Born in 1945 in the small town of Neoli in Uttar Pradesh Gogi is an eminent Indian artist. Gogi was educated at the College of Art in Vanasthali, Rajasthan as well as the College of Art in Lucknow. She received a postgraduate diploma in painting from the College of Art, New Delhi and works in many medias, including gouache, oil, ceramic, graphic print, jewellery, photography and weaving. Her works usually have women as their subject, and many of her paintings have a fantastical element that still comments on the female condition. Pal often uses the Kamadhenu or wish-fulfilling cow as a metaphor for womankind – both for her giving nature as well as well as to express her anguish against their exploitation. In soft glowing colours, she portrays women as silent victims of social justice in patriarchal structures, their limp limbs, tilted heads and folded hands suggesting their helplessness. Gogi is the wife of an eminent artist Ved Nayar.
Over the years she has had nearly 30 solo shows and won a number of awards including the National Award of the Lalit Kala Academi. She has also participated in a large number of group shows both in India and overseas: Yugoslavia, Germany, France, Cuba and Japan among others.
Her works are also in the museum collection in Japan, Poland and Amsterdam. The artist passed away in January 2024.
