Bhajju Shyam

{{Short description|Indian painter (born 1971)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Bhajju Singh Shyam

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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1971}}

| birth_place = Patangarh Village, Madhya Pradesh, India

| occupation = Artist

| awards = {{plainlist|

• Padma Shri (2018)}}

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Bhajju Shyam (born 1971 in Patangarh, Central India, full name: Bhajju Singh Shyam) is an Indian artist, belonging to the Gond-Pardhaan community of Madhya Pradesh. He was awarded India's fourth highest civilian award, the Padma Shri, in 2018.{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/padma-shri-to-shyam-malti-musalgaonkar/articleshow/62658903.cms | title=Padma Shri to Shyam, Malti & Musalgaonkar | work=The Times of India | date=26 January 2018 | access-date=26 January 2018}}

He was a contemporary of the celebrated Pardhaan artist Jangarh Singh Shyam and began his artistic career from Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal. He received international recognition for his book The London Jungle Book (Published By Tara Books in 2004), with which he made known throughout the world the Pardhaan Folk Art.

According to art-historian and author, Jyotindra Jain, Bhajju Shyam was one of the most important and innovative artists to have emerged from the explosion of 'Gond-Pardhaan Painting' tradition spearheaded by Jangarh Singh Shyam.{{Cite book|title=The Art of Bhajju Shyam: Master Gond Artist|publisher=Ojas Art|year=2016|pages=7}}

For his book The Night Life of Trees (2006) he was awarded the 2008 Bologna Children's Book Fair. Bhajju Shyam lives in Bhopal, India.{{cite web|url=http://www.thebetterindia.com/30057/bhajju-shyam-tribal-artist-writer/|title=How Bhajju Shyam went from being a Security Guard in MP to a World Renowned Artist - The Better India|publisher=thebetterindia.com|access-date=2015-08-30}}{{cite web|url=http://www.anglotopia.net/anglophile-reviews/brit-book-reviews/brit-book-reviews-london-jungle-book-bhajju-shyam/|title=Brit Book Reviews: The London Jungle Book by Bhajju Shyam - Anglotopia.net|publisher=anglotopia.net|access-date=2015-08-30}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/awardwinning-gond-artist-bhajju-shyam-talks-about-his-art-and-the-life-that-inspires-it/article6982240.ece|title='I remain a villager at heart' - The Hindu|publisher=thehindu.com|access-date=2015-08-30}}{{cite web|url=http://ignca.nic.in/tribal_art_artist_gond_mp_bhajju.htm|title=Bhajju Shyam - Gond Artist of Madhya Pradesh|author=CIL|publisher=ignca.nic.in|access-date=2015-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907053712/http://ignca.nic.in/tribal_art_artist_gond_mp_bhajju.htm|archive-date=7 September 2015|url-status=dead}}