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	{{Infobox person		{{Infobox person
	\| name = Malvika Raj		\| name = Malvika Raj
	\| birth_date = ~~{{birth year and age\|1984}}~~		\| birth_date = 18 September 1990
	\| nationality = Indian		\| nationality = [[Indian people\|Indian]]
	\| alma_mater = [[Northern India Institute of Fashion Technology]], [[Mohali]]		\| alma_mater = [[Northern India Institute of Fashion Technology]], [[Mohali]]
	\| known_for = Art and Illustration		\| known_for = Art and Illustration
	\| style = [[Madhubani art\|Madhubani]]		\| style = [[Madhubani art\|Madhubani]]
	}}		}}
	'''Malvika Raj''' ~~(born 1984)~~ is an Indian artist and fashion designer. She works in the [[Madhubani art\|Madhubani]] style of art. As a [[Dalit]], she has used art to express her experiences with [[Caste system in India\|caste]]-based discrimination in India, and uses traditional techniques to express themes relating to Dalit identity and the [[Buddhism\|Buddhist]] religion.		'''Malvika Raj''' is an Indian [[artist]] and [[Fashion design\|fashion designer]]. She works in the [[Madhubani art\|Madhubani]] style of art. As a [[Dalit]], she has used art to express her experiences with [[Caste system in India\|caste]]-based discrimination in India, and uses traditional techniques to express themes relating to Dalit identity and the [[Buddhism\|Buddhist]] religion.

	== Life ==		== Life ==
	Raj is from [[Patna]], [[Bihar]], and studied at the [[Northern India Institute of Fashion Technology]] in [[Mohali]], [[Punjab, India\|Punjab]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|last=Alagarsamy\|first=Hamsadhwani\|date=2019-01-21\|title=In Conversation With Malvika Raj: Dalit Madhubani Artist\|url=https://feminisminindia.com/2019/01/22/malvika-raj-dalit-madhubani-artist/\|access-date=2021-03-07\|website=Feminism In India\|language=en-GB}}</ref> Belonging to a [[Dalit]] family, she credits her family and her father, in particular, for educating her about Dalit leadership, politics, and history in India, and about the close links between [[Buddhism]] and [[Dalit]] identity.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|date=2016-04-27\|title=Colours of rebellion: Capturing Ambedkar's life and revolutionary spirit in art\|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/colours-rebellion-capturing-ambedkars-life-and-revolutionary-spirit-art-42309\|access-date=2021-03-07\|website=The News Minute\|language=en}}</ref>		Raj is from [[Patna]], [[Bihar]], and studied at the [[Northern India Institute of Fashion Technology]] in [[Mohali]], [[Punjab, India\|Punjab]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|last=Alagarsamy\|first=Hamsadhwani\|date=2019-01-21\|title=In Conversation With Malvika Raj: Dalit Madhubani Artist\|url=https://feminisminindia.com/2019/01/22/malvika-raj-dalit-madhubani-artist/\|access-date=2021-03-07\|website=Feminism In India\|language=en-GB}}</ref> Belonging to a [[Dalit]] family, she credits her family and her father, in particular, for educating her about Dalit leadership, politics, and history in India, and about the close links between [[Buddhism]] and [[Dalit]] identity.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|date=2016-04-27\|title=Colours of rebellion: Capturing Ambedkar's life and revolutionary spirit in art\|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/colours-rebellion-capturing-ambedkars-life-and-revolutionary-spirit-art-42309\|access-date=2021-03-07\|website=The News Minute\|language=en}}</ref> The first painting she ever made was depicting a scene from Buddha's life. Raj likes to depict scenes from Hindu Mythology in her art. <ref>{{cite web \| url=https://feminisminindia.com/2019/01/22/malvika-raj-dalit-madhubani-artist/ \| title=In Conversation with Malvika Raj: Dalit Madhubani Artist \| date=21 January 2019 }}</ref>

	== Career ==		== Career ==
	Raj initially worked as a fashion designer in Delhi, but returned home to [[Patna]] for health-related reasons. While recuperating at home, she trained in [[Madhubani art\|Madhubani techniques]] with artist Ashok Biswas.<ref name=":1" /> She also learned traditional motifs and imagery used by [[Dalit]] women who made art in the [[Madhubani art\|Madhubani]] style in their homes, while visiting [[Samastipur]] in Bihar to continue her training.<ref name=":1" />		Raj initially worked as a fashion designer in Delhi, but returned home to [[Patna]] for health-related reasons. While recuperating at home, she trained in [[Madhubani art\|Madhubani techniques]] with artist Ashok Biswas.<ref name=":1" /> She also learned traditional motifs and imagery used by [[Dalit]] women who made art in the [[Madhubani art\|Madhubani]] style in their homes, while visiting [[Samastipur]] in Bihar to continue her training.<ref name=":1" />

