Haku Shah (b. 1934), born in a small village named Valod of Gujarat. He is a renowned figurative painter from Baroda School. The emotions of folk and tribal art of India are originated in his skills. He is awarded `Padma Shree , `Nehru Fellowship . He has also been awarded `Kala-Ratna by AIFACS and `Kala-Gaurava by Gujarat Lalit Kala Akademi for his immense contribution to art.

Haku Shah s men and women emerge from the long eduring substratum of tribal rural India, unaffected by fashionable obsolescence, yet compellingly contemporary in their tender gregariousness, in their moments of simple joys and wonder, sadness and hopes .Haku Shah s men and women occupy a pictorial space with the steadfast presence of an icon (Ref. Santo Dutta)