Conrad Shawcross's rise in the British art world was unprecedented, beginning with his 2003 debut, a wooden machine that slowly wound threads into yarn. It was quickly acquired by the mega-­collector Charles Saatchi. A year later, at the age of 25, Shawcross cold-called Victoria Miro, arguably one of London's most important dealers. "I got a meeting, and two weeks later she took me on," he says. In 2013 he was inducted into London's Royal Academy of Art, the youngest person ever to achieve the honor.

Born in 1969, NS Harsha lives and works in Mysore, India. Drawing on a broad spectrum of Indian painting traditions, miniature painting, popular art and western art, he creates works that reflect on the modern world. NS Harsha is best known for painstakingly rendered paintings, works on paper, wall and floor works, sculptures, site-specific installations and public projects. His work has been exhibited in Tokyo, Moscow, San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Rome and Beijing. In the twenty-second episode of Brilliant Ideas, presented by Bloomberg and Hyundai Motor, Harsha lets us into his studio and unique way of working.