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{{Short description|Indian artist (born 1941)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1941}}
| birth_place = Delhi, [[British India]]
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| spouse = [[Shobha Broota]] (separated)<br/>
[[Vasundhara Tewari Broota]]
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| alma_mater = [[College of Art, Delhi]]
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'''Rameshwar Broota''' (born 1941, New Delhi)<ref>{{Cite web|last=ArtFacts|title=Rameshwar Broota {{!}} Artist|url=https://artfacts.net/artist/rameshwar-broota/39868|access-date=2020-12-09|website=ArtFacts|language=en}}</ref> is an Indian visual artist. His work revolves around sustained exploration of the body and its vulnerabilities. He is known for his unique Scratch technique.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2020-07-26|title=Rameshwar Broota's unsettling visions of paranoias and vulnerabilities in our moment of reckoning|url=https://www.firstpost.com/art-and-culture/rameshwar-brootas-unsettling-visions-of-paranoias-and-vulnerabilities-in-our-moment-of-reckoning-8635101.html|access-date=2020-12-09|website=Firstpost}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-03-18|title=When Paintings Become Friends|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/christie-auction-new-york-jane-kito-de-boer-mckinsey-modern-indian-art-6319266/|access-date=2020-12-09|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

== Early life ==
Broota was born in 1941 in Delhi an art-oriented family. He graduated in fine arts from the Delhi College of Art in 1964. His parents were singers and his brothers were visual artists.<ref name=":0" />

===Personal life===
Rameshwar Broota was married to [[Shobha Broota]], an artist, and they have two daughters Pooja and Sakshi.<ref name="Emily">{{Cite book |last=Šimić |first=Lena |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Mothering_Performance/1jOdEAAAQBAJ?hl=en |title=Mothering Performance: Maternal Action |last2=Underwood-Lee |first2=Emily |date=2022-11-30 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-000-78516-6 |language=en |chapter=Conversations with Mother Artists on the Dynamics of Support in India}}</ref> His daughter Pooja Iranna is also a visual artist.<ref name="Emily" /> After separating from Shobha, he married [[Vasundhara Tewari Broota]], who is also an artist.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Maddox |first=Georgina |date=2021-08-20 |title=Art lists and the questions that arise |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/art/art-lists-and-the-questions-that-arise/article36016499.ece |access-date=2025-10-07 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== Exhibitions ==

* Man Series, Digital Exhibition, September 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Art is an expression of the unconscious mind: Rameshwar Broota on relevance of 'Man Series' during pandemic|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/art-is-an-expression-of-the-unconscious-mind-rameshwar-broota-on-relevance-of-man-series-during-pandemic/650468|access-date=2020-12-09|website=www.timesnownews.com|language=en}}</ref>
* Scripted in Time, Vadehra Art Gallery, February 2018<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gupta|first=Gargi|date=2018-02-11|title=Rameshwar Broota experiments with a new form|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-rameshwar-broota-experiments-with-a-new-form-2583360|access-date=2020-12-09|website=DNA India|language=en}}</ref>
*Visions of Integrity: Interrogating the male body, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, January 2015<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-01-30|title=Broota's works on male body on show in Delhi|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/456586/brootas-works-male-body-show.html|access-date=2020-12-09|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref>
*Scripted in Time II, February 2019<ref>{{Cite web|title=The memory keeper|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/2019/feb/24/the-memory-keeper-1942195.html|access-date=2020-12-09|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>

== Collections ==
* [[Kiran Nadar Museum of Art]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-02-21|title=Untitled|url=https://www.knma.in/vignettes-collection|access-date=2020-12-09|website=Kiran Nadar Museum of Art|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Museum Kunstpalast]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Der Kreis der Schöpfung|url=http://emuseum.duesseldorf.de:8080/objects/40930/der-kreis-der-schopfung|access-date=2020-12-09|website=emuseum.duesseldorf.de|language=de}}</ref>
*[[National Gallery of Modern Art]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ngmaindia.gov.in/collections-artist.asp?strLetter=B|title = National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi}}</ref>

== Awards and recognition ==

* Ranked second in Hurun India Art List 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hurun India Art List 2020|url=https://www.hurunindia.net/hurun-india-art-list-2020|access-date=2020-12-09|website=hurun-india|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=July 16, 2020|first=Rewati|last=Rau|title='Art must have a universal language'|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/-art-must-have-a-universal-language-1701170-2020-07-16|access-date=2020-12-09|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>

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