Bharati Prajapati

Bharati Prajapati

Rural women often dominate Bharti's paintings. Roles of the women and their bonding with the surrounding has been her constant source of inspiration and vocabulary. Rustic backdrops and earthy tones in her paintings gets combined with ethnic emotions bringing about a subtle rootedness in her expression. Her extensive travel to the villages of India creates bonds beyond her practice. This connect keeps her abreast with transformations taking place in rural milieu. The endeavour is to resurrect a repertoire of rural sensibilities, some of what is fast moving in oblivion. She peruses compositions myriad in colours, textures, and figures; evoking distinct emotions. Mother Earth, Goddesses, Shakti, One Tribe, Earth Story - The Elements were the themes of some of her solo shows.

Bharti's paintings intrinsically incorporate elaborate patterns and designs in textiles, jewellery and the walls paintings. The sensibility of crafts tradition and texture enlivens spans of her canvas. Bharti is an alumnus of the National Institute of Design (NID) Ahmadabad. Design helps her impart unique and empathetic perspective to painting. She has done 20 solo shows besides many group and invited shows in places like Ahmadabad, Bangalore, New Delhi, Mumbai, Singapore, New York, London, and some other cities around the world. She has regularly been invited to participate in prestigious art shows like the Harmony Show, Lakme Art and Fashion Show and so on. She has also participated in art auctions such as ‘Sakhi’ for South Asian women, New York and others.