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Bhajju Singh Shyam
Since then, Bhajju has illustrated and co-edited ten books. His work has been exhibited widely in institutions such as Arteutopia Gallery, Italy; Crossing Borders Festival, The Hague, Netherlands; The Museum in the Docklands, UK; Bonham’s, Hong Kong; and Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal. He has also worked in collaboration with St. Art India Foundation and painted a mural in Delhi’s Lodhi Art District.
Shyam received the Best Indigenous Artist award in 2001 from the government of Madhya Pradesh. In 2010, he was placed on the International Board on Books for Young People’s (IBBY) Honour List for illustrators for his book That’s How I See Things (2007, Tara Books). He received the Ojas Art Award in 2015 at the Jaipur Literature Festival and was awarded the Padma Shri by the government of India in 2018.
At the time of writing, Shyam lives and works in Bhopal.
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