Dhruvi Acharya’s ‘One Life On Earth’

Dhruvi Acharya’s new show “ONE LIFE ON EARTH”
will be on view from August 7 - 30, 2008 at Chemould Prescott Road in Mumbai
and from October 4 - November 1, 2008 at Nature Morte in New Delhi

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.