Born in India in 1970, Shachindra Dass graduated in animation from the National Institute of Design, India, before moving to Finland. During his creative career, he has worked as animator, video artist, puppeteer, illustrator and cartoonist. He channels the variety of his creative experiences through different media. He derives his artistic inspiration from nature, human interaction with the nature and human nature. In Helsinki, Shachindra has been working with animation, video art and environmental art groups that exhibit artworks every year on the Helsinki shorelines.