Ramakrishna Behera was born in Orissa in 1977 and lives and works in Faridabad, a suburb of New Delhi He is a self-taught painter and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from IIT Roorkee

Ramakrishna Behera has widely travelled as an artist in search of inspiration His works depict the landscapes such as the mountains and monasteries of Ladakh, the countryside of Orissa, the streets of Italy, and even the interior of the artist’s home They represent the wonders of nature while transforming into complex philosophical puzzles Behera’s works are characterised by distorted perspectives with black holes and cosmic elements leaking into the image, taking the viewer on a surrealist and psychotropic journey

Behera brings a scientist’s mind to the act of picture-making resulting in paintings that have been described as “psychological maps” and “hallucinatory visions”

He has participated in group exhibitions in Bhubaneswar, Kolkata and New Delhi and solo exhibitions of his work have been held at AIFACS, New Delhi (2007), Seven Art Ltd, New Delhi among others