
Pratiksha Apurv (born 1964 in Madhya Pradesh, India) is an Indian painter whose work draws on the teachings of her uncle, Osho (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh). Rather than illustrating his discourses, her paintings are presented as the visual expression of her own experience of those ideas, and she is often described as the only artist giving shape on canvas to Osho's vision.
Before turning to painting she was a successful fashion designer, running the Oshonik label from 1987 and dressing figures such as Atal Bihari Vajpayee. She retired from design in 2003 and taught herself to paint. Her early solo shows, under the Spiritual Odyssey title, were held in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai and Ahmedabad between 2007 and 2010.
Her work includes religious imagery, spiritual icons and abstract symbols, as well as contemporary figures in black silhouette against colourful grounds. Some paintings, such as Jalpari, show Tibetan influences. Series such as Mystical Moments, shown at the Rashtrapati Bhawan Museum in 2016, organise her meditative themes around energy centres, levels of consciousness and yoga.
She received the National Award 2015-16 from the Lalit Kala Akademi for Cosmic Balance, and her work has appeared in books and magazines. In 2018 she published The Mystic and Her Colours, a collection of her Speaking Tree columns illustrated with her paintings. Her legacy lies mainly in contemporary Indian spiritual painting.