Shailesh is a multi-awarded artist having achieved 55 awards at state, national and international level. His work has also been featured at the Osian’s Auction House (x 3) and twice at Rosebery’s Auction House in the U.K.

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Shailesh’s painting style is primarily narrative and the subjects of his paintings are often from everyday human life. In relation to the ‘BRIDGE2WORLDS’ exhibition he states that in his painting titled ‘Saragam’ - “I have tried to depict the seven tones of music, the seven colours of the rainbow and the seven planets of the universe in an interconnected way”.

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Shailesh studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Vadodara where he achieved his Bachelors in Painting in 1986. He then went on to undertake a Post Diploma in Mural Painting 1990 and following this completed his Master’s in Fine Arts (Creative Painting), in 1993.