarkar’s artistic evolution.