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Rakhi Kumari
Printmaker whose practice bridges folk sensibility and contemporary printmaking, moving from woodcuts and lithographs in the 1990s to acrylic, ink, and mixed-media work on canvas. Her work explores people and nature, social life, women’s identity, and freedom.
RECOGNITION
Awards & Honours
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THE ARTIST
Biography
Rakhi Kumari trained at the College of Arts and Crafts, Patna, and Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya, Khairagarh.
Her doctoral research concerns Mithila mural traditions. Across her practice, she brings together folk sensibility and contemporary printmaking, with a body of work that spans woodcuts and lithographs from the 1990s to more recent acrylic, ink, and mixed-media work on canvas.
Her art reflects attention to people and nature, social life, women’s identity, and freedom.
SELECTED HISTORY
Exhibitions & Residencies
Rakhi Kumari: Three Decades in Print, Bihar Museum, 2026.