	Raj's work is inspired by traditional Madhubani art, which originated from her home state of Bihar and was primarily created by women on mud walls, using rice flour paint in their homes. Raj's work focuses on an aspect of Madhubani art called 'Kobhar' (translating to 'honey forest'), and traditionally consists of images from nature used to decorate walls for wedding ceremonies.<ref name=":0" /> Speaking of her experiences in discrimination while studying Madhubani art, Raj said, <blockquote>"Historically, the Tantric subset of Madhubani art has been something that only the Brahmins have been allowed to work on. During my trip, I met a Tantric artist and when I asked him if he could teach me the style, he outright refused because I’m a Dalit. When I replied to him saying that I could just study the technique enough and teach myself the art form, he said bad fate would befall me. Caste is so deeply entrenched in everyone’s minds that even a local Dalit artist asked me not to paint in the Tantric style because he feared for my life."<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web~~\|last1=November 23\|last2=Spotlight\|first2=2020 /~~\|title=Drawing Strength – How Madhubani Artists Have Challenged Caste Oppression ~~- Sarmaya~~\|url=https://sarmaya.in/spotlight/drawing-strength-how-madhubani-artists-have-challenged-caste-oppression/\|access-date=2021-03-09\|website=sarmaya.in\|language=en-US}}</ref></blockquote>Raj's work accordingly uses Madhubani techniques and styles, but her imagery draws from political and social aspects of the historical and ongoing discrimination faced by Dalits as a result of the caste system in India, from Buddhism and the history of Dalit conversion to that faith, as well as from Dalit political leaders and social reformers like [[B. R. Ambedkar\|B R. Ambedkar]], and [[Savitribai Phule]].<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Trivedi\|first=Divya\|date=2013-08-26\|title=Art that subverts\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/art/art-that-subverts/article5060793.ece\|access-date=2021-03-07\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web\|title=Dalit Lives Matter: This Bihar Painter's Art Is Her Activism\|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/dalit-lives-matter-this-bihar-painters-art-is-her-activism-6113791.html\|access-date=2021-03-07\|website=Moneycontrol}}</ref><ref>{{Citation\|title=Malvika Raj Dalit History Month Europe 2018\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF-SQqWBHEM\|language=en\|access-date=2021-03-09}}</ref> She also paints scenes depicting Buddhist imagery, including events from the life of the Buddha.<ref name=":2" /> A portrait of Dr. [[B. R. Ambedkar]] made by Raj is on display in [[University of Edinburgh\|Edinburgh University]].<ref name=":0" /> Raj has described facing opposition for her subversion of religious themes in Madhubani art.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2020-10-18\|title=Talkin' About a Revolution\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/dalit-identity-indian-modern-art-talkin-about-a-revolution-6763789/\|access-date=2021-03-07\|website=The Indian Express\|language=en}}</ref> Raj's work has been exhibited in India, at the [[Jehangir Art Gallery]], Mumbai and the [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations]] and [[Lalit Kala Akademi]] in Delhi.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web\|title=ICCR presents An exhibition of Paintings by Ms. Malvika Raj from Patna at Art Gallery, ICCR, Azad Bhavan, I.P. Estate > 17th to 22nd October 2014\|url=https://www.delhievents.com/2014/10/iccr-presents-exhibition-of-paintings.html\|access-date=2021-03-09\|website=Delhi Events}}</ref> In addition to art, Raj is also an entrepreneur who designs clothing which bear [[Madhubani art\|Madhubani]] motifs, and she also teaches rural woman to paint on dresses.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web\|title=The Alphabet of Violence & Resistance – Zubaan Projects\|url=https://zubaanprojects.org/projects/stepping-stones-body-of-evidence/the-alphabet-of-violence-resistance/\|access-date=2021-03-09\|language=en-US}}</ref> Her work has been used as illustrations in articles on contemporary Dalit politics and identity in ''[[Outlook (Indian magazine)\|Outlook]]'', and ''[[Mint (newspaper)\|Live Mint]].''<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Kandukuri\|first=Divya\|date=2019-01-11\|title=The life and times of Savitribai Phule\|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/DmR1fQSnVD62p4D3eyq9mO/The-life-and-times-of-Savitribai-Phule.html\|access-date=2021-03-07\|website=mint\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Red Earth And The Sky A Dalit Blue ~~{{!}} Outlook India Magazine~~\|url=https://magazine.outlookindia.com/story/india-news-red-earth-and-the-sky-a-dalit-blue/303804\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-03-07\|website=Outlook India}}</ref> Raj has recently illustrated 'Savitribai Phule and I’, a book authored by Sangeeta Mulay.