Bhuwal Prasad

Bhuwal Prasad is an abstract artist born in 1987 in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, currently based in the National Capital Region. Deeply rooted in indigenous traditions yet constantly evolving within contemporary languages of painting, Bhuwal’s work brings together broken lines, scattered figures, and bold colour fields. Drawing from his ancestral connections to tribal visual cultures and extensive readings on the Indus Valley Civilization, Mesopotamian scrolls, Egyptian tomb art, and Indian prehistoric rock art, his paintings evolve as textured palimpsests, at once raw, symbolic, and gestural. His compositions, guided more by instinct than intellect, unfold like storytelling surfaces where fragmented forms suggest shared myths, dreamscapes, and deep-rooted civilizational memory.

Prasad works across a wide array of materials. From acrylics, oils, charcoal, and automotive paint to fibreglass, MDF, and more recently, corrugated cardboard. This material experimentation, combined with his meditative brushwork and rhythmic mark-making, offers a visceral experience that blurs the line between abstraction and figuration. While his lines appear automatic and fluid at first glance, closer inspection reveals subtle characters; human limbs, faces, birds, beasts, and demons which are interwoven in scenes of coexistence and wonder. His visual language, as described by curator Johny ML, resists iconic singularity in favour of a composite world that invites childlike curiosity, nostalgia, and reflection.