Swarna Chitrakar - An Exemplary Woman Painter of Bengal Patachitra

Swarna Chitrakar is an iconic artist who is an inspiration to several other women artists of her illage. She bagged the state-level award in 1994. Over the last two decades, she has been critically acclaimed across India and abroad. Till the summer of 2018, Swarna had visited the US five times and the UK twice, apart from France, Italy, Germany and Sweden to showcase her art skills, to collaborate with artists and to participate in residency programs. Her paintings are bought by connoisseurs and collectors. Her confidence, courage and leadership have led to economic and social empowerment of other village women artists.