<ref>{{Cite web~~\|last1=Tweet\|last2=WhatsApp~~\|date=2021-02-28\|title=Panther's Paw Publication: Literature That Needs to Be Read\|url=https://livewire.thewire.in/out-and-about/books/panthers-paw-publications-the-literature-that-needs-to-be-read/\|access-date=2021-03-09\|website=Live Wire\|language=en-US}}</ref>		Raj's work is inspired by traditional Madhubani art, which originated from her home state of Bihar and was primarily created by women on mud walls, using rice flour paint in their homes. Raj's work focuses on an aspect of Madhubani art called 'Kobhar' (translating to 'honey forest'), and traditionally consists of images from nature used to decorate walls for wedding ceremonies.<ref name=":0" /> Speaking of her experiences in discrimination while studying Madhubani art, Raj said, <blockquote>"Historically, the Tantric subset of Madhubani art has been something that only the Brahmins have been allowed to work on. During my trip, I met a Tantric artist and when I asked him if he could teach me the style, he outright refused because I’m a Dalit. When I replied to him saying that I could just study the technique enough and teach myself the art form, he said bad fate would befall me. Caste is so deeply entrenched in everyone’s minds that even a local Dalit artist asked me not to paint in the Tantric style because he feared for my life."<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Drawing Strength – How Madhubani Artists Have Challenged Caste Oppression\|url=https://sarmaya.in/spotlight/drawing-strength-how-madhubani-artists-have-challenged-caste-oppression/\|access-date=2021-03-09\|website=sarmaya.in\|date=23 November 2020 \|language=en-US}}</ref></blockquote>Raj's work accordingly uses Madhubani techniques and styles, but her imagery draws from political and social aspects of the historical and ongoing discrimination faced by Dalits as a result of the caste system in India, from Buddhism and the history of Dalit conversion to that faith, as well as from Dalit political leaders and social reformers like [[B. R. Ambedkar\|B R. Ambedkar]], and [[Savitribai Phule]].<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Trivedi\|first=Divya\|date=2013-08-26\|title=Art that subverts\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/art/art-that-subverts/article5060793.ece\|access-date=2021-03-07\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web\|title=Dalit Lives Matter: This Bihar Painter's Art Is Her Activism\|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/dalit-lives-matter-this-bihar-painters-art-is-her-activism-6113791.html\|access-date=2021-03-07\|website=Moneycontrol}}</ref><ref>{{Citation\|title=Malvika Raj Dalit History Month Europe 2018\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF-SQqWBHEM\|language=en\|access-date=2021-03-09}}</ref> She also paints scenes depicting Buddhist imagery, including events from the life of the Buddha.<ref name=":2" /> A portrait of Dr. [[B. R. Ambedkar]] made by Raj is on display in [[University of Edinburgh\|Edinburgh University]].<ref name=":0" /> Raj has described facing opposition for her subversion of religious themes in Madhubani art.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2020-10-18\|title=Talkin' About a Revolution\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/dalit-identity-indian-modern-art-talkin-about-a-revolution-6763789/\|access-date=2021-03-07\|website=The Indian Express\|language=en}}</ref> Raj's work has been exhibited in India, at the [[Jehangir Art Gallery]], Mumbai and the [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations]] and [[Lalit Kala Akademi]] in Delhi.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web\|title=ICCR presents An exhibition of Paintings by Ms. Malvika Raj from Patna at Art Gallery, ICCR, Azad Bhavan, I.P. Estate > 17th to 22nd October 2014\|url=https://www.delhievents.com/2014/10/iccr-presents-exhibition-of-paintings.html\|access-date=2021-03-09\|website=Delhi Events}}</ref> In addition to art, Raj is also an entrepreneur who designs clothing which bear [[Madhubani art\|Madhubani]] motifs, and she also teaches rural woman to paint on dresses.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web\|title=The Alphabet of Violence & Resistance – Zubaan Projects\|url=https://zubaanprojects.org/projects/stepping-stones-body-of-evidence/the-alphabet-of-violence-resistance/\|access-date=2021-03-09\|language=en-US}}</ref> Her work has been used as illustrations in articles on contemporary Dalit politics and identity in ''[[Outlook (Indian magazine)\|Outlook]]'', and ''[[Mint (newspaper)\|Live Mint]].''<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Kandukuri\|first=Divya\|date=2019-01-11\|title=The life and times of Savitribai Phule\|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/DmR1fQSnVD62p4D3eyq9mO/The-life-and-times-of-Savitribai-Phule.html\|access-date=2021-03-07\|website=mint\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Red Earth And The Sky A Dalit Blue\|url=https://magazine.outlookindia.com/story/india-news-red-earth-and-the-sky-a-dalit-blue/303804\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-03-07\|website=Outlook India}}</ref> Raj has recently illustrated 'Savitribai Phule and I’, a book authored by Sangeeta Mulay.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2021-02-28\|title=Panther's Paw Publication: Literature That Needs to Be Read\|url=https://livewire.thewire.in/out-and-about/books/panthers-paw-publications-the-literature-that-needs-to-be-read/\|access-date=2021-03-09\|website=Live Wire\|language=en-US}}</ref>

