Himmat Shah
Himmat Shah was an Indian sculptor. He received many awards including the Lalit Kala Akademi National Award, Kalidas Samman from the Madhya Pradesh government and Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship.
In his sculpture, which emphasized modernism, Shah experimented with abstraction and primitivism. In 1980s, Shah had developed his own sculptural style, which included heads and other objects made of plaster, ceramic, and terracotta, often coated in silver or gold. Shah started his own studio in Jaipur in 2000s.
His sculptures have been exhibited in many prestigious galleries, including the Louvre, Royal Academy of Arts, Biennale de Paris, Museum Ludwig, Museo de la Nación, and the National Gallery of Modern Art, Delhi. An exhibition based on his life work titled ‘Hammer on the Square’ was exhibited at the Museum of Art, New Delhi in 2016.


