Girl & Butterfly

Manisha Raju

Her work is characterized by a distinctive figurative style marked by simple lyrical forms and serene expressions using a bright colour palette. Through her formal exploration, she seeks to approach divine energy in its simplest form of self-connection as a self-dialogue.Manisha Raju is a self-taught artist based in Chennai. She was born in 1969 and educated in Nagpur, Maharashtra. She has done her B.Sc., MBA, and Ph. D. from Nagpur University. She came to Cholamandal Artists' Village, Chennai, in 1998. She came to the mainstream in Painting in 2004. She has done many solo shows in Chennai, Nagpur, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, etc. She has many group and invited shows to her credit. She has been invited to many national and international shows. She was invited as a National Jury member by Lalit Kala Academy in 2019. She has many social contributions as well; she has conducted camps for children and exhibitions for Art students.