The paintings by Atul Dodiya are populated by diverse traditions in painting, the written words, images from the media and of saints, legends, national history, political events, traumata and autobiographical narratives.
Atul Dodiya was born in Mumbai in 1959 and currently lives and works in Mumbai, India. The paintings by Atul Dodiya are populated by diverse traditions in painting, the written words, images from the media and of saints, legends, national history, political events, traumata and autobiographical narratives. His allegorical paintings on canvas or metal roller shutters and watercolours may be aggressive or poetic.
Atul Dodiya has had more than 30 solo shows in India and abroad, which includes a mid career retrospective at Japan Foundation Asia Centre, Tokyo in 2001, a solo show in Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid in 2002, Contemporary Arts Centre, Cincinnati, US in 2013, a major survey show of his work held at the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, 2013, Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai, 2014-15.
Participated in 1st Yokohoma Triennale, 2001, 51st Venice Biennale, 2005, Documenta12, 2007, 7th Gwangju Biennale, 2008, 3rd Moscow Biennale, 2009, Biennale Jogja XI, 2011, 7th Asia Pacific Triennale, Brisbane, 2012 and 1st Kochi Muziris Biennale, Kochi, India, 2012.
Awarded Gold Medal of Maharashtra Government, 1982 and Fellowship at Sir JJ School of Art, 1982/1983, French Government Scholarship, 1991/1992, Sanskriti Award, 1995, Sotheby’s Prize, 1999, Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellowship, Italy, 1999, GQ Man of the Year Award, 2009 and Raza Award, 2009, Raza Chair Holder, Nantes Institute for Advance Study (IAS-Nantes), France, 2017, Teaching position for Master class 'Photography II' at the International Summer Academy of Fine Arts and Media, Venice, 2018.
Represented in several private and public collections in India and abroad, including National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, Mumbai, Kiran Nadar Museum, New Delhi, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), Tasmania, Australia, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia, Pompidou Centre, Paris, Tate Modern, London, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia and Museum M+, Hong Kong, Contemporary Art Gallery of Bihar Museum, Kunsthaus Museum, Zurich.