Bhuri Bai works in the Adivasi Lok Kala Academy in Bhopal. She is a recipient of the highest award Shikhar Sanman (1986-1987) from the Government of Madhya Pradesh. In 1998, the Madhya Pradesh Government honoured her with the Ahalya Sanman. Her works are really inspired by the magic of painting and have captured every aspect of Bhil life; the animals in the wild, the serenity of the forest and its trees, the Bhil deities, festivals, dances and oral narratives. Bhuri Bai has recently started painting aeroplanes, television, car and buses along with trees and animals. And they all seem at ease with one another.