Shailesh BR received his BFA in painting from CAVA, Mysore, followed by a PG Diploma in Painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts, MSU, Baroda (India). His practice is deeply rooted in philosophy and seeks to explore the fundamental aspects of our world, such as existing knowledge, systems, traditions, rituals, metaphysics, and philosophy itself. He accomplishes this through methods of science, technology, and artistic interventions. Shailesh has been a part of numerous national and international exhibitions, fairs, and art residencies, namely; a Dual-Residency program at ICTS & CERN in 2024, an Art & Science residency at the ISTA (Vienna, Austria), an Art & Technology Residency at ACC, (Gwangju, South Korea), Embassy of Foreign Artist Geneva, among others. His practice has been generously supported by FICA (India), Pro Helvetia, Villa Arson (Nice), Warehouse421 (Abu Dhabi), Vadehra Art Gallery (India), and Khoj.

Shailesh showed his works at the Serendipity Art Festival, Goa (India) in 2024, Daejeon Museum of Art, South Korea in 2024, the Sea Art Festival in 2023, Frieze Seoul in 2023, SAVVY Contemporary in 2022, Asian Cultural Centre, Gwangju in 2022, and Colomboscope, Sri Lanka in 2022. Shailesh currently works at his studio based in Delhi NCR.