Shanti Panchal was born in the mid-late 1950s in Mesar, Gujarat, India, and trained at the Sir JJ School of Art in Bombay (Mumbai). He immigrated to England on a British Council scholarship to study at the Byam Shaw School of Art, London in 1978. He has lived and worked in London for more than four decades, exhibiting widely, gaining an international reputation and many painting awards both in the UK and abroad.

Listen to his story here or read the full biography on the BURU database: https://www.buru.org.uk/contributor/shanti-panchal