Sukanya Rahman

Rahman's works have been exhibited in many galleries and Museums in India and abroad, including: Eye Movement: India International Centre Annexe Gallery November 2015, The Sahmat Collective: Art and Activism in India since 1989, The Fowler Museum, Los Angeles, April 2015; The United Art Fair 2013, New Delhi, 14 September 2013; Gun Point Cove Gallery, Orr’s Island, Maine, July 2012; Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, Michigan, August 2009; M.F Husain Gallery, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India January 2009; Queens Museum of Art, Flushing, NY October 2008 William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, CT, January 2004 (part of permanent collection); Vadehra Gallery, New Delhi, India January 2004; Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, India December 2003; The Advocate Gallery, Los Angeles, CA June 2003; Fisher Studio, Bard College, Annandale NY June 2003; Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY March 1999; Gallery 678, New York, NY January 1997; Davidson & Daughters Gallery, Portland, ME April 1997;

Sukanya Rahman was born in Calcutta in 1946. She is the daughter of Indian architect Habib Rahman and classical Indian dancer Indrani Rahman, the grand daughter of Indian dance pioneer, Ragini Devi and the sister of contemporary Indian photographer and curator Ram Rahman. She studied painting at the College of Art in New Delhi. In 1965 she received a French Government scholarship to study at the École Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris. Rahman is married to theatre director, producer and playwright, Frank Wicks, best known for his Civil War play, Soldier Come Home. They have two sons, Habib Wicks and Wardreath Wicks and two grandchildren, Jake Wicks and Sarah Wicks.