Sudha Satyawadi

Dr. Sudha Satyawadi is an artist and researcher working for the last thirty years on ancient Indian art forms. Arts motifs and symbols are her special interests. She is preparing a compendium of ancient art motifs: their origin and evolution and transfer of art forms from folk to classical art. In the last ten years, exhibitions of her paintings have been held and lectures delivered on rural and folk art at New Delhi, Melbourne, Gaborone, Columbus (Ohio), Universities of Stanford, Berkeley, Louisiana, Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Lucknow. Dr. Satyawadi is placed on files of Division of Arts, UNESCO, Paris, as a specialist of intangible cultural heritage. She heads an NGO called Udayan Public Empowerment Trust created for encouraging the rural artists who work deep inside a village. She spends much time with them and is trying to preserve the dying arts. She has authored two books and published a number of articles on Indian art. Her books are on (i) Proto-Historic Pottery of the Indian Sub-continent (3000 bc-1775 bc) and (ii) Warli Paintings.