BEGINNINGS
Born in Neoli, Uttar Predesh.
1969 Designer, Okhla Design Research Centre, New Delhi.
1977 Worked at Garhi Studio, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
1978, 79, 81 Group ?8? Medals, All India Graphic- Prints Exhb., Chandigarh and New Delhi.
1987 Jury?s Commendation Certificate, First International Biennale of Plastic Arts, Algeria.
Lives and works in New Delhi.
EDUCATION
1961-62 Studied at College of Art, Vanasthali, Rajasthan.1962-67 Diploma in Painting, Govt. College of Art and Craft, Lucknow.1968-69 Post Graduate Diploma in Painting, College of Art, New Delhi.
EXHIBITIONS
1969 Solo exhb., Delhi Shipi Chakra, New Delhi.1972 Solo exhb., Triveni Gallery, New Delhi.1975 Solo exhb., Black Patridge Art Gallery, New Delhi.1979, 81 Solo exhb., Art Heritage, New Delhi.1980 3rd World Print Biennale, London and Baghdad.1981, 83 14th and 15th Print Biennale, Lubjiyana.1982 Bedford Print Biennale, England.1984 Contemporary Printmaking in India, Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay.1986 Solo exhb., Graphic Prints, Montreal.1986, 87 Exhb. of Paintings by Contemporary Indian Women Artists, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.1990 Solo exhb., Paintings and Prints, Westmont Public Library, Westmont.1990 Exhb. of National Award Wining Works, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.1991 Miniature format paintings that formed a part of an Installations, Germany and UK.1993 Wounds, organised by CIMA Art Gallery, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.1993 Solo exhb., organised by Anwar Siddiqui, London.1996 Icons of Womanhood, ARKS Gallery, London.2004
COLLECTION
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India, New Delhi.Indian Council for Cultural Relations, New Delhi.Art Heritage, New Delhi.Godrej House, Mumbai.Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal.Glenbarra Art Museum, Hemeji.National Museum, Poland.National Museum, Sharja.Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi.
AWARDS
1980 Sanskriti Award, New Delhi.1981-82 Fellowship, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.1986-88 Junior Fellowship, Deptt. of Culture, Govt. of India, New Delhi.1990 National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.1995 12th Cleveland International Drawing Biennale Award, Middlesborough.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1970-72, 76-77 Lecturer, Women?s Polytechnic, New Delhi.
1975-76 Lecturer, College of Art, New Delhi.
1979-80, 82-83 Lecturer, Art Deptt., Jamia Millia University, New Delhi.
