Born : Rini Dhumal, was born in 1948 in Bengal.
Education :
• 1972 – M.A (Fine) Painting, M.S. University, Baroda
• 1997-2005 – Professor & Head, Painting Deptt., Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda.
Solo Exhibitions :
• 1974 – Triveni Gallery, New Delhi
• 1976 – Paris
• 1981 – Urja Art Gallery, Baroda
• 1983 – Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
• 1985 – University austral De Chile, Valdivia, Chile Contemporary Art Gallery
• 1986 – Max Muller, Bhavan, Hyderabad
• 1987 – Vithi Art Gallery, Baroda Dhoomimal Art Gallery, new Delhi
• 1990 – Gallerie Arts & Data, Frankfurt, Germany
• 1991 – Print Exhibition, Madrid, Spain Sakshi Gallery, Madras
• 1993 – Galerie Brita Printz, Madrid, Spain
• 1995 – Art Today, New Delhi
• 1997 – Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
• 1998 – Sakshi Gallery, Madras
• 1999 – Apparao Gallery, Madras National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
• 2002 – Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore
• 2003 – Artist in Residence Kala Bhavan, Shantiniketan
• 2006 – ‘Tales of the Prophetess’, Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi.
Group Exhibitions :
• 1986 – ‘Graphics Since 1965’, Lalit Kala Akademi, Madras Biennale of Contemporary Art, Bhopal
• 1990 – Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai Sakshi Art Gallery, Madras
• 1992 – Wounds C.I.M.A. Kolkata – Delhi
• 1993 – Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
• 1997 – 50 years of Independence Show, Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
• ARC’S Gallery, London
• 2005 – Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore.
International Exhibitions :
• 1975 – Print Biennale, France
• 1976 – Group Exhibition, Athens, Greece Exhibition of ‘Atelier 17″, University of California, U.S.A. Print Biennale, Madrid, Spain
• 1979 – 6″‘ British International Print Biennale, U.K.
• 1980 – 3″‘ World Biennale, London, U.K.
• 1983 – “India in Prints”, Tropen Museum, Amsterdam, Holland
• 1985 – Contemporary Print Making in India, U.S.A.
• 1984-87 – Print Biennale, Berlin, Germany
• Print Biennale, Yugoslavia
• Festival of India, Moscow, U.S.S.R.
• 1990 – Asian European Biennale, Turkey
• 1991 – International Print Biennale, Taiwan Print Biennale Frechen
• Germany Indian Painting, Mainz, Germany
• 1999 – Society for Painter Printmakers, London
• 2005 – ‘Shakti’ Arts India, New York
• 2006 – Gallery Art Resource, Singapore
• ‘Confluence’ Arts India, New York.
Grants and Awards :
• 1972 – Chancellors Gold Medal
• 1974 – Governors Gold Medal Calcutta
• 1975-76 – French Govt. Scholarship, worked under Sir S.W Hayter at “Atelier 17”, Paris and Krishna Reddy
• 1983-85 – Research Scholarship, Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi
• 1988 – National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi M.S. Randhawa Award, AIFACS, New Delhi
• 1997 – Awarded Travel Grant from British Council for printmaking in U.K. Visited Edinburgh, Glasgow and London.
