Ram Singh Urveti is among the senior most artists belonging to the Gond Pradhan community who has been practicing continuously for more than three decades. A pioneer of Gond painting, he started working with Jangarh Singh Shyam in 1990 and soon started making his own artworks.

Ram Singh Urveti had a seminal solo show at Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal in 2018 and at Jahangir Art Gallery, Mumbai in 2001. Urveti’s works are based on Gond myths and stories creating a world of fantasy and metamorphosis, coming alive with finely detailed organic forms. He has authored, I saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tail (2011) and co-authored Nightlife of Trees (2006), both with Tara Books, Chennai.

Urveti’s artworks feature in important institutional collections, namely, Bharat Bhavan, IGRMS and Tribal Museum in Bhopal; Sarmaya Arts Foundation, Mumbai; IGNCA, Delhi; IIT, Bhilai, Chattisgarh; Dakshinachitra Museum, Chennai; Museum of Art & Photography, Bengaluru; Jagdish and Kamla Mittal Museum of Indian Art, Hyderabad; Lalit Kala Akademi and Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA.

Some of his noteworthy participations are India Art Architecture and Design Biennale, Delhi, 2023; Recap (Illustration Biennale), The Netherlands, 2023; Tribal Contours, India Habitat Centre, 2011; Non-metropolitan, Five Contemporary Artists from India by Rob Dean Art at EW Gallery, Pasadena, 2010; The Trees Have Spoken curated by Ranjit Hoskote, at Pundole’s Art Gallery, Mumbai, 2009; Inde at Ville de Martingy, Switzerland, 2008 and Expeditions Indiennes at Museum of Decorative Arts, Paris, 1998.

Urveti has received numerous accolades in his three decade long career, including the Noma Concours Award by UNESCO, Tokyo in 2000, the prestigious Bologna Ragazzi award for his book and the National Art Exhibition Award by Lalit Kala Akademi in 1998.