ROSHNI VYAM – GOND ARTIST of MADHYA PRADESH

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Roshni Vyam was five years old when sitting close to her mother Durga Bai in a painting workshop held in Dehradun, she painted her first strokes on paper. She is now in Standard X. Her first subjects were roosters. Whenever she visited the village, she would observe the roosters in different moods.

The cat is another motif she uses in several paintings. When she wanted to be a pilot, she used to paint aircraft piloted by women. Roshni Vyam also writes poetry and wants to take up fine arts after she completes her schooling.