A Gallery of Gond Artists

A look at the works of contemporary Gond artists

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Gond Art: Artwork for Crafts Map of Madhya Pradesh (1995) by Jangarh Singh ShyamDastkari Haat Samiti

Gond Artists

The success and international fame of a Gond artist such as Jangarh Singh Shyam amplified after his tragic death in Japan in 2001. Art lovers and collectors across the world came to realize the treasure they had lost. A host of young men and women from his community aspired to develop their own artistic proclivities and follow their own paths to fame and success. Each began hesitantly and understood they had to develop their own recognizable Gond style and refine their work as they went along.

Gond Art: Artwork for Crafts Map of Madhya Pradesh (2000) by Jangarh Singh ShyamDastkari Haat Samiti

Nankushiya Shyam, Jangarh’s widow, and her two children now proudly carry his art tradition forward.

This was followed by a series of internationally acclaimed works of art and publications in which other practitioners of Gond art like Venkat Raman Singh Shyam, Suresh Dhurve, Bhajju Shyam, Durga Bai, Anand Singh Shyam and his wife Kalabai Shyam, Ram Singh Urveti, Dalip Singh Tekam, Kaushal Prasad Tikam, and Dhavat Uike became well-known.

Gond Art: Finding My Way, book cover (2016) by Venkat Raman Singh ShyamDastkari Haat Samiti

Finding My Way, book cover - Venkat Raman Singh Shyam

Gond Art: Artwork for Crafts Map of Madhya Pradesh (2000) by Anand Singh ShyamDastkari Haat Samiti

Artwork for Crafts Map of Madhya Pradesh by Anand Singh Shyam

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Detail from the artwork for Crafts Map of Madhya Pradesh by Anand Singh Shyam

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Detail from the artwork for Crafts Map of Madhya Pradesh by Anand Singh Shyam

Gond Art: Untitled Work (2017) by Suresh DhurveDastkari Haat Samiti

Untitled Work - Suresh Dhurve

Gond Art: Untitled Work, detail (2017) by Suresh DhurveDastkari Haat Samiti

Detail from Suresh Dhurve's untitled work.

Gond Art: Untitled Work, detail (2017) by Suresh DhurveDastkari Haat Samiti

Detail from Untitled Work by Suresh Dhurve.

Gond Art: Untitled Work, detail (2017) by Suresh DhurveDastkari Haat Samiti

Detail from Untitled Work by Suresh Dhurve.

Gond Art: Untitled Work (2017) by Suresh DhurveDastkari Haat Samiti

Untitled Work by Suresh Dhurve

Gond Art: Untitled Work (2017) by Suresh DhurveDastkari Haat Samiti

Untitled Work by Suresh Dhurve

Detail from Untitled Work by Suresh Dhurve

Gond Art: Untitled Work (2017) by Kaushal Prasad TekamDastkari Haat Samiti

This Untitled work by Kaushal Prasad Tekam was made as part of a series for the illustrations of a book.

Gond Art: Ganesha (2017) by Durga BaiDastkari Haat Samiti

Ganesha by Durga Bai.

Gond Art: Untitled Work (2017) by Durga BaiDastkari Haat Samiti

Untitled by Durga Bai

Gond Art: Birds (2017) by Durga BaiDastkari Haat Samiti

Birds by Durga Bai