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He studied sculpture at the M. S. University of Baroda, and then at the Royal College of Art, London.
Drawing inspiration from ancient and modern civilizations, he uses a variety of materials and genres to explore cultural tensions. I set out to test myself against my notions of the world around me; at times finding myself at odds with it. in 2001.
In 1992, the Birmingham City Council commissioned him to design sculptures for the city’s Victoria Square.
The resulting sculptural groups, The River and Youth set in a fountain, accompanied by The Guardians and Object (Variations), won numerous awards, including the Landscape Institute and The Marsh Fountain of the Year Award. The subjects of his drawings include shapes and images, as well as silhouettes of the relief sculptures.
It was an opportunity to see myself and India from afar' (Cross-Sections, p.
The artist lives and works in Vadodara.
By this time, Mistry had established his reputation as a significant figure in British sculpture. His work is held in numerous UK collections, including Tate, Arts Council, British Council, the V&A Museum, and the National Museum of Wales.
Dhruva Mistry lives and works in Vadodara (Baroda).
Born in Kanjari in Gujarat in 1957, Mistry obtained an M. A. in sculpture from M. S. University, Baroda, in 1981. He was an artist-in-residence at the Churchill College, Cambridge, in 1984-85; sculptor-in-residence at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1988; represented Britain at the Third Rodin Grand Prize Exhibition, Japan, in 1990; was elected a Royal Academician in 1991 and a fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1993; and received an honorary C.B.E.
His body of work encompasses monumental public installations, small-scale maquettes and wall reliefs, and Mistry is known for using a variety of materials and ancient and modern sources to explore cultural tensions.
In 1997, Mistry returned to Vadodara (Baroda) where he was Professor, Head of Sculpture and Dean of Faculty of Fine Arts at MS University of Baroda until 2002.
Other solo exhibitions by the artist include 'Dhruva Mistry: The Human Abstract', Jhaveri Contemporary, Mumbai (2016), 'Something Else', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai (2014) and 'Dhruva Mistry: Bronzes 1987- 1990', Grosvenor Gallery, London (2011) among others.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 'Dhruva Mistry: The Human Abstract', Jhaveri Contemporary, Mumbai
2015 'Dhruva Mistry, Selected work: 1974 - 2014', Knots, Vadodara
2014 'Something Else', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2011 'Dhruva Mistry: Bronzes 1987- 1990', Grosvenor Gallery, London
2010 'Dhruva Mistry: Recent Work', L & P Hutheesing Visual Art Centre, Ahmedabad
2007 'Steel, Stainless, Still, New Work 2004-2006', organized by Bodhi Art at Travancore Art Gallery, New Delhi
2007 'Table Pieces 2003-2004', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai and touring to Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai; Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2007 'Ink Jet and Expulsion of Pain on Paper', Akar Prakar, Kolkata
2007 'Ink Jet, Canvas and Sculpture: 2002 - 2007', Art Pilgrim, New Delhi
2007 'Building Materials: The Sculpture of Dhruva Mistry', Online Exhibition at Anothersubcontinent.com
2005 Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2005 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2005 Rabindra Bhavan, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2001 'Work 1997-2001', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2001 Queen's Gallery, The British Council, New Delhi
2000 'Thoughts about Things: Leaves from Ire', Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick
1999 'Prints 1988-1998', Gallery Espace, New Delhi
1998 'Thoughts about Things: Leaves from Ire',Nazar Gallery, Vadodara
1996 'Recent Sculpture', Bothy Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton
1996 'Unmasked', Meghraj Gallery, London
1995 'Work 1990-1995', Royal Academy, Friends Room, London
1994 'Asian Artist Today: Fukuoka Annual VII', Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
1990 'Bronzes 1985-1990', Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London
1989 'Cross Sections, Sculpture and Drawings 1982-88', Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-Upon -Tyne, UK
1988 'Cross Sections, Sculpture and Drawings 1982-88', Collins Gallery, Glasgow
1987 Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London
1986 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1985 Kettle's Yard Gallery, Cambridge
