Every month, Aadivart Museum hosts "Shalaka" — a dedicated solo exhibition and sale in Likhandra Hall celebrating a master tribal or folk painter from across Madhya Pradesh. Browse all editions in descending chronological order from November 2026 to February 2024.
शलाका-44
📍 पाटनगढ़ (डिण्डौरी) / भोपाल
Accomplished young Gond artist from Patangarh, Dindori. Guided by her mother Smt. Chandrakala Pusham and husband Pradeep Kumar Dhurve, her intricate canvases celebrate nature, forest ecosystems, and indigenous folklore.
शलाका-43
📍 पाटनगढ़ (डिण्डौरी) / भोपाल
Young Gond painter from Patangarh, Dindori. Mentored by traditional painter Anil Tekam, her delicate stippling and rhythmic motifs evoke forest spirits and avian sanctuaries.
शलाका-42
📍 झाबुआ / भोपाल
Celebrated Bhil painter hailing from Jhabua, master of authentic ritual dot forms, folk deities, and agrarian celebrations.
शलाका-41
📍 पाटनगढ़ (डिण्डौरी) / भोपाल
Eminent Pardhan Gond painter celebrated for vivid cosmological portrayals, forest fauna, and sacred natural cycles.
शलाका-40
📍 लम्बेला (झाबुआ) / भोपाल
Contemporary Bhil painter from Lambela, Jhabua, depicting vibrant feminine everyday aesthetics and sacred wildlife through intricate dotting.
शलाका-39
📍 बीजापुरी (डिण्डौरी) / भोपाल
Gond painter from Bijapuri, Dindori. Guided by Santosh Dhurve, her work brings alive forest flora, animal spirits, and tribal rituals.
शलाका-38
📍 खजूरखो (झाबुआ) / भोपाल
Acclaimed Bhil artist from Khajurkho, Jhabua. Inspired by Bhuri Bai and Lado Bai, her compositions showcase tribal ceremonies and sacred nature.
📍 गारकामट्टा (डिण्डौरी) / भोपाल
Pradeep Kumar Maravi is a distinguished contemporary Gond artist hailing from Garkamatta village in Dindori district. Mentored in Bhopal by celebrated Gond masters Subhash Vyam and Durgabai Vyam, his vibrant canvases capture the living flora, fauna, and animist folklore of Narmada valley with expressive line work and refined surface textures.
📍 अंतरवेलिया (झाबुआ) / भोपाल
Lalita Tahed is an acclaimed young Bhil artist from Antarvelia on the MP-Gujarat border. Mentored by the legendary master Ladobai in Bhopal, her works have earned a Gold Medal at Manikarnika Gallery in New Delhi and are held in private and museum collections across France, USA, and Australia.
📍 पाटनगढ़ (डिण्डौरी)
Kumhar Singh Dhurve represents an inspiring intergenerational dialogue in Gond painting from Patangarh, Dindori. Uniquely learning the refined discipline of Gond art alongside his own talented children, his works have been featured in solo exhibitions across Prayagraj and New Delhi.
📍 झाबुआ / भोपाल
Manisha Baria is a dedicated young Bhil painter carrying forward the authentic visual vocabulary of dots, agrarian deities, and indigenous mythologies from western Madhya Pradesh, celebrated at Likhandra Gallery.
📍 पाटनगढ़ (डिण्डौरी)
Surendra Tekam is a promising young Gond painter born in 1997 in Patangarh. Guided by veteran painter Chhoti Tekam, his intricate depictions of wildlife and sacred flora preserve indigenous community narratives.
📍 जोबट (आलीराजपुर) / भोपाल
Basanti Bai Tahed was born in Jobat, Alirajpur district. Trained under her mother-in-law, the revered Bhil pioneer Ladobai, Basanti captures tribal rituals, animal kingdom, and seasonal fertility through rhythmic dotting.
📍 पूरोगाँ (डिण्डौरी) / भोपाल
Dinesh Shyam was born in Purogaon, Dindori. Mentored in Bhopal by master painter Anand Singh Shyam, his canvases have been displayed in major galleries across Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Bhubaneswar.
📍 दोतड़ (झाबुआ) / भोपाल
Kammi Bhabhor (Kammi Bai) from Dotad village in Jhabua brings a vibrant indigenous idiom of ritual forms, birds, and forest lore, developed alongside her husband Ramsingh Bhabhor.
📍 करोंदा, पाटनगढ़ (डिण्डौरी) / भोपाल
Shailendra Kumar Tekam was born in 1994 in Karonda, Patangarh. Guided by his artist wife Sushila Shyam, he has developed a vivid individual practice portraying mythical beasts, hillocks, and avian sanctuaries.
