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| name = Japani Shyam<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1988}}<br />
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| nationality = Indian<br />
| birth_place = [[Bhopal]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], India<ref name="AllienceFrancaise Bhopal">{{cite web|url=https://bhopal.afindia.org/jangarh-kalam/ |title=An Exhibition of Paintings by Bhajju Shyam, Japani Shyam, Mayank Shyam and Ram Singh Urvetti|access-date=March 29, 2021}}</ref> <br />
|father = Jangarh Singh Shyam<br />
|mother = Nankusia Shyam<br />
|awards = {{awd|FICCI|2018|Young Achiever’s Award|visual artist|}}<br />
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'''Japani Shyam''' (born 1988<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/tribute-to-tribal-gond-artist-jangarh-singh-shyam-46082.html|title=Tribute to tribal Gond artist Jangarh Singh Shyam |publisher=Indiatvnews |access-date=March 29, 2021}}</ref>) is one of 14 Indian Gond artist who took forward the [[Gondi people|Gond]] tribal art form.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Shyam was born in [[Bhopal]], Madhya Pradesh.<ref name="AllienceFrancaise Bhopal"/> She is the daughter of [[Nankusia Shyam]] and pioneering contemporary Indian Gond artist [[Jangarh Singh Shyam]].<ref>http://ignca.gov.in/divisionss/janapada-sampada/tribal-art-culture/tribal-art-culture-of-madhya-pradesh-rajasthan/jangarh-singh-shyam/</ref> Her mother Nansukia is one of the prominent Gond artists. When her father first time had been to Japan she had born. So they named her Japani. She was 13 years old when her father committed suicide.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/the-end-of-madness-697793|title=The end of madness|work=The Tribune |access-date=March 29, 2021}}</ref> After this incident, she, sibling Mayank and their mother had taken forward Jangarh's new style in traditional Gond art- named Jangarh Kalam.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/culture/music-dots-jangarh-singh-shyam-mythic-dimensions-work|title=Music in the dots: Jangarh Singh Shyam and the mythic dimensions of his work|publisher=Sunday Guardian Live |access-date=March 29, 2021}}</ref><br />
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==Carrier==<br />
Shyam began painting with her father Jangarh Singh Shyam when she was 7 years old. She used to assist her father in his exhibition. Her father submitted her work for competition when she was 11 years old. Subsequently, she won the Kamala Devi Award. She had her exhibition in the cities of [[Delhi]], [[Mumbai]], [[Chennai]] and [[Bangalore]].<ref name="The Tribune"/><br />
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==Style & themes==<br />
Shyam's painting usually based on nature, animal and birds. She is keen to paint simple form with a comparatively light colour, unlike other prominent Gond artists. Shyam draws animals from her imagination that might not resemble the real ones.<ref name="Indian Express">{{cite web|url= https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/geometry-of-patterns-japani-shyam-gond-art-jangarh-singh-shyam-5927076/ |title=Artist Japani Shyam takes forward a rich legacy in Gond art|publisher=Indian Express |access-date=March 29, 2021}}</ref> She had developed her own white on the black style of painting after some experimentation with new ideas. Trees play a major role in her painting.<ref name="The Tribune">{{cite news|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/arts/she-lets-the-trees-speak-584692|title=She lets the trees speak |work=The Tribune|access-date=March 29, 2021}}</ref><br />
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==Exhibitions==<br />
Shyam had her International exhibition in New York and Tokyo,<ref name="Indian Express"/> with other international exhibition in the countries like Korea and France.<ref name="The Hindu"/><br />
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===Solo===<br />
Shyam did her first solo exhibition at Gallerie Ganesha in New Delhi in 2019 <ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news|title=Like her father, Gond artist Japani Shyam narrates nature's stories, but in her own style|url= https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/art/like-her-father-gond-artist-japani-shyam-narrates-natures-stories-but-in-her-own-style/article29352437.ece|work=The Hindu |access-date=March 29, 2021}}</ref><br />
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===Group===<br />
She did her group exhibition with [[Bhajju Shyam]], Mayank Shyam and Ram Singh Urvetti at Bhopal 2011.<br />
Her next group exhibition with Korean calligrapher Song Dong OCK in Chennai in 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/expo-in-chennai-to-epitomise-spirit-of-pyeongchang-winter-olympics-2018/articleshow/62558777.cms|title=Exhibition in Chennai to epitomize spirit of PyeongChang Winter Olympics 2018|publisher=Times Of India |access-date=March 29, 2021}}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
*Kamla Devi Award at the Crafts Museum in Delhi 1999<br />
*FICCI Young Achiever's Award 2018<ref name="Daily Piooneer">{{cite news|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2018/state-editions/artist-japani-shyam-gets-ficci-young-achievers-award-2018.html|title=Artist Japani Shyam gets FICCI Young Achievers Award 2018|publisher=Daily Pioneer |access-date=March 29, 2021}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Jangarh Singh Shyam]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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