1983 Contemporary Art Gallery, Ahmedabad
1982 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1981 Art Heritage, New Delhi
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
2013 India Art Fair, New Delhi
2012 'Selected Sculptors' Drawings and Works on Paper, Pangolin London
2011 'The Path of the Lotus: Indian Art', Grosvenor Gallery, London
2011 'Agape', Hacienda Art Gallery, Mumbai
2009 'Anglo-Indian Express', Grosvenor Gallery, London
2009 'Progressive to Altermodern: 62 Years of Indian Modern Art', Grosvenor Gallery, London
2009 'Modern British Sculpture', Grosvenor Vadehra, London
2008 'Shifting Terrains: Altered Realities', The Shrine Gallery, New Delhi
2007-08 'Polyphonies', Gallery Hosp, Tirol - Österreich, Austria
2007-08 Indian Art at The Swarovski 'Crystal World', Tirol - Österreich, Austria
2007 'Correspondence of 3-D', Gallery Artlier, Fukuoka, Japan
2007 '20th Century Sculpture 2007', Grosvenor Gallery, London
2007 Venice: City of Dreams?, Sotheby's, London
2006 'Back to the Future 1989-2005', Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2006 'Making of Divinity', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2006 The Art Mill at Berkley Square Gallery, London
2005 'Modern Indian Paintings', Grosvenor Gallery, London
2005 Visual Wit, Shandy Hall, Coxwold
2004 'Looking Back, Looking Forward', Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara
2004 'Androgyne', The Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2004 'Indian Artists for France', Embassy of France in aid of Alliance Francaise, New Delhi
2004 'Secret', Royal College of Art, London
2003 'Affordable Art Show 2003', The Kanoria Centre for Arts, Ahmedabad.
2002 'Thinking Big: 21st Century British Sculpture', Peggey Guggenheim Collection, Venice
2002 'Metamorphing', Science Museum, London
2002 'Creative Space', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai and Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2001 Art for Prabhat, Arpana Fine Arts, New Delhi
2001 'Secret', Royal College of Art, London
2000 'Embarkations, The Millennium Show', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2000 'Bronze, an Exhibition of Contemporary British Sculpture', Holland Park, London
1999 'Drawing and Models', Hertogenbosch, Noorbrabants Museum, Holland
1998 'Absolut Secret London and New York', Royal College of Art, London and David McKee Gallery, New York
1998 Glasgow Print Studio, The British Council, New Delhi and tour in India
1997 'New Generation of Asian Art', Yonago City Museum of Art, Yonago
1997 'Major Trends in Indian Art', Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1997 'Rediscovering the Roots', Contemporary Indian Art, Museo de la Nacion, Lima, Peru
1996 'Mask '96', Royal Festival Hall, London
1996 'Absolut Secret', Royal College of Art, London
1995 Contemporary Art Market, South bank Centre, London
1994 'Figure and Fantasy', The Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury
1994 Gwyl Gelf Harlech Art Biennale, Gwynedd
1994 Contemporary Art Society Market, Royal Festival Hall, London
1993 Recent British Sculpture, Arts Council Collection, Museum and Art Gallery, Derby and tour
1993 Alive and Printing, Mclellan Galleries, Glasgow
1993 Chelsea Harbour Sculpture'93, London
1992 'Drawing from Imagination', Morley Gallery, London
1992 Millfield British 20th Century Sculpture Exhibition, Somerset
1991 'Recent Acquisitions', Laing Art Gallery, Mayor Gallery, London
1991 'Twentieth Century Sculptors Drawings', Wilson Stephen Fine Arts, London
1991 'Mavericks', Friends Room, Royal Academy of Arts, London
1990 'Third Rodin Grand Prize Exhibition', Utsukushi-Ga-Hara Open Air Museum, Japan
1990 'Fragments', Fifth Street Gallery, London
1989 'Images of Paradise', Terrace Gallery, Harwood House, Yorkshire
1988 'Gujarati Indian Artists', Leicestershire Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester
1988 'Acquisitions: Modern Collection', Tate Gallery, London
1987 'Works for Shelves: A System of Support', Kettle's Yard Gallery, Cambridge
1987 'The Self Portrait, A Contemporary View', Art Site Gallery, Bath
1986 'Living Art, Ideal Home Exhibition', London
1985 'A Journey Through Contemporary Art', Hayward Gallery, London
1985 'Proud and Prejudiced', Twinning Gallery, New York
1984 Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin
1983 Portland Clifftop Sculpture Park, Portland
1983 Peter Moore's Project 7, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool and tour
1982 'Inaugural Exhibition', Roopankar Museum, Bhopal
1982 Contemporary Indian Art at the Royal Academy, London
