Gautam Bansal is a Bengaluru-based artist whose creative journey spans over two decades of working with charcoal. With a background in Art & Design and years in the corporate world, he eventually left that path to pursue a full-time life in art—driven by a deeper need for expression, sincerity and connection.
His works—often quiet, yet deeply evocative—have been featured in premier art festivals including the India Art Festival and Mumbai Art Fair, and are part of notable private collections across India. Some of his pieces have been curated by prominent public figures and showcased at exclusive events.
Gautam’s presence in over 30 exhibitions and his continued recognition through awards and features reflect an artist committed to steady growth and expressive depth. As a guest faculty at a school for autism, he conducts weekly charcoal workshops, offering art as a language of connection and self-expression. Artist Statement
Charcoal gives me space to strip things down—to explore not just form, but feeling. I’m drawn to the threshold where stillness becomes motion, where something undefined begins to take shape. This is where my work lives. Whether I’m channelling the force of a galloping horse, the quiet presence of a dancer, or the texture of a human face, I’m always searching for that moment when something shifts—when an image breathes. Nature moves through my work not only as subject but as metaphor: animals, storms, wind, water and the human spirit, all shaped by unseen currents. I embrace the imperfect, the unfinished, the emotionally vulnerable. Each piece holds space
for what’s in-between—between clarity and blur, power and poise, exposure and
restraint. In a fast world, I hope my work invites viewers to slow down, feel more and find something of themselves in the quiet pulse of charcoal.
