Rajeshwar Rao has been a consistent figure in the contemporary art field with participation in many group shows across the country and abroad, as well as several solo shows in Hyderabad, Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, and Kolkata. He has received the National Scholarship, the junior and senior fellowship from the Govt of India and participated in many art camps and workshops in India. His works are in many private and public collections all over the world including the collections of Chester and Davida Herwitz and the Peabody Essex Museum in the USA. The labyrinth of external resources, just the superficial amazes him. He celebrates the appearances, the narcissism and the courage to flaunt in the people that he comes across. He is an audience to the visible desires, ambitions, and pretensions of the people just as he is an audience to their audacity to relish the newfound riches, the raw passion that is intoxicating to be uninhabited and satisfy the cravings, living a life, even if it is an imitation. He allows himself to indulge in their intemperance. The footpath photography is a great inspiration. Born in Vizainagaram, Andhra Pradesh. BFA from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. In 1980 MFA from Hyderabad Central University 1990