Gogi Saroj Pal

Life & Legacy

Gogi Saroj Pal (3 October 1945 – 27 January 2024) was an Indian artist. She worked in multiple media, including gouache, oil, ceramic and weaving. Her works usually had women as their subject, and many of her paintings had a fantastical element that commented on the female condition. Her early works were more realistic, but over time she moved to simpler, more stylized paintings that had considerable impact.
Pal had a diploma in painting from the Government College of Arts and Crafts, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. Over the years she has had nearly 30 solo shows and won numerous awards, including the National Award from the Lalit Kala Akademi in 1990. She also participated in a large number of group shows both in India and overseas: Yugoslavia, Germany, France, Cuba and Japan among others.