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She specializes in capturing dance movements on canvas. She has developed a unique style of her own in painting and it is said of her paintings that, “The dancer paints and the paintings dance”. She has held 18 Solo Exhibitions of her paintings.Paintings are in the collection of National Gallery of Modern Art, Ministry of External Affairs, Reserve Bank of India, Exim Bank of India, Birla Academy of Kolkata, Atomic Energy Commission, Contemporary Artist’s Gallery of Bangalore and many private collections in India like Bombay Dyeing, Business Press and many abroad.
- She was shown in the News Bulletin of KNBC television in America as a unique artist who can present dance both as a performing art as well as a visual art under the title ‘India – Painting Comes Alive’
- “Her innovative approach to present dance sequences might be somewhat puzzling to those familiar with Chavda, for example. Here they will encounter the very essence of dance, for her paintings are lyrics of pulsating colour.” – wrote a Bombay newspaper.
- Birla Academy, Kolkata, organized an exhibition of Komala’s paintings and photographs under the title ‘DANCING COLOURS’ in Sept. 2008. Komala also gave a dance performance for them.
- Komala’s painting exhibitions have been organized by Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore, Alliance Francais, Delhi, Chitra Kala Parishad, Bangalore.
- Jawahar Lal National Youth centre, Chennai organized an exhibition of her paintings and photographs and dance performance at Rusiian Cultural centre, Chennai.
- Participated in the 32nd National Exhibition of Art of Lalit Kala Akademi, International Woman’s Year Exhibition, Vimal’s Harmony Show etc.
- Komala has participated in the All India Artists Camps held in Goa and on the banks of sangam in Allahabad during Magh mela.
- Reproductions of her paintings on the theme of dance were exhibited during the 20th World Dance Congress in Athens, in Oct. 2006.

