AARANYAK- Tales of the forest

Japani Shyam is the young and talented daughter of the famous Gond artist, Jangarh Singh Shyam. Born in 1988, she has had many shows and attended workshops throughout the country. She has imbibed the use of colour and form from her father and continues to experiment with and express it in her creations. Her world is inhabited by animals and rituals, and she integrates nature through forests which these animals dwell in. She, in turn, has taken the visual from the traditional to the contemporary and continues to experiment with the narrative, making it more suitable for the modern world.   In 1999, aged eleven, she was awarded the Kamala Devi Award in recognition of her talent. She also received the YFLO award for the year 2017-2018. In 2022 she was also given the Raja Ravi Varma achievement award by the Delhi Police.