Preeti Bawa has impressive antecedents. Born in 1963, in Madhya Pradesh, she finished her schooling from 'Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya' ,Gwalior. After graduating in Science from Barkatulla University, Bhopal, she went onto Mumbai to pursue her primary interest in Fine Arts. She joined the prestigious Sir J.J. School of Arts and received her graduation degree in Fine Art in 1987. This was further followed by attaining a post graduation degree in social studies from Barkatulla University, Bhopal.

Artist's Overview...

Beauty is eternal despite life's complexity. It is this belief that runs through as an undercurrent in my work. The beauty that I speak of does not merely refer to that which uplifts or pleases our sensibilities, but arouses a feeling of basic trust that persists even as life embraces human imperfection.

The centralized idea of my work is the knowledge that a woman gains while searching for stability, security and self-respect in this world, often at great emotional cost to herself. I seek to extract meaning from the intervening moments and spaces, between the dreams and actualities and the events representing the female conditions. For me it is a sanctuary within her own psyche to which a woman retreats.

As a Female, and an Artist l can observe what a woman has to contend with when confronted by a plethora of restrictive socio-cultural attitudes, where she wishes to gift herself freedom to flutter freely like a butterfly in the turbulent environment. She systematically uses her inherent inner strength to invert restrictive social norms in the course of her life.

My female protagonists often remain isolated, because they take on their individual journey, assuming the role of nurturer and stabilizer, thus quietly marginalising their own progressive individuality. In the changing environments she aspires to reach out to newer horizons. There is a quiet sense of partial freedom and hope in their gaze. I use a flexi-combination of texture, colour, lines, modulated mass and volume to give the larger than life canvas figurations a near sculpted quality. They are rounded and reasonant.

The essential forces that create the canvas of a woman's world are her disquieting circumstances, everyday reality, virtual images and her inherent traits of fantasizing, which allow her to journey between the dual worlds of real life and dreams with ease.

She has exhibited in India and abroad and won many an honor both at the state and national levels.

Her Awards and Achievements are :-

Kala-Vihan - Art and Welfare Society...

Preeti Bawa heads Kala-Vihan, an Art and Welfare Society, which was established in 2003 with the purpose of fostering love and appreciation for Fine Arts, and to work through the various mediums of art to promote Art and art awareness. The Society aims to provide education and training in all forms of Visual Arts by organizing classes, lectures and exhibitions.

Art Educator...

She is also developing a Curriculum support for an Art education program up to high school level. This is to make Art teaching more meaningful and a main stream subject in higher classes. She is a very committed Art Educator and tries to instill in her students the same commitment and zeal towards Art. She is an Art Advisor / Consultant to many prestigious schools and Institutions.

Muralist & Art Curator...

Her talents have menifested themselves in the form of voluminous, vivid and evocative murals for many public and educational spaces with a eye catching blend of traditional and contemporary Art forms. The most noted among them are the combinations of wood and glass murals executed at the Hotel Meriden Grand at Banaras measuring around 20' x 40'. The other works are the educational exhibits executed on the wall size of approx.100' x 30' at Billabong High International school, Bhopal. They are very interactive Art works based on “Arts from around the World.”