Yashas Shetty is an Indian contemporary artist.[1] [2] He is most well known for his work with (Art)ScienceBLR[3] and the Indian Sonic Research Organization (ISRO).[4] In 2009 he founded Hackteria, with the artists Andy Gracie and the biohacker Marc Dusseiller while all three were in residence at Medialab-Prado in Madrid.[5][6]
He is a faculty member of the Srishti Institute of Art Design and Technology and a founding member of the Center for Experimental Media Art (CEMA).[7] His students have successfully constructed low cost innovation products microscope from webcam, a low speed centrifuge from egg beater and low cost incubator designed from cardboard and have won awards at the International Genetically Engineered Machine (IGEM) competition.[8] He is also the host at The Radio Quarantine, a Bangalore based community radio that ran during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.[9]
