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Encyclopedia > Dhruva Mistry
River, part of a set of sculptures in Victoria Square, Birmingham

Dhruva Mistry, (b 1957) is a sculptor, born in Kanjari, Gujarat, India and who, having worked in Great Britain between 1981 and 1997, returned to Vadodara. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1863x1403, 1749 KB) Summary The River aka The Floozie in the Jacuzzi - Victoria Square - Birmingham Photo by and copyright Tagishsimon, 13th october 2005 Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1863x1403, 1749 KB) Summary The River aka The Floozie in the Jacuzzi - Victoria Square - Birmingham Photo by and copyright Tagishsimon, 13th october 2005 Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects... A view of Victoria Square Iron : Man, an Queen Victoria Antony Gormley statue in the square Victoria Square is an important public square in Birmingham, England. ... , Gujarat (Gujarati: , IPA:  ) is a state in the Republic of India. ...


He studied at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in Vadodara from 1974 to 1981 then the Royal College of Art in London from 1981 to 1983 on a British Council Scholarship. The Maharaja Sayajirao University, named after Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III, the visionary ruler of Baroda (Vadodara) , is one of the premier universities of India and the largest university in the city of Baroda in Gujarat, India. ... “Baroda” redirects here. ... The Royal College of Art in South Kensington, London. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Logo of the British Council British Council building in London The British Council is a non-departmental public body and registered charity for cultural relations in the United Kingdom. ...


He is a member of the Royal Academy of Arts (1991) and Fellow of the Royal British Society of Sculptors (1993). This article refers to an art institution in London. ... The Royal British Society of Sculptors (RBS) is a registered charity whose aims are to promote and support sculpture. ...


Works

  • Sitting Bull, Liverpool Garden Festival, 1984. Otterspool Promenade, 2006.
  • Reguarding Guardians, Hayward Annual, 1985
  • City of Stoke on Trent: Her Head, Gilman Place, Stoke, 1985, bronze, 1 m. x 1 m. x 1 m., commissioned for the National Garden Festival 1986
  • Dialectical Image Series, 1990
  • River, Youth, Guardians and Object (Variations), a set of sculptures in Victoria Square, Birmingham, England, 1993

Dhruva currently resides in Vadodara with his wife Trupti and son Sumeru. A view of Victoria Square Iron : Man, an Queen Victoria Antony Gormley statue in the square Victoria Square is an important public square in Birmingham, England. ...


Sources

  • Public Sculpture of Birmingham including Sutton Coldfield, George T. Noszlopy, edited Jeremy Beach, 1998, ISBN 0-85323-692-5
  • Public Sculpture of Staffordshire and the Black Country, George T. Noszlopy and Fiona Waterhouse, 2005, ISBN 0-85323-989-4

External sites

Artist's own site


A retrospective of his work at Another Subcontinent



 
 

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