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- Anand Singh Shyam
- Bhajju Shyam
- Birbal Singh Uikey
- Choti Tekam
- Dhanaiya Bai
- Dhawat Singh Uikey
- Dilip Shyam
- Durga Bai
- Gariba Singh Tekam
- Hargovind singh Urveti
- Harilal Dhruve
- Indu Bai Marawi
- Japani
- Jyoti Bai Uikey
- Kala Bai
- Kamlesh Kumar Uikey
- Lakhanlal Bharwe
- Manna Singh Vyam
- Mansingh Vyam
- Mayank Kumar Shyam
- Mohan Singh Shyam
- Nankusia Shyam
- Narmada Prasad Tekam
- Nikki Singh Urveti
- Pradip Marawi
SANTOSHI TEKAM
GOND ARTIST of MADHYA PRADESH
acrylic on paper – 11” X 14”, Theme: Tigers fighting
Santoshi Tekam started drawing at the age of six. On Sunday afternoons, she would sit between her parents, Narmada Tekam and Rambai, and draw sketches of animals and trees, which she would compare with her parent’s paintings. The main motif in her work is nature in all its aspects. Tigers and crocodiles predominate. Certain rituals also influenced her a lot, like Mauni Upvas, in which the person who fasts must stay absolutely silent (mouni) like a cow and cross under a cow seven times. Santoshi saw the ritual being performed in the village once and was fascinated. Since then it has become another recurring motif of her painting.
acrylic on paper – 11” X 14”, Theme: Mouni Upas – a ritual in which the observer maintains silence like a cow and crawls under the cow seven times
acrylic on paper – 11” X 14”, Theme: Crocodiles
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- Premi Bai
- Pyarelal Vyam
- Radha Tekam
- Raj Kumar Shyam
- Rajan Singh Uikey
- Rajan Prasad Kusram
- Rajni Vyam
- Rajendra Singh Shyam
- Rambai Tekam
- Ram Narain Marawi
- Ram Singh Urveti
- Ramesh Tekam
- Ravi Tekam
- Roshni Vyam
- Santosh Kumar Vyam
- Santoshi Tekam
- Saroj Venkat Shyam
- Shanti Bai
- Subhash Vyam
- Sukhanandi Vyam
- Suresh Dhrube
- Venkat Shyam
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