Rachana Bajaj

For Rachana Bajaj, the journey of creation holds far greater beauty and meaning than the destination itself. Her artistic practice is not centred solely on the final outcome but on an evolving process that captures her experiences, emotions, and responses to the world around her. She draws deep inspiration from nature’s diverse forms—plateaus, hills, mountains, valleys, rivers, oceans, and rocks—as well as from the ways in which people adapt to their environments. This continual evolution of life, in both nature and human behaviour, strongly influences her work.

Rachana works primarily with mixed media, using acrylic as a foundational medium, while also incorporating paper, textiles, and found objects. Each material she chooses becomes a reflection of thoughts and emotions that have lingered within her, waiting for the right moment to be expressed. Her creative process is highly intuitive. It often begins with a long-held idea that gradually evolves as she explores the medium best suited to convey its essence.

As her work develops, she remains receptive to unexpected directions, allowing the process itself to shape the final form. This journey mirrors an ongoing internal dialogue, deeply influenced by her social surroundings and by the resilience of people who continue to move forward despite life’s challenges. Through her practice, she strives to create art that reflects humanity’s dialogue with the world, capturing the complexity and subtlety of our responses. Each artwork stands as a testament to the transformative power of the creative process, embodying the thoughts, concerns, and lived experiences that shape human life.

Her work was displayed in various solo as well as group exhibitions. Her work is in collection in India as well as abroad.

Concept

At the most literal level, your body is never static. Cells are constantly forming, breaking down, and being replaced. Skin sheds, blood renews, muscles tear and rebuild stronger. What feels like a stable “self” is actually a continuous process of making, unmaking, and remaking. In that sense, the body is not an object—it’s a cycle.

Emotionally, the same pattern appears. You form attachments, identities, and feelings. Then something shifts—loss, change, growth—and those forms break down. What follows is not emptiness, but a reconfiguration: new meanings, new ways of feeling, a different version of yourself emerging from what was undone.

The processes of creation for these artworks is based on – Create, destroy and create is the way of nature’. During the process I destroy my own painting for creating new compositions using crochet technique.

Through my work, The body can resonate as object and subject with my painting materials and process used for creating new form.