CV:
Qualification:

B.F.A.(Bachelor of Fine Arts) in Painting.

Education:
* 1985-1990 Sir J.J. School of Arts, Bombay.

Scholarships & Awards:
* 2000-2001 Funded by Nuffic, Award of a Huygens grant, Amsterdam.
* 1999-2000 Accepted for the workperiod in Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten and funded by Dutch Ministry foreign & Affairs (BUZA/DCO/IC) in Amsterdam, Holland.
* 1998-Apr.to Sep.‘UNESCO--ASCHBERG’ Residency in Vienna (Austria) By Federal Chancellery for the Arts and Science.
* 1997 Fine arts Award,’Inlaks Foundation’(New Delhi).

Group Exhibitions:
* 2002
- "Handle with Care" Art Kitchen, Amsterdam.
- "No I.D." Dutch & Indian Artists show, Sakshi Gallery,Bombay.
- "Art Asia Pacific"Multi Media Art Festival, Beijing.
- "SOLD", Christies Auction, Amsterdam.
- "Straat Opera "Video Installation, Stubnitz Ship, N.D.S.M. Amsterdam.
- "Fake Or Real", Kunstruimte NP40, Amsterdam.
- "Amsterdamse Visite"Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam.
- "River Deep, Mountain High", Glazen Huis, Amstelpark, Amsterdam.
* 2000 & 2001 "Open Studio", Rijksakademie, Amsterdam.
* 2001
- "Labyrinths", Photographs(Light Boxes)ASIART. Asian Contemporary Art-Biennale d' Art Contemporanea, Genoa, Italy.
- "Camouflage",Performance,Video,Photographs, Nehru Centre, London.
- "Bollywood has arrived", Photographs (Light boxes), P.T.A (Passengers' Terminal) Amsterdam,Holland.
* 2000
- “May for India & you”Festival in Tulln, Performance (Interactive), Installations, Austria.
- “Gehakt Masala”,Performance, Installations, Outline Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland.
* 2000 “Tao Show”, Tao Gallery, Bombay.
* 1999
- Transparent Edifice”Mix Media Installation
“Contemporary Mosaic For This Millenium”, Photographs, ‘Icons of the Millenium” Lakeeren Art Gallery, Bombay.
- Perishable Installation,"Smell the Art", N.G.M.A. (National Gallery Of Modern Art)Bombay.
- Photographic works, Fine Art Company, Bombay.
- Installation with photocopies and sound based on the Performance, "Protected Reflections”in N.G.M.A. (National gallery Of Modern Art) Bombay.
- 'Christie’s Auction Charity show Women ForWise’, N.G.M.A.(National Gallery of Modern Art)women’s Institute for Social Education, Bombay.
- Mix Media Works, ’Wallpaper’, Lakeeren Art Gallery & Kala Ghoda Festival, Pavement Art, Bombay.

Solo Exhibitions:
* 1999 Mix Media works, (Costumes & Props from the Performances) "Theatre Of Memory", Lakeeren Art Gallery,Bombay.
* 1998 ‘Reflect’, (A Personal Window Display), Jehangir Art Gallery & Lakeeren Art Gallery,Bombay
* 1998 Photographic works & mix Media Sculptures, ’Reflect’(A Personal Window Display), Gallery Juttner,Vienna, Austria.
* 1998 Mix Media works & Sculptures, F.I.A. Gallery (Foundation for Indian Artists) Amsterdam,Holland.
* 1996 Mix Media works,’Bio-Morphosis’, Lakeeren Gallery, Bombay.
* 1993 Paintings,Contemporary Art Gallery,Ahmedabad.

Performances:
* 2002 "In My Accent" Arti et Amicitiae(Cafe) Amsterdam.
* 2002 "New Territories"International Festival Of live Art, Glasgow,Scotland.
* 2001 "Camouflage",Performance,Nehru Centre, London.
* 2001 “It’s Done But Is It Dead?”Curated a show of Performances, Outline Gallery, Amsterdam.
* 2001 “Anonymous Space”, Performance, Rijksakademie, Amsterdam.
* 2000 Interactive Performances, OpenStudio, Rijksakademie A’dam.
* 2000 “Next Door Reality” (KIJKDOOS),Performative Installation with sound (Radio)Rijksakademie, A'dam.
* 2000 "Singer"Karaoke Bar,The Wave,Amsterdam.
* 2000 “Bruststuke Looser”, Collaborative, use of voices, costumes as props, wine and oil ,interactive, half an hour long, International Summer academy, Fortress, Salzburg, Ausria

Workshops & Camps:
* 2001 Being Lost,Sure,Confused,Certain,Orientation, Disorientation,Workshop in Skoki, Poland.
* 2001 Participated in the workshop"Performer & Mediated Image", Monte Video, Amsterdam organized by Amsterdam-Maastrich Summer University.
* 2001 Participated in Performance workshop with Marina Abramovic, Rijksakademie, Amsterdam.
* 2000 Invited to work as an assistant for the drawing class in the International Summer academy, Fortress, Salzburg.
* 1999 Conducted Mural Workshop at Kamala Raheja School Of Architecture, Bombay.
* 1997 Vegetable Dye Workshop by Mr.Toofan Rafai at Birla Academy for Art & Culture, Bombay.
* 1996 Stage Design for dance performance,50 years of Independance Festival,Lakeeren Art Gallery,Bombay.
* 1993 French Workshop, Kanoria Centre For The Arts, Ahmedabad.
* 1992-93 Worked in Kanoria Centre For The Arts,Ahmedabad.
* 1991 Art & Crafts counsellor Camp Farwell,Vermont, U.S.A.

Participations:
* 2002 "Hollandse Nieuwe"Festival, Cosmic theatre, A'dam.
* 2002 "DINNER"(Cuchina Mobile),Work by Judith Witteman, W 139 , Amsterdam.
* 2002 "De Toren Van Babel",By Robert Steijn & Lidy Six, "Melkweg", Amsterdam.
* 2002 “Colori dal Mediterraneo”, International Photographic contest, work selected for Hospital Sant’ Andrea Onlus, Rome, Italy.

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