Vogue India, 2008, October

Dhruvi Acharya, a native of Mumbai, began painting her memories of home soon after reaching the USA in 1995. She received her MFA in painting, with a scholarship, from the Maryland Institute, College of Art in Baltimore and has been exhibiting professionally since her graduation, when a prominent gallery asked to exhibit her thesis show work. In India Dhruvi had studied Applied Arts at the Sophia Polytechnic College, where she had received the gold medal for the best project.

In 2006 Dhruvi was awarded the Aditya Birla KalaKiran Puraskar (India) and nominated for the Joan Mitchell Foundation Award (USA), and in 2005 she was featured on the cover of India Today. Dhruvi’s work has been written about in Art India, Hindustan Times, The Times of India, Vogue India, Time Out Mumbai, India Today, The Hindu, Indian Express, Mid Day, Elle, The New York Times, The Baltimore Sun among others.

Dhruvi’s paintings have been shown in museums, galleries and art fairs around the world. A mother of a five-year and a seven-year old boy, Dhruvi lived and worked in New York until 2004, and now divides her time in between Mumbai and New York.

Exhibitions

2006 Two Plus Two Equals, solo show, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai (Bombay), India
2004 Figment, solo show, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
2002 Woman, Mother, Goddess, solo show, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2001 Solo show, Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, USA
* Three Contemporary Painters: Nilima Sheik, Manisha Parekh, Dhruvi Acharya, BosePacia Modern, New York, USA
2000 Three person show, Bachelier Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, USA
1999 East Meets West, two person show, School 33, Baltimore, Curator: MA Greenstein
1998 Three person show, Gomez Gallery, Baltimore
* M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, solo show, MICA Gallery, Baltimore
1996 Color, Culture and Consciousness, solo show, MICA Gallery, Baltimore

Group Exhibitions

2008
* Shifting Terrains/Altered Realities, Gallery Empire, Singapore
* Dubai Art Fair, Chemould Prescott, Dubai
* Miniature Format, Sans Tache, Mumbai
* Harmony Art Show, Nehru Gallery, Mumbai
2007
* India Art Now, Spazio Oberdan, Milan, Italy
* FIAC, Chemould Prescott, Paris, France
* Year 2007, Bucheon Contemporary, London, UK
* Dubai Art Fair, Chemould Prescott, Abu Dhabi
* Khushii, Charity Art Auction, Mumbai
* Concern India Foundataion, Charity Art Auction, Mumbai
* SAWCC, Fundraiser Auction, New York
2006
* Art Edge, Visual Arts Gallery, Delhi, India
* Harmony Art Show, Nehru Center, Mumbai
* Bridge Art Fair, Bucheon Contemporary, Miami, USA
2005
* Fatal Love: South Asian Art Now, Queens Museum of Art, New York
* In Short, Hacienda Art Gallery, Mumbai * Gallery Collection, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
* Divine Inspiration, Hacienda Art Gallery, Mumbai
2004
* Ideas & Images VI, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
2002
* Words and Images, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, (Bombay) India
* Selections from New American Paintings, Mid-Atlantic Artists, OSP Gallery, Boston, USA Juror: Susan Rosenberg, Assistant Curator- Modern & Contemporary Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art
* Shakti, 50 Women Artists, Hacienda, Mumbai
2001
* Shaken and Stirred, juried show, BosePacia Modern, New York
* Sakhi Visual Arts exhibition, BosePacia Modern, New York
* Alienation, York Quay Gallery II, York Quay Centre, Harbourfront, Toronto, Canada
* Excerpts from My Diary Pages, Fine Art Company, Mumbai
* Art Frenzy,12th Street Studios, Long Island, New York
* Indo – American Arts Council Auction, New York
2000
* Art of Modern India, Bose Pacia Modern, New York
* Nayika, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
* Small Works, 23rd annual juried show, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York
* Diasporadics 2000, Riverside Church Theater, New York
* The Harmony Show 2000, Nehru Center Gallery, Mumbai
* Print Exhibition, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York
1998
* 13 Artists, 2 Galleries, regional juried show, Halcyon Gallery & Studio 302, Baltimore
* The Divine Comedy: Images of Heaven, Hell and Limbo, national juried show, Cade Center Gallery, Arnold, USA
* Artscape Annual, national juried show, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, Jurors: Gary Sangster, Director, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore & Olga Viso, Curator of Contemporary Art, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC
1997
* Artscape Annual, national juried show, Meyerhoff Gallery, Baltimore, Juror: Thelma Golden, Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
* Selections from the MICA Graduate Studios, juried show, Meyerhoff Gallery, Baltimore, Juror: Eugenie Tsai, Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
* The Hoffberger Show, MICA Gallery, Baltimore
* Augenmusik VI, Peabody Conservatory of Music, Baltimore
1996
* The First Year M.F.A. Show, MICA Gallery, Baltimore
* Augenmusik V, Peabody Conservatory of Music, Baltimore
* The Post Baccalaureate Show, MICA Gallery, Baltimore