Madhuri Kathe

Untitled

2018

Madhuri Kathe (b. 1971, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India) earned a Masters degree in drawing and painting (1993) and a Masters degree in Ancient Indian History Culture & Archaeology (1995). In 1999 she was awarded a Ph.D. Doctorate in “A Critical Study of Raghogarh School of Painting”. Her works have been exhibited in several shows including “Dreamscapes” by Gallery Kashya Hildebrand, Zurich(Switzerland), 2007; Busan International Art Fair, South Korea, 2018; “Freedom” by CIMA Gallery, Kolkata, 2007; “A Wordless Dialogue” at The Museum Art Gallery Mumbai, 2011. Her works are held in multiple collections in India as well as abroad. The artist resides and works in Mumbai. Madhuri Kathe’s abstract works in mixed media are a strong reflection of her spiritual practices and philosophies. She uses layers of fabric, paper, and paint with deftly juxtaposed, earthy hues to depict her love for nature and the interplay between the natural and the human worlds. Her works are not premeditated and strongly draw from spiritual aspects and motions of the cosmos. The interplay of color, texture, and surfaces in her formless, fluid strokes provide an illusion of spontaneous impermanence. “My works are based on the fact that nature and our body are made up of five components (Panchtatwa): earth, sun, water, air, and sky each representing a color. The use of the five primary colors- black, white, yellow, red, and blue gives birth to the vision of nature," says the artist.