Venkat Shyam

Quick Facts

Full Name	Venkat Shyam
Occupation	Artist
Date Of Birth	Oct 28, 1970(1970-10-28)
Age	54
Birthplace	Mandla
Country	India
Birth City	Madhya Pradesh
Horoscope	Scorpio

Venkat Shyam Biography

Venkat Shyam is one of the most popular and richest Artist who was born on October 28, 1970 in Mandla, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Venkat lived with his family in Sijhora till 1986, when his uncle, the famous Gond artist Jangarh Singh Shyam visited them. Jangarh urged young Venkat to join him in Bhopal and train in his studio. After initial reluctance, the sixteen-year old accompanied him to the city and lived with Jangarh and his mother Aadhara Bai in Jangarh’s house in Professors’ Colony, Bhopal. He worked as his apprentice for three years.

In 1993, Venkat left Delhi due to bad health and financial hardship. He briefly went back to Bhopal, and then to Sijhora where his family forced him to get married. Shortly after, he came back to Bhopal. In 2008, Venkat was witness to the terrorist attack on the Taj Hotel in Colaba, Mumbai. His experiences led to a sixteen-painting series on the event.

Venkat Shyam Net Worth

Venkat Shyam is one of the richest Artist from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Venkat Shyam 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Venkat Raman Singh Shyam (born 28 October 1970) is a contemporary Indian artist who works with murals, etchings, mixed media and animation. Venkat has travelled extensively and exhibited his work in India and the world over. He was awarded the Rajya Hasta Shilpa Puraskar by the Government of Madhya Pradesh in 2002. He was also the coordinator for an animated film on a Gond folktale made by Tara Douglas which won the Tallest Story Competition Trophy at the Inverness Film Festival, Scotland, in 2007.

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Around this time, Venkat also developed his own figural style as he began painting signboards for a meagre fifty rupees per day. Eventually, an altercation with Aadhara Bai led Venkat to leave his uncle’s house for Delhi where he worked as domestic help in a police officer’s household for some time until he managed to escape the exploitative conditions with a group of painters. Soon, a relative introduced him to the artist Jagdish Swaminathan— Jangarh’s mentor and the first director of Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal.

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Victor Ranked on the list of most popular Artist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Venkat Shyam celebrates birthday on October 28 of every year.

Venkat Raman Singh Shyam is a second-generation Pardhan Gond painter. As such, his style is heavily influenced by Jangarh Singh Shyam’s style—also called ‘Jangarh Kalam’ and the bhittachitra and digna style of painting found in Gond homes coupled with his own response to the contemporary world.

Where did Venkat Shyam begin drawing as a child?

As such, his style is heavily influenced by Jangarh Singh Shyam’s style—also called ‘Jangarh Kalam’ and the bhittachitra and digna style of painting found in Gond homes coupled with his own response to the contemporary world. During childhood, Venkat drew with pencils and charcoal.

How did drawing in black help Venkat?

(b) How did drawing in black help Venkat? Answer: Drawing in black looked very realistic. Charcoal was easily available which he used to draw on walls, floors and on other surfaces.

What kind of paste did Jangarh want from his assistance and why?

cloves, innamon, chopped onion, the the Jangarh wanted to make his assistants learn basic thing of making paste using boring sil batle and pestle.