R K Yadav

Born in Agra and graduating from Delhi College of Art in 1965, R K Yadav works are heavily centered on spirituality. His visually evocative works use spiritual symbols from the vast repository of Indian astronomy, astrology and folk art.

Yadav began with paintings based on astrology and slowly moved to the Indian mode of spiritualism. His soothing and harmonious manifestation of the devotional aspects of spirituality is gained through internal exploration of the human self by exercising external rituals.

The influence of folk art is seen in his paintings with the depiction of rural life and people often engaged in devotional gestures or offerings. Here, the figure of a mother and child are painted in profile with tranquil and meditative eyes.

The artist works have been exhibited in all parts of India and abroad in addition to being awarded Senior Fellowship from Department of Culture, Government of India in 1991, and Visiting Fellowship from British Council London in 1988 and by the India Academy of Fine Arts Amritsar in 2005. He has won several accolades including the National Award for stamp design in1969, Gold Medal and Certificate of Patronage on the occasion of 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, 1996.