About the Artist: Yogendra M. Shah

Yogendra M. Shah, the artist currently featured at the Tamarind Art Gallery, is an Indian-born wildlife photographer who is currently working as a research affiliate at the Gir National Park in Gujarat, India. He was also recently commissioned by the Gujarat Forest Department to research the distribution and status of small rare species in the Saurastra region, a project he has been working on for over six years now.

Yogendra has actively worked with wildlife for the past 16 years after receiving his Bachelor of Commerce in Zoology at the Gujarat University of India. He also has a Masters of Science in Ecology and Environment from Manipal Sikkim University in New Delhi. Throughout his years of field experience, Yogendra has been invited to do research and photography for many big wildlife organizations in India, such as the Gujarat Forest Department and the Rajesthan Forest Department. He has worked on research projects including the waterfowl census at the Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary, the Great Indian Bustard census at Naliya, and the tiger census at Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve, among others. Yogendra has traveled to many areas throughout India to examine and study India’s magnificent wildlife.

His photography has been nationally exhibited throughout India, and in 2002 he received the Wildlife Photography Award for his distinguished wildlife photography from the prestigious visual arts school, Lalit Kala Academy in New Delhi. Yogendra has also made important contributions to major wildlife publications such as Important Bird Areas for the Bomaby Natural History Society and The Gir Lion by Dr. H.S. Singh. Yogendra’s show at Tamarind Art Gallery, Nature Captured, will be his first international exhibition.