Bharti Dayal

Bharti Dayal (born December, 1961 in Samastipur ) is an Indian artist who specializes in Madhubani art.

Biography

Dayal was born in the Samastipur district of North Bihar, the Mithila region famous for Madhubani painting. She has completed her Bachelors in Science (B.Sc) and completed her postgraduation with a Masters in Science (M.Sc).

Dayal's seven Madhubani paintings, which are a combination of traditional art with contemporary modern subjects, are included in the book The New Bihar. Her illustration for the book's cover includes a girl riding a bicycle, symbolizing the "empowerment of women and the quest for education", and a fish, which denotes the theme of "rainbow agriculture", or the blending of agricultural pursuits to enhance rural income. Book authors N.K. Singh and Nicholas Stern have observed: "Bharti's use of the traditional style on contemporary themes can contribute to the revival of Madhubani art".

Awards AIFACS Millennium award National Merit awards 2006: India's National Award for excellence in handicrafts

Publications

Cover art

Cover Art for 'Language Politics and Public sphere in North India. Making of the Maithili Movement by Mithilesh kumar jha. Publisher: Oxford University Press;