Atul Dodia

Born in 1959 in Mumbai, Atul Dodiya trained at the Sir J.J. School of Art, 1982, and École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1991–92, and is widely considered one of India’s most significant artists. Dodiya’s proclivity for the avant-garde nurtures his practice with myth-like, often poetic interpretations of encyclopaedic ideas and interconnected cultural contexts, which he cultivates through complex social, political and art historical arrangements, juggling various image economies as a kind of cultural inheritance.

Dodiya has presented numerous solo shows around the world, including at Gallerie Templon, Paris (2024); Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai (2025, 2023); Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi (2022); Vadehra Art Gallery (2020, 2017, 2010, 2007); Galerie Templon, Brussels (2015, 2012); Nature Morte, Berlin (2010); Bose Pacia, New York (2005, 2003) among others, as well as mid-career retrospectives at the Contemporary Arts Centre, Cincinnati (2013); Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid (2002); and the Japan Foundation Asia Centre, Tokyo (2001). Major survey shows of his work have been held at the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi (2013) and Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai (2014).