	== See also ==		== See also ==
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	[[Category:Indian fashion designers]]		[[Category:Indian fashion designers]]
	[[Category:Dalit artists]]		[[Category:Dalit artists]]
	[[Category:Living people]]		[[Category:Living people]]
			[[Category:21st-century Buddhists]]
			[[Category:Indian Buddhists]]
			[[Category:Ambedkarites]]
	[[Category:Indian women fashion designers]]		[[Category:Indian women fashion designers]]

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{{Short description|Indian artist and fashion designer}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Malvika Raj
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1984}}
| nationality = Indian
| alma_mater = [[Northern India Institute of Fashion Technology]], [[Mohali]]
| known_for = Art and Illustration
| style = [[Madhubani art|Madhubani]]
}}
'''Malvika Raj''' (born 1984) is an Indian artist and fashion designer. She works in the [[Madhubani art|Madhubani]] style of art. As a [[Dalit]], she has used art to express her experiences with [[Caste system in India|caste]]-based discrimination in India, and uses traditional techniques to express themes relating to Dalit identity and the [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] religion.

== Life ==
Raj is from [[Patna]], [[Bihar]], and studied at the [[Northern India Institute of Fashion Technology]] in [[Mohali]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Alagarsamy|first=Hamsadhwani|date=2019-01-21|title=In Conversation With Malvika Raj: Dalit Madhubani Artist|url=https://feminisminindia.com/2019/01/22/malvika-raj-dalit-madhubani-artist/|access-date=2021-03-07|website=Feminism In India|language=en-GB}}</ref> Belonging to a [[Dalit]] family, she credits her family and her father, in particular, for educating her about Dalit leadership, politics, and history in India, and about the close links between [[Buddhism]] and [[Dalit]] identity.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2016-04-27|title=Colours of rebellion: Capturing Ambedkar's life and revolutionary spirit in art|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/colours-rebellion-capturing-ambedkars-life-and-revolutionary-spirit-art-42309|access-date=2021-03-07|website=The News Minute|language=en}}</ref>

== Career ==
Raj initially worked as a fashion designer in Delhi, but returned home to [[Patna]] for health-related reasons. While recuperating at home, she trained in [[Madhubani art|Madhubani techniques]] with artist Ashok Biswas.<ref name=":1" /> She also learned traditional motifs and imagery used by [[Dalit]] women who made art in the [[Madhubani art|Madhubani]] style in their homes, while visiting [[Samastipur]] in Bihar to continue her training.<ref name=":1" />

