Following is a list of Indian women artists were born in India and or have a strong association with India.

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Dhruvi Acharya Dhruvi Acharya (born in 1971) is an Indian artist known for her psychologically complex and visually layered paintings. She is based in Mumbai, India. Early life and education Dhruvi Acharya was born in 1971 in India and she was raised in Mumb ...

, visual artist * Iloosh Ahluwalia (b. 1970s), painter * V. Anamika, contemporary artist

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Bhuri Bai Bhuri Bai is an Indian Bhil artist. She was born in Pitol village, situated on the border of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. Pitol is a village of Jhabua district in Madhya Pradesh. Bhuri Bai belongs to the community of Bhils, the largest tribal gr ...

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Lado Bai Lado Bai is a tribal artist from the Bhil people, Bhil tribe of Madhya Pradesh. Her work has been showcased in various exhibitions in India, France and the UK. She lives and works in the Adivasi Lok Kala Academy, Bhopal. Early life and career ...

Bhil Bhil or Bheel is an ethnic group in western India. They speak the Bhil languages, a subgroup of the Western Zone of the Indo-Aryan languages. As of 2013, Bhils were the largest tribal group in India. Bhils are listed as tribal people of t ...

tribal artist * Uma Bardhan (b.1945), painter * Atasi Barua (1921–2016), painter *

Madhuri Bhaduri Madhuri Bhaduri (born 1958) is an Indian artist. Originally a sportsperson, playing badminton and squash at a national level, Bhaduri began painting in 1977. She gave away her early artworks to friends and family, and then began to sell paintings ...

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Dimpy Bhalotia Dimpy Bhalotia (born 1987) is an Indian street photographer based out of London and Mumbai. Bhalotia was Grand Prize Winner in the Photographer of the Year category at the iPhone Photography Awards in 2020 for her photograph "Flying Boys" photogra ...

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Pamella Bordes Pamela Chaudry Singh (born 1961), known for some years as Pamella Bordes, is an Indian photographer and former Femina Miss India, Miss India. Personal life Singh was born in New Delhi in 1961; her father, Major Mahinder Singh Kadian, was an of ...

, photographer * Vasundhara Tewari Broota (b. 1955), painter *

Maya Burman Maya Burman (born 1971)Mini Chandran-Kurian"Maya Memsaab" ''The Times of India'', Nov 10, 2002. is a French artist. Biography Burman was born in Lot et Garrone, France and brought up in France. She initially trained as an architect, but found the ...

(b. 1971), ink and watercolour painter, based in France

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* Shanthi Chandrasekar, visual artist *

Anju Chaudhuri Anju Chaudhuri ( bn, অঞ্জু চৌধুরী) (born 1944) is an Indian artist. In Paris she was taught engraving by Stanley William Hayter. Chaudhuri's work is in the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London ...

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Manimala Chitrakar Manimala Chitrakar is a patua artist from West Bengal. Biography Manimala belongs to a traditional community of chitrakars (itinerant scroll painters) from West Bengal. She was born in the village of Naya in the family of Dukhushyam Chitrakar, ...

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patua The Patua (Bengali: পটুয়া, ''paṭuẏā'') are an artisan community found in the state of West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha in India and parts of Bangladesh. Some Patuas are Hindus, while others are Muslims. Hindu Patuas are ...

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Prafulla Dahanukar Prafulla Dahanukar (1934 – 2014) was an Indian painter, a leader in modern Indian art who also helped and influenced many young artists in India. Biography Prafulla Dahanukar was born Prafulla Joshi in Bandora, Goa to Subrai Anant Joshi ...

(1934–2014), painter * Bharti Dayal (b.1961), painter * Baua Devi, Mithila painter * Pratima Devi (painter) (1893–1969), painter, dance teacher *

Anita Dube Anita Dube (born 28 November 1958) is an Indian contemporary artist whose work has been widely exhibited in India. Early life Dube was born on 28 November 1958 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India to a family of physicians. She completed her B. A ...

(1958), contemporary artist

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* Opashona Ghosh, illustrator *

Sheela Gowda Sheela Gowda (born 1957 in Bhadravati, India) is a contemporary artist living and working in Bangalore. Gowda studied painting at Ken School of Art, Bangalore, India (1979) pursued a postgraduate diploma at Visva-Bharati University, Santiniket ...

(b. 1957)

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* Saba Hasan (b. 1962), contemporary artist

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* Latika Katt (b.1948), sculptor * Renuka Kesaramadu, painter *

Bharti Kher Bharti Kher is a contemporary artist. In a career spanning nearly three decades, she has worked across painting, sculpture and installation. Throughout her practice she has displayed an unwavering relationship with the body, its narratives, and ...