📍 मदरानी भावपुरा (झाबुआ) / भोपाल
Subhash Katara carries forward the deep aesthetic heritage of Jhabua's Bhil painters from Bhopal, working with the National Museum of Mankind and exhibiting in Kurukshetra, Bangalore, and Bhopal.
📍 पाटनगढ़ (डिण्डौरी)
Kunti Shyam is an inspired Gond tribal painter from the sacred Dindori artistic traditions, celebrating forest life, trees of life, and indigenous deities.
📍 रेतालुंजा, कुंदनपुर (झाबुआ) / भोपाल
Sharad Meda, a graduate from Retalunja (Jhabua), trained under master painter Gangubai Amliyar. Working with the National Museum of Mankind in Bhopal, his paintings explore sacred wildlife and Bhil folktales.
📍 सुलपुरी, पाटनगढ़ (डिण्डौरी) / भोपाल
Hiraman Urveti is an internationally renowned Gond master mentored by the pioneering Jangarh Singh Shyam. Winner of the prestigious State Vishwakarma and Roopankar Awards, he has represented Gond art across Sri Lanka, France, and the United States.
📍 भोपाल (मूल झाबुआ)
Payal Meda is the daughter of master painter Ladobai. Having trained in indigenous Bhil dotting and Pithora iconography, she conducts workshops at Bharat Bhavan Bhopal and exhibits across New Delhi and Vadodara.
📍 सोनपुरी, पाटनगढ़ (डिण्डौरी) / भोपाल
Sushila Shyam from Sonpuri, Patangarh, was trained by eminent artist late Narmada Prasad Tekam. Her detailed stippling captures the intimate domestic life and rural aesthetics of Gond women.
📍 भोपाल (मूल झाबुआ)
Rita Bhuria, a science graduate and granddaughter of Padma Shri Bhuri Bai, blends educated precision with ancestral Bhil dots and sacred flora, exhibiting in Bangalore, Lucknow, and New Delhi.
📍 डिण्डौरी / भोपाल
Jugraj Singh Paraste represents the deep artistic heritage of Dindori's Gond painters, presenting cosmological visions and forest ecosystems at Likhandra Hall.
📍 भोपाल (मूल झाबुआ)
Anjali Baria is a graduate Bhil painter from Bhopal, daughter of Dubu Baria and related to Padma Shri Bhuri Bai. Her paintings feature deers, peacocks, porcupines, and forest fauna.
शलाका-19
📍 पाटनगढ़ (डिण्डौरी) / भोपाल
Santoshi Shyam, recipient of the prestigious Kalidas Samman, is the daughter of master painter Narmada Prasad Tekam from Jangarh Singh Shyam's lineage. Her work is celebrated for its deep mythological resonance and lyrical dot patterns.
शलाका-18
📍 खजूरखो (झाबुआ) / भोपाल
Sunita Bhavor from Khajurkho, Jhabua, showcased her rich collection of Bhil paintings at Likhandra Hall in September 2024, reflecting indigenous folklore and animist deities.
शलाका-17
📍 तीतराही (डिण्डौरी)
Sunaina Tekam from Titrahi, Dindori, captures the pristine sal forests and mythological creatures of the Gond heartland through delicate linear stippling.
📍 झेर, कल्याणपुर (झाबुआ) / भोपाल
Shiva Bai Bhabhor from Jher village (Jhabua) paints alongside her artist husband Sher Singh Bhabhor, inspired by family elders Bhuri Bai and Lado Bai.
📍 पाटनगढ़ (डिण्डौरी) / भोपाल
Reshma Shyam from Patangarh, Dindori, carries forward the living Gond painting traditions, depicting birds, trees, and spirits of the wilderness.
📍 बैडावली (झाबुआ)
Anita Amliyar was born in 1989 in Baidawali, Jhabua. Her paintings celebrate traditional Bhil village celebrations, clay deities, and seasonal agricultural rites.
📍 रसौई (डिण्डौरी) / भोपाल
Sandipti Paraste from Rasoi, Dindori, paints with her husband Dwarka Paraste in Bhopal. Her 26 exhibited canvases highlight environmental consciousness and sacred animals.
📍 नयागाँव खालसा (झाबुआ)
Resu Ganawa is a young Bhil painter from Nayagaon Khalsa on the border of Jhabua and Gujarat, renowned for authentic Pithora and natural pigment works.
📍 पाटनगढ़ (डिण्डौरी)
Santu Singh Tekam, born in 1989 in Patangarh, Dindori, was featured in the 11th Shalaka exhibition at Likhandra Gallery, presenting primordial Gond motifs of trees and birds.
