She held individual shows regularly
and won a Silver Medal at the Bombay Art Society Portrait
Exhibition. The government of France awarded her a scholarship
for the study of graphic art at Ecole de Beaux Arts
and Atelier 17 in Paris for a year. While in Paris she
held an exhibition of her paintings in 1961 and has
since then participated in exhibitions in Hungary, Switzerland,
Germany, Australia, Japan and France.
She has held several exhibitions in India and her paintings
are in the collections of the National Gallery of Modern
Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, the Central Museum,
Nagpur, and the Prince of Wales Museum, Mumbai, as well
as many institutional and private collections.
Prafulla was the President of Bombay Art Society and
Vice Chairman of the Artists' Center, Mumbai. For last
30 years she has been on the committee of Kala Akademi
Goa, and presently is President of the Art Society of
India. She was a committee member of the Lalit Kala
Akademi, New Delhi, from 1974-79. She has gained recognition
for her murals, particularly those in ceramic, wood
and glass, which highlight many prominent buildings
in Mumbai.
In addition to the visual arts, Prafulla is keenly
interested in Indian classical music. Married to a businessman
and author, Mr. Dilip S. Dahanukar, Prafulla has two
daughters and three grandchildren very much interested
in art as herself.
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