Rahman is one of the founding members of the Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust (SAHMAT) in New Delhi, a leader in the resistance to communal and sectarian forces in India through its public cultural action. His most recent solo shows include, ‘Bioscope: Scenes from an Eventful Life’ presented by Bodhi Art at Rabindra Bhavan, Apparao Infinity, ‘Photo Studio/Cutouts’ at India International Center and ‘Visions of India: Photographs by Ram Rahman’ at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio. Amongst his group shows, the most recent are Mémoires des futurs: Modernités indiennes, Paris, India Re-worlded: Seventy Years of Investigating a Nation, Mumbai, and ‘Still Moving Images’ at the Devi Art Foundation, Gurgaon, in 2008.