Gond Course
Learn India's rich tribal art - Gond Painting
Course Curriculum
Gond Painting Maestro Course
Introduction to Gond Painting
Welcome! Here, you will be introduced to the 1400-year-old art form of the Gonds!
Introduction to Shri Venkat Raman Singh Shyam
Meet master artist Shri Venkat Raman Singh Shyam, the renowned Gond artist, who has been practicing the art for over 35 years!
History of Gond Painting
Listen to Venkat Shyam Ji talk about similarities in Gond and Aboriginal arts, the value of patterns in Gond art, and what they mean to him.
Origin of Gond Painting
Here, you will learn about the origin of the art form and the current geographical spread of the community that practices it.
Patterns in Gond painting
You are introduced to two of the signature patterns used by Venkat Shyam Ji and the meanings behind them.
Brushes in Gond painting
In this module, the master artist explains how traditional Gond painting brushes were made.
Colours in Gond painting.
In this module, the master artist delves into the use and preparation of natural colors in Gond paintings.
Brief Overview of the Creative Process
Here, Venkat Shyam Ji simplifies his creative process into five steps and provides a sketch to give learners a brief overview.
Importance of Lines and Dots
Venkat Shyam Ji explains the importance of lines and dots as patterns used in Gond paintings, followed by providing some examples.
Gond Painting Basic Course
Gond Painting Intermediate Course
Gond Painting Advanced Course
Materials Required
Brushes
Quantity: 2
Artventures of Gond - Art Kit by Rooftop
Quantity: 1
Poster Colours
Quantity: 12
Palette and water
Quantity: 1
Meet the Maestro
Venkat Singh Shyam
Born in Sijhora village in the Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh, Shri Venkat Raman Singh Shyam is a veteran Gond artist, who has been practising the fourteen-hundred-year-old art for the last four decades!
Shri Venkat Raman Singh Shyam, before becoming the world-renowned Gond artist, used to work as a signboard painter in Bhopal to make ends meet. Inspired by the works of his uncle, Padma Shri Jangarh Singh Shyam ji, Venkat ji developed a strong affinity towards the artistic traditions of the Gond community. Realising his nephew's potential, Jangarh Singh Shyam ji motivated young Venkat ji to create more artworks, learn new styles, and develop unique concepts.
Venkat Shyam ji started working with the Gond art form at the age of ten and has spent more than forty years today, perfecting the art and becoming one of India's leading contemporary artists. He has established his distinct style and patterns, which have strong meanings associated with them. His signature pattern - the dot and the surrounding semicircles - are symbolic of the supreme God, and the community that lives and flourishes due to the grace of the great deity. The other pattern of the artist is the longer wave design, which symbolises air, that can only be felt by us.
Venkat ji paints and exhibits his Gond artworks with his wife, Saroj Shyam ji, a well-acclaimed artist. Today, they live in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. He is also credited with being the coordinator for the animated movie 'Gond Folktale' by Tara Douglas which won the 'Tallest Story Award' at the Inverness Film Festival of Scotland in 2007. Apart from this, Venkat Shyam has held multiple exhibitions all around the world.
Major Awards:
- Rajya Hasta Shilpa Puraskar by the Government of Madhya Pradesh in 2002
Selected Exhibitions and Featured Artworks:
- Radford University Art Museum in Virginia, USA
- Google Arts and Culture Gond Paintings: Venkat Raman Singh Shyam by Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art
- Sakahan: International Indigenous Art at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa
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