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{{Short description|Indian artist and sportsperson}}
'''Madhuri Bhaduri''' (born 1958) is an Indian [[visual arts|artist]].

Originally a sportsperson, playing [[badminton]] and [[Squash (sport)|squash]] at a national level, Bhaduri began painting in 1977. She gave away her early artworks to friends and family, and then began to sell paintings once she realised that people were willing to pay for them.<ref name="pune365">{{cite web |last1=Kaur |first1=Loveleen |title=Madhuri Bhaduri – Life Through The Canvas And Beyond |url=https://pune365.com/madhuri-bhaduri-journey-canvas-beyond/ |publisher=Pune365 |accessdate=19 July 2018}}</ref><ref name="teomg">{{cite web |last1=Singh |first1=Himanshi Lydia |title=#Interview – Madhuri Bhaduri on creativity, arts and being human. |url=http://www.thewoomag.com/interview-madhuri-bhaduri-on-creativity-arts-and-being-human/ |publisher=TEOMG |accessdate=19 July 2018}}</ref> After studying French at the [[Alliance Française]] in [[Pune]], Bhaduri graduated with a [[Master's degree]] in Art from the [[University of Mumbai]] in 1988, but had already begun exhibiting her work two years earlier at the Bal Gandharva Art Gallery.<ref name="wef">{{cite web |title=Madhuri Bhaduri |url=http://www.wef.org.in/madhuri-bhaduri/ |publisher=Women Economic Forum |accessdate=19 July 2018}}</ref><ref name="fiidaa">{{cite web |title=MADHURI BHADURI |url=http://www.fiidaaart.com/artist/madhuri-bhaduri |publisher=Fiidaa Art |accessdate=19 July 2018}}</ref>

During her career Bhaduri has created works in a variety of style, including [[abstract art]], [[Landscape painting|landscapes]] and [[Figurative art|figurative paintings]].<ref name="zoom">{{cite web |title=Canvas is a reflection of the artist, says painter Madhuri Bhaduri |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/trending/article/canvas-is-a-reflection-of-the-artist-says-painter-madhuri-bhaduri/212524 |website=Zoom |publisher=Times Now |accessdate=19 July 2018}}</ref> Although she primarily works in [[Oil painting|oils]], in 2002 she also experimented with abstract [[sculpture]].<ref name=wef/> Her paintings were purchased by many private collectors, including [[Gayatri Devi]], [[Ajay Piramal]], [[Aditya Vikram Birla]] & Jamshed Bhabha (former chairman of [[Tata Sons]]).<ref name=teomg/><ref name=wef/> As well as shows in her native India, Bhaduri's work has also been the subject of a solo exhibition in [[Dubai]].<ref name="times">{{cite web |last1=Light |first1=David |title=In the frame |url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/article/20121115/ARTICLE/311159842/1058 |publisher=Khaleej Times |accessdate=19 July 2018}}</ref> Bhaduri is represented by Agora Gallery, New York.

In 2016 Bhaduri received the [[All Ladies League]] award for "Iconic leadership in Art, Design & Entrepreneurship", as well as the [[Sarojini Naidu]] National Award for Women.<ref name=wef/><ref name=wefaward>{{cite web |title=MADHURI BHADURI |url=http://wefawards.org/madhuri-bhaduri/ |publisher=[[All Ladies League]] |accessdate=19 July 2018}}</ref>

Bhaduri's studio, ''Studio M'', is located in Pune, where she has lived all her life.<ref name=pune365/><ref name=wefaward/>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.madhuriart.com/media/ Artist's website]

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[[Category:Indian women sculptors]]
[[Category:Indian women painters]]
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[[Category:Abstract painters]]
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