1981 Atul National Drawing Exhibition, Ahmedabad
1981 'Work in Progress', Royal College of Art, London
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Arts Council Britain, London
Alliance Francaise, Embassy of France, New Delhi
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham
The British Council, London
The British Museum, London
Contemporary Art Society, London
Churchill College, Cambridge
Cartwright Hall, Bradford
City Art Gallery, Manchester
Chelmsford and Essex Museum, Chelmsford
City of Stoke-on-Trent
Department of Fine Arts, Punjab University, Chandigarh
Delhi University, New Delhi
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas
Delhi Development Authority, New Delhi
Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka
Glynn Vivien Art Gallery, Swansea
Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh
Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow
Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston
The Hakone Open Air Museum, Japan
Jigyo-Chuo-Koen Park, Fukuoka
Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
Leicestershire Education Authority, Leicestershire
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Milton Keynes Art Gallery, Milton Keynes
Merseyside Development Corporation, Liverpool
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
Naka-dori, Marunochi, Tokyo
The New British Library, London
Oriana, P&O Cruises, UK
Osian's Archive, New Delhi
Peter Moore's Foundation, Liverpool
Petronet LNG Limited, Dahej
Roopankar Museum of Fine Art, Bhopal
Royal College of Art, London
Southampton Art Gallery, Southampton
Sculpture at Goodwood, Goodwood
Tate Gallery, London
Tamano City Council, Uno, Japan
Ulster Museum, Belfast
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
West Zone Culture Centre, Udaipur
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton
Ben Uri Research Unit
Born:1957 Kanjari, Gujarat, India
Year of Migration to the UK:1981
Other name/s: Dhruva Mistry RA CBE
Biography
Sculptor Dhruva Mistry was born in the village of Kanjari, Gujarat, India, in 1957.
His interest in pictorial forms in space contain parts as well as the whole forms with lines and colors. He was elected an Academician (RA) at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1991, and in 1993 he was invited to become a Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors (FRBS). Between 1974 and 1981, he studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts at Maharaja Sayajirao (MS) University of Baroda, where his artistic education included rigorous studio practice in modelling, moulding, casting and carving, working with plaster, metal, fibreglass, wood and stone, and the theory and history of art.
Curriculum Vitae
Art Mumbai 2025 November 13 - November 16 , 2025
Dhruva Mistry: Nature Spirits October 09 - November 04 , 2025
Room For Seeing June 12 - June 30 , 2025
ART MUMBAI 2024 November 14 - November 17 , 2024
Longing Belonging September 12 - October 19 , 2024
ART DUBAI 2024 February 28 - March 03 , 2024
INDIA ART FAIR 2024 February 01 - February 04 , 2024
Art Mumbai 2023 November 16 - November 19 , 2023
Dhruva Mistry: At The Turn Of Form September 23 - October 23 , 2023
Let Me Tell You A Story… Part I, Curated by Luiza Teixeira De Freitas May 02 - June 10 , 2023
The First Contemporaries July 28 - August 20 , 2022
India Art Fair 2022 April 28 - May 01 , 2022
The Idolized Muses June 25 - July 31 , 2021
India Art Fair 2020 January 30 - February 02 , 2020
New Work 1999 2019: Dhruva Mistry December 05 - December 31 , 2019
India Art Fair 2019 January 31 - February 03 , 2019
Travelling in Two Boats at the Same Time July 15 - August 31 , 2016
Mint Lounge, December 07, 2019
Mid Day, December 08, 2019
Asian Age, December 16, 2019
Mumbai Mirror, December 09, 2019
Asian Curator, February 2020,
Mash India, December, 2019
Dhruva Mistry
A seminal and well-known contemporary Indian sculptor, Dhruva Mistry’s art, in his own words, is a ‘dialogue of an artist as a maker pursuing enigma of an omnipresent consciousness’.
Mistry is known to work across scale and mediums—from large public works to more intimate sized pieces in clay, plaster, stone, steel, and fibreglass, among other mediums.
He was artist in residence at Kettle's Yard Gallery, with a Fellowship at Churchill College, Cambridge, between 1984 and 1985. His work featured in the Ben Uri online exhibition Midnight's Family: 70 Years of Indian Artists in Britain in 2020. The artist has been working with steel since 1999 but turned to metal sheets only in 2003.
He was awarded a CBE in 2001 in recognition of his important contribution to British art.