National Awardee Dinesh Soni

National Awardee Dinesh Soni

Vidya Devi Soni

Vidya Devi Soni

Vidya Devi Soni

Vidya Devi Soni

Vidya Devi Soni

Venkat Shyam

Venkat Shyam

Venkat Shyam

Venkat Shyam

Venkat Shyam

Venkat Shyam

Venkat Shyam

Venkat Shyam

Born in 1970, Venkat Shyam is a renowned name in the Indian Tribal art space. He apprenticed under his uncle Jangarh Singh Shyam, a renowned Gond artist for several years. He specializes in contemporary Pradhan Gond art, along with murals, etchings, mixed media, and animation. He is a recipient of the ‘Rajya Hasta Shilpa Puraskar’ and has exhibited in India as well as abroad such as in the exhibition Sakahàn: International Indigenous Art at the National Gallery of Canada, in Ottawa (2013), Painted Songs & Stories, curated by John H. Bowles in the U.S.A (2010), Anadi organized by National Gallery of Moder Art, Mumbai (2004), and at the American embassy. He has published several books with his long-time collaborator S. Anand such as Finding My Way (2016) and Ganja Mahua Chronicles (2016).

Venkat Shyam

Venkat Shyam