Tejal Shah (Hindi: तेजल शाह; born 1979) is an Indian contemporary visual artist and curator.
[1] Shah explores topics in her work including the LGBTQ+ community, sexuality, gender, disability, and the relationship between humans and nature.
[2] In 2012, for Documenta (13) in Kassel, she created the five-channel video installation "Between the Waves" featuring two women wearing horns and exploring a surreal landscape.
[10][11][12] Shah's artwork has been shown widely including, "Global Feminisms" (2007) at Brooklyn Museum in Brooklyn, New York;[13][14] "India: Public Places/Private Spaces" (2008) at Newark Museum in Newark, New Jersey;[15] Documenta (13) (2012) in Kassel, Germany;[10] and "Everyone Is an Artist: Cosmopolitan Exercises With Joseph Beuys" (2021) at K20 in Düsseldorf, Germany.
[16] Her work was also part of the group exhibition "Facing India" (2018) at Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg in Wolfsburg, Germany; other artists included Vibha Galhotra, Bharti Kher, Prajakta Potnis, Reena Saini Kallat, and Mithu Sen.[17] Shah's work is in public museum collections include at the Centre Pompidou.