Virenpratap Singh Bhaika
Virenpratap Singh Bhaika brings tigers into sharp focus with his solo exhibition ‘Tyger Tyger Burning Bright,’ now showing in New Delhi. His 15 paintings, film, and sketchbooks reveal the tension of human-animal conflict and the fragile question of coexistence.
A Fine Art Scholar in the UK, Virenpratap Singh Bhaika blends personal forest journeys, Gond community encounters, and experiences in Tadoba and Namibia into visual narratives. His collages pair tigers with excavators, his acrylics capture jungle vitality, and his Gond-inspired pieces dissolve the line between culture and nature.
This art is not romantic. It challenges India’s rapid urban expansion, which crushes tiger corridors and forces conflict. By connecting conservation with cultural imagination, Bhaika shows that survival is not just about forests but about our willingness to change.
His work joins a growing movement insisting that tiger protection must include social and cultural perspectives, not just numbers in reports.
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Based on New Indian Express, India.
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