Dhruva Mistry

b. 1957

Dhruva Mistry studied Sculpture at M.S. University of Baroda
in 1974-1981 and the Royal College of Art in London on a
British Council Scholarship in 1981-1983. Mistry was Artist
in Residence at Kettle’s Yard Gallery in Cambridge with a Fellowship
at the Churchill College, University of Cambridge in
1984-1985; and at the Victoria & Albert Museum London in
1988. He represented Britain at the Third Rodin Grand Prize
Exhibition, Japan in 1990 and was Elected Member at the
Royal Academy of Arts in 1991. He was elected Fellow of the
Royal Society of British Sculptors, London in 1993. In 1997,
he returned to Baroda. Mistry was awarded Honorary CBE in
2001. Dhruva’s work has been exhibited extensively in many
national and international shows including Asian Artist Today
at the Fukuoka Art Museum in Japan, at Peggy Guggenheim
Collection Venice and 10th Triennial-India. Mistry lives and
works in Baroda.