Durga Bai Vyam is an Indian artist. She is one of the foremost female artists based in Bhopal working in the Gond tradition of Tribal Art. Most of Durga's work is rooted in her birthplace, Barbaspur, a village in the Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh.
Durga Bai Vyam painting
Gond painting by Durga Bai Vyam
Durga Bai Vyam receiving Padma Shri from President Ram Nath Kovind
The Gondi (Gōṇḍī) or Gond people, who refer to themselves as "Koitur", are an ethnolinguistic group in India. Their native language, Gondi, belongs to the Dravidian family. They are spread over the states of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, and Odisha. They are listed as a Scheduled Tribe for the purpose of India's system of reservation.
Gondi women in Umaria district, India
Gond palace, Bhopal
Komaram Bheem statue at the Kumuram Bheem Tribal Museum in Jodeghat
1928 painting of a Gond woman by M. V. Dhurandhar