A versatile artist, Shah has experimented across forms and mediums, making burnt paper collages, architectural murals, drawings, and sculptures in terracotta and bronze, though he sees himself primarily as a sculptor. His self-designed tools and innovative techniques give his preferred medium-terracotta-a contemporary edge. Shah uses a number of hand tools, brushes and instruments to carve, shape and mould his works. He has designed and executed monumental murals in brick, cement, and concrete.
A founder member of Group 1890, Shah won the Lalit Kala Akademi's national award in 1956 and 1962, the Sahitya Kala Parishad award in 1988, and the Kalidasa Samman from the Madhya Pradesh government in 2003. He lives and works in Jaipur.