Born: Kanjari (Gujarat) India, 1957

Education:

• 1974-79B.A. Sculpture, Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University of Baroda (Gold Medal)
• 1979-81M.A. Sculpture, Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University of Baroda
• 1981-83M.A. Sculpture, Royal College of Art, London (British Council Scholarship)
• 1984-85Artist in Residence, Kettle's Yard Gallery with a Fellowship at Churchill College, Cambridge
• 1988Sculptor in Residence, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
• 1990Represented Britain at the Third Rodin Grand Prize Exhibition, Japan (Award)
• 1991Elected ARA and RA at the Royal Academy of Arts, London Jack Goldhill Award and shortlisted for Korn/Ferry International Premier Award
• 1992Commissioned Sculptor of the Victoria Square by the City Council, Birmingham The Civic Trust, Woodhouse and The Renaissance Awards
• 1993Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors, London
• 1994Asian Artist Today- Fukuoka Annual VII Exhibition, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan Award, Humanities Prize Medal, London
• 1995Design and President's Award, Victoria Square Sculptures The Landscape Institute and Marsh Fountain of the Year Award for Victoria Square
• 1997Returns to Vadodara
• 1998Selected for the Millennium Medal Competition, London
• 1999Appointed Professor and Head of Sculpture and Dean, Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University of Baroda
• 2001Awarded Honorary CBE (Commander of the most excellent Order of the British Empire)

• 1981Art Heritage, New Delhi
• 1982Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
• 1983Contemporary Art Gallery, Amdavad
• 1985Kettle's Yard Gallery, Cambridge
• 1986Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
• 1987Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London
• 1988Collins Gallery, Glasgow
• 1989Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-Upon -Tyne
• 1990Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London
• 1994Modern Art Gallery, Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka
• 1995Royal Academy, Friends Room, London
• 1996Meghraj Gallery, London
• 1997Bothy Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton
• 1998Nazar Gallery, Vadodara
• 1999Gallery Espace, New Delhi
• 2000Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick
• 2001Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
  Queen's Gallery, The British Council, New Delhi

• 1978-80National Exhibition of Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
• 1979Silver Jubilee Exhibition of Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi and Madras
• 1980-83Drawing Exhibition, Chandigarh Museum, Chandigarh (Award 1982)
• 1980Bombay Art Society, Bombay Trade Fair, New Delhi
• 1981Atul National Drawing Exhibition, Amdavad Work in Progress, Royal College of Art, London
• 19825th Triennale-India, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi Inaugural Exhibition, Roopankar Museum, Bhopal Contemporary Indian Art at the Royal Academy, London
• 1983Portland Clifftop Sculpture Park, Portland Peter Moore's Project 7, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool and tour
• 1984Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin Festival Sculpture, International Garden Festival, Liverpool
• 1985A Journey Through Contemporary Art, Hayward Gallery, London Proud and Prejudiced, Twinning Gallery, New York
• 1986Living Art, Ideal Home Exhibition, London 14th Biennale Internazionale del Bronzetto e Piccola Scultura, Padua
• 1987Works for Shelves: A System of Support, Kettle's Yard Gallery, Cambridge The Self Portrait, A Contemporary View, Art Site Gallery, Bath
• 1988Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London Gujarati Indian Artists, Leicestershire Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester Acquisitions: Modern Collection, Tate Gallery, London
• 1989Contemporary Art Fair, Bath International Festival, Bath Images of Paradise, Terrace Gallery, Harwood House, Yorkshire
• 1990Third Rodin Grand Prize Exhibition, Utsukushi-Ga-Hara Open Air Museum, Japan Fragments, Frith Street Gallery, London
• 1991Recent Acquisitions Laing Art Gallery, Mayor Gallery, London Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London(Jack Goldhill Award) Twentieth Century Sculptors' Drawings, Wilson Stephen Fine Arts, London Mavericks, Friends Room, Royal Academy of Arts, London
• 1992Drawing from Imagination, Morley Gallery, London Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London Millfield British 20th Century Sculpture Exhibition, Somerset
• 1993Recent British Sculpture, Arts Council Collection, Museum and Art Gallery, Derby and tour Alive and Printing, Mclellan Galleries, Glasgow Chelsea Harbour Sculpture'93, London
• 1994Figure and Fantacy, The Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury Gwyl Gelf Harlech Art biennale, Gwynedd Contemporary Art Society Market, Royal Festival Hall, London
• 1995Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London Contemporary Art Market, South bank Centre, London
• 1996Mask '96, Royal Festival Hall, London Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London Absolut Secret, Royal College of Art, London
• 1997New Generation of Asian Art, Yonago City Museum of Art, Yonago Sculpture at Goodwood, Goodwood Major Trends in Indian Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi Rediscovering the Roots, Contemporary Indian Art, Museo de la Nacion, Lima, Peru
• 1998Absolut Secret London & New York, Royal College of Art, London and David McKee Gallery, New York Glasgow Print Studio, The British Council, New Delhi and tour in India
• 1999Sculpture at Goodwood, Goodwood Drawing and Models, Hertogenbosch, Noorbrabants Museum, Holland
• 2000Embarkations, The Millennium Show, sakshi Gallery, Mumbai Bronze, an Exhibition of Contemporary British Sculpture, Holland Park, London
• 200110th Triennale-India, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi

• 1985Dhruva Mistry, Sculpture and Drawings, introduced by William Feaver and essay by Sheena Wagstaff, Kettle's yard Gallery, University of Cambridge(32 pages)
• 1988Cross-Sections, Sculpture and Drawings by Dhruva Mistry
• 1982-88, introduced by Tessa Jackson and essay by Paul Moorehouse, Collins Gallery, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow(24 pages)
• 1990Dhruva Mistry, Bronzes 1985-1990, introduced by Andrew Wilson, Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London(68 pages)
• 1994Dhruva Mistry, Asian Artist Today: Fukuoka Annual VII, introduced by Ushiroshoji Masahiro and essay by Lynne Green, Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan(48 pages)
• 1995Dhruva Mistry, Work1990-1995, introduced by David Cohen, Anthony Wilkinson Fine Art, London(34 pages)
• 1999Dhruva Mistry, Prints 1988-1998, introduced by Pramod Ray, Gallery Espace, New Delhi(16 pages)
• 2001Dhruva Mistry, Work 1997-2001, introduced by Pramod Ray, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai(24 pages)

• Arts Council, London
• Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham
• Contemporary Art Society, London
• Churchill College, Cambridge
• Cartwright Hall, Bradford
• City Art Gallery, Manchester
• City of Stoke-on-Trent
• Department of Fine Arts, Punjab university, Chandigarh
• Fukuoka Art Museum and Asian Art Gallery, Fukuoka
• Glynn Vivien Art Gallery,Swansea
• Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh
• Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow
• Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston
• Jigyo-Chuo-Koen Park, Fukuoka
• Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
• Leicestershire Education Authority, Leicestershire
• Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
• Milton Keyne Development Corporation, Milton Keynes
• Merseyside Development Corporation, Liverpool
• National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
• National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
• Oriana, P&O Cruises
• Peter Moores Foundation, Liverpool
• Roopankar Museum of Fine Art, Bhopal
• Royal College of Art, London
• Sothampton Art Gallery, Southampton
• Sculpture at Goodwood, Goodwood
• Tate Gallery, London
• The British Council, London
• The British Museum, London
• The British Library, London
• The Hakone Open Air Museum, Japan
• Ulster Museum, Belfast
• Victoria & Albert Museum, London
• Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
• West Zone Culture Centre, Udaipur
• Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton

• 1982Mitchell Beazley
• 1983Peter Moores Foundation, Liverpool
• 1984Merseyside Development Corporation, Liverpool
• 1985Churchill College, Cambridge
• 1987Nitchiman Corporation, Japan
• 1988Glasgow Garden Festival, Glasgow British Art Medal Society, London
• 1989National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
• 1990Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow
• 1992Victoria Square, The City Council, Birmingham
• 1993Quaglino's, London
• 1993International Classical Music Awards, London
• 2001Shortlisted for Monument to Motherhood, sponsored by Shacolas Group, Cyprus