(b. 1969), painter, sculptor and installation artist * Saadiya Kochar, (b. 1979), photographer

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* Lalitha Lajmi (b.1932), painter * Srimati Lal (1959-2019), painter

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Nalini Malani Nalini Malani (born 19 February 1946) is a contemporary Indian artist widely acknowledged to be among the country's first generation of video artists. She works with several mediums which include theater, videos, installations along with mixed ...

(b.1946), painter, video and installation artist *

Divya Mehra Divya Mehra is a Canadian artist from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Known for her meticulous attention to the interaction of form, medium and site, Mehra's work deals with her diasporic experiences and historical narratives. She incorporates found artifact ...

(b. 1981), multidisciplinary artist * Rooma Mehra (b. 1967), painter, sculptor and poet *

Bhavna Mehta Bhavna Mehta (born 1968) is an Indian-American visual artist specializing in cut paper and embroidery. She has exhibited widely throughout Southern California and lives and works in San Diego, CA. Early life Mehta was born in Ahmednagar, India. ...

(b. 1968), paper cut artist *

Anjolie Ela Menon Anjolie Ela Menon (born 17 July 1940) is one of India's leading contemporary artists. Her paintings are in several major collections, including the NGMA, the Chandigarh Museum and the Peabody Essex Museum. In 2006, her triptych work "Yatra" w ...

(b. 1940), painter and muralist * Mrinalini Mukherjee (1949-2015), sculptor

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* Kota Neelima, painter * Mubarack Nissa (born 1981), contemporary artist and curator

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* Kuzana Ogg (b. 1971), painter

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* Gogi Saroj Pal (b. 1945), painter, sculptor, printmaker, installation * Ketaki Pimpalkhare (b. 1977), painter * Pilloo Pochkhanawala (1923–1986), sculptor * B. Prabha (1933–2001), painter

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* Gargi Raina (b. 1961), painter *

Chitra Ramanathan Chitra Ramanathan or Chitra, is an Indian American contemporary visual artist and educator living in the United States, mainly known for her predominantly abstract mixed media paintings. Her body of work visually portrays happiness. Many of th ...

, Indian American abstract painter * Rathika Ramasamy, wildlife photographer

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* Tara Sabharwal (b.1957), painter * Nelly Sethna (1932–1992), textile artist *

Tejal Shah Tejal Shah (; born 1979) is an Indian contemporary visual artist and curator. She works within the mediums of video art, photography, performance, drawing, sound work, and spatial installations. Shah explores topics in her work including the LGB ...

(born 1979), multidisciplinary contemporary artist *

Nilima Sheikh Nilima Sheikh (born 18 November 1945) is a visual artist based in Baroda, India. Since the mid-80s, Sheikh has done extensive research about traditional art forms in India, advocated for the sustainability of the practice of traditional painte ...

(b. 1945) visual artist *

Amrita Sher-Gil Amrita Sher-Gil (30 January 1913 – 5 December 1941) was a Hungarian-Indian painter. She has been called "one of the greatest avant-garde women artists of the early 20th century" and a pioneer in modern Indian art. Drawn to painting from an ear ...

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Arpita Singh Arpita Singh (''née'' Dutta; born 22 June 1937) is an Indian artist. Known to be a figurative artist and a modernist, her canvases have both a story line and a carnival of images arranged in a curiously subversive manner. Her artistic approach ...

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Dayanita Singh Dayanita Singh (born 18 March 1961) is an Indian photographer whose primary format is the book. She has published fourteen books. Singh's art reflects and expands on the ways in which people relate to photographic images. Her later works, draw ...

(b. 1961), photographer * Emelina Soares, artist and art historian * Y.G. Srimati (1926–2007), painter * Karuna Sukka (b. 1980), printmaker * Surekha, video artist * Kruttika Susarla, comic book writer and illustrator

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Jaya Thyagarajan Jaya Thyagarajan (born at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India in 1956) is a traditional Indian artist noted for her Tanjore paintings. Jaya was born in Madras State where these paintings originated. ...

(1956–2015), painter

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Hema Upadhyay Hema Upadhyay (born Hema Hirani; 1972 – 11 December 2015) was an Indian artist based in Mumbai. She was known for photography and sculptural installations. She was active from 1998 until her death in 2015. Personal life Born Hema Hirani ...

(1972–2015), photographer and installation artist

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* Geeta Vadhera, contemporary artist * Rukmini Varma (b.1940), artist *

Vinita Vasu Vinita Vasu is a visual artist and designer residing in Delhi, India. She directed a short film named ''Beaming Blossom'' which won her a Special Festival Mention Award at the Children's International Cine Festival in the year 2016. Introducti ...

, visual artist and designer * Durga Bai Vyom (b. 1973)

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