Gulammohammed Sheikh (b.1937) completed his Masters in Painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts, MSU Baroda in 1961. He was awarded the Commonwealth scholarship and went to study at the Royal College of Arts, London from 1963-69. Subsequently, he taught art history and painting at MSU Baroda for about thirty years. In 1987, he was a visiting artist at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, US, and in 2000, writer/artist-in-residence at the South Asia Regional Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. He has edited a book on Contemporary Art in Baroda that traces the evolution of Baroda as an important center of contemporary art and art education from the nineteenth century up to the last decade of the twentieth century. Sheikh has shown widely since 1961 and among his solo exhibitions was a retrospective of work from 1968-1985, Returning Home at Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (1985). His selected major exhibitions include Futures Present, The Guild at Gallery White, Vadodara (2018); Remembering Bhupen, Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara (2015); Touched by Bhupen, Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai (2013); City, Kaavad and Other Work, Vadehra Art Gallery at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi (2011); Water Ways, Walsh Gallery, Chicago (2010); Kaavad: Traveling Shrine: Home, Vadehra Art Gallery at the Faculty of Fine Arts, MSU Baroda (2008). He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2014 and Padma Shri in 1983 for his contribution in the field of arts. He is also a founder member of the short lived collective Group 1890. The artist lives and works in Vadodara.