Druva mistry biography
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- Dhruva Mistry CBE RA is an Indian sculptor.
- Born in Kanjari, Gujarat in 1957, Dhruva Mistry RA studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts, The M S University of Baroda, (1974 to 1981) before gaining a.
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Dhruva Mistry was born in 1957 in Kanjari, Gujarat. He completed his M.A. in Sculpture at the Faculty of Fine Arts (Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda) in 1981. Shortly after graduating, he visited London on a British Council Scholarship and secured his second M.A. in Sculpture at the Royal College of Art in 1983.
His first solo exhibition took place at Art Heritage (New Delhi) and Jahangir Art Gallery (Mumbai) in 1981-82. He was the Artist in Residence at Kettle’s Yard as a Fellow of Churchill College (University of Cambridge) in 1984-85. He represented Britain at the Third Rodin Grand Prize Exhibition in Japan in 1990 and was selected for the solo show ‘Asian Artists Today - Fukuoka Annual VII’ held by the Fukuoka Art Museum in 1994.
In 1992 he was comissioned by the Birmingham City Council to design sculptures for Victoria Square in Birmingham for which his works won several awards. He has since held over 25 solo exhibitions.
Dhruva was elected as a Royal Academician in 1991 and as a Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1993. He
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Indian sculptor, born in Kanjari, Gujurat. He studied at the MS University of Baroda from 1974 to 1981, then from 1981 to 1983 at the *Royal College of Art on a British Council scholarship. Mistry first came to wide attention with sculptures in painted plaster, frequently of hybrid human/animal forms (Reguarding Guardian 2, Manchester Art Gallery, 1985). Although these can be related to a specifically Indian cultural heritage, Mistry has also been influenced by the art of ancient Egypt. He has had many public commissions, including sculpture for Victoria Square in Birmingham in 1992. More recently he has made figures in cut-out painted steel (Reclining Figure, 2003–4, Delhi University). He lived and worked in Britain until 1997, when he returned to India to take up the post of head of sculpture and dean of the faculty of fine arts at the MS University of Baroda, resigning in 2002.
He was elected to the *Royal Academy in 1991.
Text source: A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art (Oxford
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Dhruva Mistry
Indian sculptor (born 1957)
Dhruva MistryCBE RA (born 1 January 1957) is an Indian sculptor.
Biography
Mistry was born on 1 January 1957, Kanjari,[1] central Gujarat in India and studied Sculpture at the Faculty of Fine Arts, M. S. University of Baroda in 1974-1981 and the Royal College of Art in London on a British Council Scholarship in 1981–1983. He was Artist in Residence in association with the Arts Council at Kettle's Yard Gallery in Cambridge with a Fellowship at the Churchill College, University of Cambridge in 1984–85. Dhruva represented Britain at the Third Rodin Grand Prize Exhibition, Japan in 1990 and was Elected Member at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1991. Birmingham City Council appointed him principal artist for the Victoria Square Sculptures in 1992–1993. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors, London in 1993. Selected by the Asian Art Museum Fukuoka, to represent India for the Asian Artist Today- Fukuoka Annual VII Exhibition in 1994. In 1997, he resumed his work in Vadodara. 1999 Appoint
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