• B. Prabha

    B. Prabha was born in Bela, Maharashtra in the year 1933.

    Prabha worked mostly with oil on canvas, this modern painter did explore several media, styles and subjects before finally settling with oil as her preferred medium. Following her phase of experimentation she developed an elegant, formal style that remains her trademark. Her paintings cover a wide range of subjects, from landscapes to social issues like droughts, hunger and homelessness. A significant component of Prabha’s body of work is the artist’s self-conscious attempt to immortalize the plight of women in her country.

  • Education

    • Nagpur School of Art
    • 1954-55 Government Diploma in Painting and Mural Painting, Sir J.J School of Art, Mumbai

  • Exibitions

    Selected Posthumous Exhibitions

    • 2012 - 'Art for Humanity', Coomaraswamy Hall, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai
    • 2011-12 - 'Modernist Art from India: The Body Unbound', Rubin Museum of Art, New York
    • 2011 - 'Ethos V: Indian Art Through the Lens of History (1900 to 1980), Indigo Blue Art, Singapore
    • 2011 - 'B Prabha: From the Album', The Viewing Room, Mumbai
    • 2011 - 'Celebrations 2011', Kumar Gallery, New Delhi
    • 2008 - ‘Winter Moderns’, Aicon Gallery, New York
    • 2008 - ‘Pot Pourri’, Gallery Beyond, Mumbai

    Selected Solo Exhibitions

    • 1993 - ‘Shradhanjali’, dedicated to Late Husband B Vithal at Mumbai
    • 1961 - Kumar Gallery, New Delhi
    • 1959 - Kumar Gallery, New Delhi

    Selected Group Exhibitions

    • 1996 - ‘Contemporary Indian Painters 1996’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
    • 1957 - Kumar Gallery, New Delhi

    Joint Exhibitions

    • 1956 - With B Vithal at Mumbai

    Participations

    • 1958 - Bombay State Art Exhibition, Mumbai

    Honours and Awards

    • 1958 - First Prize at the Bombay State Art Exhibition
    • Received All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS) Award, New Delhi

    B. Prabha passed away in the year 2001.