Viraj MIthani's signature painting style leans into abstraction with
strong representational elements.
In a distinct, vibrant palette, Viraj
presents a truly transformative lens on the world. Simultaneously
drawing from global art histories, pop culture, and observations of
everyday life, Viraj’s paintings are realms into his unique worldview.
His work evokes the flow and exchange of culture and aesthetics,
presenting a fully formed perspective that is distinctly his own.
Across painting, printmaking, and collage, Viraj finds a language of
abstraction to speak to our hybridized, global times.

Viraj Mithani is an interdisciplinary artist. His
practice involves painting, printmaking and using of specialised
material and layering techniques such giclee and vinyl. Native of
Mumbai, India, he began with a traditional background in the arts. He
holds an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) as Vikram and
Geetanjali Kirloskar Visiting Scholar in Painting in Providence, RI.
B.F.A in Painting and Printmaking from the School of the Art Institute
of Chicago (SAIC) and a diploma degree in Studio Art and Visual
Communications from Chelsea Camberwell Wimbledon College of Art and
Design (CCW) of University of Arts London (UAL 2012), where he studied
fine arts, new media, animation and graphic design.

Mithani has had
several exhibitions in India, United States, London and Europe. His
selected exhibitions include: New Contemporaries (RISD Museum), Rota
Fortune (Field Projects, NY), di/ sjoi/nted Pluralities at Nightingale
Brown House (Main Gallery), Of Soiled bodies (Gelman Gallery,
Providence RI,) Making Space at (Sakshi Gallery in Mumbai), Boomerang
(Tao Art Gallery), Site Art Space in Vadodara, Ilinois State Museum,
Lockport, IL, Dalarnas Museum Falun in Sweden. Mithani has been
selected and invited to be Artist-in-Residence at Spudnik Press
Co-operative in Chicago, Vermont Studio Center in Jhonson, VT (Merit
Scholarship Recipient) and Space 118 in Mumbai. 

His teaching
experiences include at School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Dhirubhai
Ambani International School, Rhode Island School of Design, Fulton
Street Collective and at Chicago Public Library. His curatorial
ventures include at Gallery SUGS, Chicago (2015) and as Guest Artist
Curator at Lemill (2021) and Grazia Magazine (2020). He’s a founding
member of Carpe Arte group and founder of Carpe Arte Supports in India.
Mithani’s recent accolades include being awarded by Forbes 30 Under 30
(2022) and has been featured by various publications; Global Indian
and New American Painting issue being most recent