Devayani Krishna was born in 1918 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.

It is difficult to describe the power of [Devayani Krishna’s] drawings. It is as though a great choreographer compressed the total movement of the dance, such as the dance of Shiva, into a single ideograph.

In 2023, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Untitled (1960), offered in the Winter Online Auction by Saffronart, which concluded on 14 December 2023 at Online, achieving a sale price of ₹37,84,800 ($45,600). This record marked a defining moment in the artist's market history, reflecting both the significance of the artwork and its reception within the broader art world.

I was angry with Kan (Kanwal Krishna, her husband), who was in a phase of transition, formulating ideas and techniques after his travels in Europe. For not communicating what I sought to learn. And lines were the most direct way of expressing my feelings swiftly through three big drawings. The beginnings of such forms with the same idea of transparency. The series emerged as ‘The effect of the moon on the mind and the brain’, which may be sourced to the words of a saint that I had once heard. The drawings were so large that I achieved the sweeping circular strokes by stretching the arm that held the crayon and rotating my entire body while sitting on the drawing.

In 2022, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Untitled (Townscape) (1961), offered in the The Surya Collection: Property from Mrs. Ute Rettberg by Sotheby's, which concluded on 31 May 2022 at London, achieving a sale price of ₹14,79,758.11 ($19,053.31). This record marked a defining moment in the artist's market history, reflecting both the significance of the artwork and its reception within the broader art world.

In 2006, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Mahakala (1970), offered in the Masterpieces & Museum Quality Series VI: With Rare Drawings and Books on Indian Contemporary Art by Osian's, which concluded on 01 March 2006 at New Delhi, achieving a sale price of ₹6,90,000 ($15,558). This record marked a defining moment in the artist's market history, reflecting both the significance of the artwork and its reception within the broader art world.

In 2000, Devayani A Retrospective 1940-2000 marked a major milestone in the exhibition history of Devayani Krishna, offering a retrospective survey of the artist's artistic production