B. R. Bodade was born in Shahpur in 1952.
A self taught painter , he has held several solo shows in 1997, 2001,2002 , and 2006 at Shridharani Art Gallery , Lalit Kala Akademi , New Delhi ; 1994,96 at Triveni Kala Sangam; Kalidas Art Gallery, Ujjain and Snihasta’92. His important participations include Hongkong in 2001; Art Today, 2002; London, 1999 & 2003; Kala Parishad, Bhopal; National Exhibition, Banglore & Bharat Bhawan, Bhopal among many others. He has been awarded MP State Award, Kalidas Chitrakala, Achal Alloys Best Award & Dr Wakankar Smriti Chitrakala Award. His works are found in collections like Hero Group, IFC, HCL, Apollo group among many others. He lives & works in Indore.