Born 1960 in Jersey, Channel Islands, UK
Diplôme national supérieur d’expression plastique (DNSEP), École des Beaux Arts du Havre, France
Diplôme unilingue de langue et civilisation orientale (DULCO), Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, Paris, France
MA Fine Art, Kent Institute of Art & Design, Canterbury, U.K.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 PANG, Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, New Delhi
2022 Nicola Durvasula – Recent works, Joost van den Bergh, London
2016 India Art Fair, New Delhi, Presented by Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke
2012 I Am Here, curated by Grant Watson, Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai
2011 Blame it on the Sun, Rachmaninoff's, London
2008 Life is but a dream, part vii, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
2007 Static lines and where they take you, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York
2006 Rachmaninoff's, London
2004 Nature Morte, New Delhi
2004 Galerie Rue Montgrand, E.S.B.A.M, Marseille, France
2002 Indian Rope Trick, Centre 19, Montbeliard, France
2000 Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1994 Max Mueller Bhavan, Hyderabad
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Double Take, Joost van den Bergh, London
2021 RED, Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai
2020 Outlines, Austin / Desmond Fine Art, London
2019 Perfect Presence, Joost van den Bergh, London
2017 DWELLING (Part I), curated by Ranjit Hoskote, Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai
2016-17 Forming in the Pupil of the eye, Kochi-Muziris Biennale, curated by Sudarshan Shetty,
Kochi, Kerala
2016 The Museum of Rhythm, curated by Natasha Ginwala and Daniel Muzyczuk,
Muzeum Sztuki Lodz, Poland
2016 Thinking Tantra, curated by Rebecca Heald, Drawing Room,
London and Jhaveri Contemporary, Mumbai
2013 The Sahmat Collective: Art and Activism in India since 1989,
curated by Jessica Moss and Ram Rahman, Smart Museum of Art, Chicago
2012 Homespun, curated by Girish Shahane, Devi Art Foundation, Gurgaon
2011 Watercolour, Tate Britain, London
2007 House of Mirrors, curated by Deeksha Nath, Grosvenor Vadehra, London
2007 The Acceptance World, Rachmaninoff's, London
2006 Nicola Durvasula, Chitra Ganesh, Tejal Shah, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York
2006 Lila/Play: Contemporary Miniatures and New Art from South Asia, Cultural Festival of the Melbourne
2005 Nicola Durvasula, Immo Klink, Rachmaninoff’s, London
2004 Passion Fantastic, Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury, Kent
2003 Enchanting the Icon, Sakshi Gallery, curated by Marta Jakimowicz , Mumbai
2001 Art on the Move, SAHMAT, New Delhi
1999 Art from India, with Anita Dube, Pushpamala N. and Rummana Hussain, curated by Rasna Bhushan,
Patricia Correia Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
1999 Of, based on or obtained by tradition, Nature Morte Gallery, Delhi
1999 Boundlessly various and everything simultaneously, curated by Peter Nagy,
Bose Pacia Modern, New York
1998 Born in 1960, Nicola Durvasula and C.K. Rajan, Sakshi Gallery, Bangalore
1998 Pacaembu Project (urban sculpture), Sao Paulo, Brazil
1997 Inter(RE)ferences, curated by Dr. Virginia Whiles, Grande Galerie, Rouen, France
AWARDS / RESIDENCY
2018 Shelagh Cluett Residency at Alice Boner Institute, Varanasi