India, May 2 -- There is such joy in the art of Shahid Parvez. His visual style is vibrant and spirited, and resembles the uninhibited, raw scribbles of a child drawing in a scrapbook, capturing the world with a sense of wonder and spontaneity.

The Udaipur-based artist and educator is inspired heavily by the tribal and folk arts of Rajasthan. And his work includes painting, printing and sculpture. I had the privilege of sharing space with him on my first exhibition, Myths and Memories, at Delhi's Dhoomimal Art Centre last month. At first glance, his work seems starkly different from mine. I soon realised that our core ideas emerge from the same place.

Parvez creates scenes and memories that feel immediately familiar to those raised in I...