Fawad Tamkanat

Fawad Tamkanat was born in Hyderabad in 1962, to a family that had artistic leanings.  He has carved a niche for himself as an artist who straddles the traditional and the contemporary art with equal confidence. He strives to develop his personalized with untainted visual vocabulary that is easily understandable. He explores and experiments with various mediums such as dry-point, etching, watercolour, acrylic on tarpaulin and oil.  His work has never remained the same. He works on different themes like painting in black and white for a specific time, portraying women, capturing images from the busy life in Hyderabad such as market scenes, sharing space with animals and so on. He balances traditional and contemporary elements in his art. 
Tamkanat loves birds and animals. He has donated his animal drawings to an NGO, Blue Cross, which sells his work to animal lovers. He has participated in several solo and group shows. In 2015 he completed his 100th International show with the Miami Art Show. His works are spread all over India and abroad.