Biography

Born in Neoli, Uttar Pradesh, 1945. She studied at the College of Art, Vanasthali, Rajasthan in 1961-62 and completed her Diploma in painting from College of Art, Lucknow in 1967. She did her post graduation in Painting at College of Art, New Delhi as vocational student during 1968-69. She has exhibited her oil, acrylic, graphics and gouache works at several centers around the world such as Canada, London, Pakistan, Baroda, New Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata since her first show of Oil Paintings at Delhi in 1969. Among her recent notable solo shows are:
All these flowers are for you, London Art Gallery, London and Mumbai in 2004 and 2005 respectively
Revisiting Amrita Shergil, Bangalore in 2004
Embroidering Phulkaries & Memories, Mumbai in 2002
Mother Icon – Photographs of Ma – Hidamba at Kulu Dassehra and the paintings inspired by this experience at FIA, Amsterdam in 2001
Icons of Womanhood, gouache, London in 1996
Swayambram, installation at Max Mueller Bhawan, New Delhi in 1994 and so on. Her group participations include: Frame Figure Field: 20th Century Modern and Contemporary Indian Art, New Delhi in 2008
Tiger by the Tail, Womens Studies Research Center, Brandeis University in 2007
The Looking Glass-Self, Mumbai and 50 years of Indian Independence, NGMA, New Delhi in 1998-97
Women Artists of India, Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, CA in 1997
A Critical Difference: Contemporary Indian Art, Charles Wallace Art Trust and British Council in 1993
Contemporary Paintings from India, Art Wave, New York in 1989. She has participated in several national and international Art Festivals, such as Manifestations III, at Mumbai and New Delhi in 2005
Designed and hoisted a flag at International River Front, Liverpool Festival in 1994. Also participated in several Print Biennales at Bangladesh, Algiers, Ankara, Cuba, France, Rome, England, Yugoslavia to mention a few. She has won several awards which include: 12th Cleveland International Drawing Biennale, Middlesbrough, UK in 1995
National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi in 1990
Jurys Commendation Certificate in the First International Biennale of Plastic Arts in Algiers in 1987 and a Fellowship from Department of Culture, New Delhi in 1986-88. She lives and works in New Delhi.