Raj's work is inspired by traditional Madhubani art, which originated from her home state of Bihar and was primarily created by women on mud walls, using rice flour paint in their homes. Raj's work focuses on an aspect of Madhubani art called 'Kobhar' (translating to 'honey forest'), and traditionally consists of images from nature used to decorate walls for wedding ceremonies.<ref name=":0" /> Speaking of her experiences in discrimination while studying Madhubani art, Raj said, <blockquote>"Historically, the Tantric subset of Madhubani art has been something that only the Brahmins have been allowed to work on. During my trip, I met a Tantric artist and when I asked him if he could teach me the style, he outright refused because I’m a Dalit. When I replied to him saying that I could just study the technique enough and teach myself the art form, he said bad fate would befall me. Caste is so deeply entrenched in everyone’s minds that even a local Dalit artist asked me not to paint in the Tantric style because he feared for my life."<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|last1=November 23|last2=Spotlight|first2=2020 /|title=Drawing Strength – How Madhubani Artists Have Challenged Caste Oppression - Sarmaya|url=https://sarmaya.in/spotlight/drawing-strength-how-madhubani-artists-have-challenged-caste-oppression/|access-date=2021-03-09|website=sarmaya.in|language=en-US}}</ref></blockquote>Raj's work accordingly uses Madhubani techniques and styles, but her imagery draws from political and social aspects of the historical and ongoing discrimination faced by Dalits as a result of the caste system in India, from Buddhism and the history of Dalit conversion to that faith, as well as from Dalit political leaders and social reformers like [[B. R. Ambedkar|B R. Ambedkar]], and [[Savitribai Phule]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Trivedi|first=Divya|date=2013-08-26|title=Art that subverts|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/art/art-that-subverts/article5060793.ece|access-date=2021-03-07|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Dalit Lives Matter: This Bihar Painter's Art Is Her Activism|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/dalit-lives-matter-this-bihar-painters-art-is-her-activism-6113791.html|access-date=2021-03-07|website=Moneycontrol}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Malvika Raj Dalit History Month Europe 2018|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF-SQqWBHEM|language=en|access-date=2021-03-09}}</ref> She also paints scenes depicting Buddhist imagery, including events from the life of the Buddha.<ref name=":2" /> A portrait of Dr. [[B. R. Ambedkar]] made by Raj is on display in [[University of Edinburgh|Edinburgh University]].<ref name=":0" /> Raj has described facing opposition for her subversion of religious themes in Madhubani art.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-18|title=Talkin' About a Revolution|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/dalit-identity-indian-modern-art-talkin-about-a-revolution-6763789/|access-date=2021-03-07|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> Raj's work has been exhibited in India, at the [[Jehangir Art Gallery]], Mumbai and the [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations]] and [[Lalit Kala Akademi]] in Delhi.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=ICCR presents An exhibition of Paintings by Ms. Malvika Raj from Patna at Art Gallery, ICCR, Azad Bhavan, I.P. Estate > 17th to 22nd October 2014|url=https://www.delhievents.com/2014/10/iccr-presents-exhibition-of-paintings.html|access-date=2021-03-09|website=Delhi Events}}</ref> In addition to art, Raj is also an entrepreneur who designs clothing which bear [[Madhubani art|Madhubani]] motifs, and she also teaches rural woman to paint on dresses.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Alphabet of Violence & Resistance – Zubaan Projects|url=https://zubaanprojects.org/projects/stepping-stones-body-of-evidence/the-alphabet-of-violence-resistance/|access-date=2021-03-09|language=en-US}}</ref> Her work has been used as illustrations in articles on contemporary Dalit politics and identity in ''[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]'', and ''[[Mint (newspaper)|Live Mint]].''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kandukuri|first=Divya|date=2019-01-11|title=The life and times of Savitribai Phule|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/DmR1fQSnVD62p4D3eyq9mO/The-life-and-times-of-Savitribai-Phule.html|access-date=2021-03-07|website=mint|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Red Earth And The Sky A Dalit Blue {{!}} Outlook India Magazine|url=https://magazine.outlookindia.com/story/india-news-red-earth-and-the-sky-a-dalit-blue/303804|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-07|website=Outlook India}}</ref> Raj has recently illustrated 'Savitribai Phule and I’, a book authored by Sangeeta Mulay.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Tweet|last2=WhatsApp|date=2021-02-28|title=Panther's Paw Publication: Literature That Needs to Be Read|url=https://livewire.thewire.in/out-and-about/books/panthers-paw-publications-the-literature-that-needs-to-be-read/|access-date=2021-03-09|website=Live Wire|language=en-US}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Sumeet Samos]]
* [[Somnath Waghmare]]

== References ==
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