Ghulam Mohammed Sheikh (b. 1937) is an internationally renowned painter, writer and art critic. He was awarded the prestigious Padmashri among other awards. His collection of surrealistic poems Athwa has won considerable critical acclaim. He has also written a prose series Ghar Jatan and edited a special number of Kshitij. His sensibility and artworks belong very much to the Baroda School of arts. He has held many successful exhibitions in India and abroad, and his work is included in the collection of India's National Gallery of Modern Art. A brief biography and an online retrospective of his major work can be seen on Another Subcontinent (with a link to a forum in which Ghulam Sheikh discusses his work).
