Bhuri Bai
(b. 1970)
Bhuri Bai is an Indian Bhil artist. She, like other members of her community, would create art on the walls of her home and was proficient in the making of Pithora paintings which are soaked with religious and cultural significance. On the encouragement of J Swaminathan of Bharat Bhavan, she started using acrylic colours and paper to make paintings. Her typically colourful canvases usually depict mythological themes, bucolic scenes and man-animal interactions, although later works have incorporated modern elements like airplanes and cell phones. She has been bestowed with the highest state honour accorded to artists by the Madhya Pradesh government, the Shikhar Samman.
Recently in 2021, she has also been awarded with India’s fourth highest civilian award the Padma Shri.
