B. Prabha was born in the village of Bela, near Nagpur in Maharashtra . Growing up in a close-knit middle-class family, she studied at the Nagpur School of Art and went on pursue a Diploma in Painting and Mural Painting from the Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai. Although she worked mostly with oils on canvas, this modern painter did explore several media, styles and subjects before finally settling with oils as her preferred medium. Following her phase of experimentation, Prabha 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
Education
Nagpur School of Art
1954-55 Government Diploma in Painting and Mural Painting, Sir J.J School of Art, Mumbai
Exhibitions
2012 ‘Art for Humanity’,…
Selected 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