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Gouranga Beshai’s Earthy Queens Celebrate Rural Bengal at Kolkata Exhibition
Gouranga Beshai is an artist from Kolkata who paints scenes from rural Bengal.
His new exhibition is called ‘Earthy Queen.’
It shows 37 paintings of women working and caring for their families.
Some paintings show women carrying fish, babies, tools, or harvests.
The women face heat, rain, hard work, and other difficulties.
Beshai presents them as strong and important in their own homes and communities.
He uses mostly soft and limited colors.
The exhibition opened at Chitrakoot Art Gallery on August 10, 2026.
Gouranga Beshai opened his eighth solo exhibition, ‘Earthy Queen,’ at Chitrakoot Art Gallery in Kolkata on August 10, 2026.
The exhibition presents 37 watercolor, acrylic, and mixed-media paintings of rural women in Bengal.
Beshai portrays these women as resilient figures managing work, family, and difficult rural conditions.
The paintings use muted colors, restrained textures, and decisive brush strokes to depict everyday village life.
Guests including Rita Bhimani, Prasanta Daw, Jaylakshmi Bhattacharya Singh Roy, and Santanu Bhowmick attended the opening.
- Who
- Artist Gouranga Beshai, with opening guests including Rita Bhimani, Prasanta Daw, Jaylakshmi Bhattacharya Singh Roy, and Santanu Bhowmick.
- What
- The opening of Beshai’s eighth solo exhibition, ‘Earthy Queen,’ featuring 37 paintings of rural women in Bengal.
- Where
- Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata.
- When
- Monday, August 10, 2026.
- Why
- Beshai said he wanted to portray the everyday lives, labor, and resilience of mothers who cultivate the soil in rural Bengal.
Key facts
- Artist
- Gouranga Beshai
- Exhibition
- ‘Earthy Queen’
- Edition
- Beshai’s eighth solo exhibition
- Works displayed
- 37 paintings
- Media
- Watercolor, acrylic, and mixed media
- Opening date
- August 10, 2026
- Venue
- Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata
Quotes
Gouranga Beshai
Artist and creator of the Earthy Queen exhibition
“I simply keep returning again and again to everyday lives of the mothers who cultivate the soil in the heart of rural Bengal through my brush strokes upon the canvases. I endeavor to portray their lives.”
thestatesman.com
Sources
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