Subhash Vyam was born in Sonpuri village in 1970. He was used to woodwork and pottery in his teens, and started painting after he got married to Durga Bai. In 2017, Subhash published a picture book of Gond stories “Water”, which conveys the importance of paying respect to nature, from Tara Books. He is fond of black and white as pure colours, and gives only partial colouring.