b. 1981.
Born in the coastal town of Porbandar, Gujarat, Ravi was brought up in a family where image-making was a constant as the family owned a traditional photography studio and darkrooms - The camera, the studio apparatuses, photographs of wildlife, the metallic odour of film processing fluids and the saline sea breeze were a part of the environment. He got his initial training into figure drawing, art history and textile dyeing while studying clothing design. In 2003 for his graduate collection ‘Innocence of the Hand’, he experimented with indigo dyeing and painting with wax to resist dye the textiles. His paintings on paper were first exhibited in 2009 by Anupa Mehta Contemporary Art at The Loft at Lower Parel, Mumbai. The solo show comprised twelve paintings with faces, some of the titles like - Man in a Movie Hall, Videotape Memories, & Death of a Bee - were gestural constructs as faces. Since then he has had four solo shows with Anupa Mehta Contemporary Art - Mumbai and has exhibited at Gallery OED - Cochin & Amdavad ni Gufa, Hurwitz Gallery - Ahmedabad.
Currently exploring the impermanent aspects of materials while painting, he is making images which are portraits in a rudimentary sense. They are an amalgamation of the landscapes and the tactile qualities of materials, textures and colours from the coastal belts and hilly terrains of Saurashtra in Gujarat. The paintings are made from materials such as calcium carbonate, chalks, marble dust and cements. These materials are also among the essential resources for which the terrains of this region have been consistently mined.
He lives and works in Ahmedabad, India
Exhibitions & representations
2025. Bardo Sediments - Anupa Mehta Contemporary Arts booth at India Art Fair, Delhi
2024. Bardo dungar - Undulations - Anupa Mehta Contemporary Arts booth at Art Mumbai
2024. All the light we cannot see- Group show at Anupa Mehta Contemporary Arts, Colaba, Mumbai
2024. Vessels & water at the base of the well- Anupa Mehta Contemporary Arts booth at the India Art Fair, Delhi
2023. Sans Sitters- Anupa Mehta Contemporary Arts, Lower Parel, Mumbai
2022. Heatwave- Dodomu Gallery, Brooklyn
2020. Décollage- TAP India- The Art Platform- India
2016. Solo- Field- The Loft at Lower Parel, Mumbai
2015. Portrait in yellow-green- The Loft at Lower Parel at the India Art Fair, Delhi
2014. Nair Blanc- Group show at The Loft at Lower Parel, Mumbai
2013. Summer Studio- Group show at The Loft at Lower Parel, Mumbai
2013. Still life- The Loft at Lower Parel booth at the India Art Fair, Delhi
2012. 6 heads- The Loft at Lower Parel booth at the India Art Festival, Mumbai
2012. Phantom I & II- Group show at Studio Verve at Sanskar Kendra, Ahmedabad
2012. Head in paranoiac critical- The Loft at Lower Parel at India Art Fair, Delhi
2012. Mending Trophies- The Loft at Lower Parel booth at VIP 2.0 contemporary art fair
2011. Solo - From the skin deep seasons- Hurwitz gallery, Ahmedabad
2011. Alterity- The Loft at Lower Parel booth at India Art Festival, Mumbai
2011. Artiger- Arts for the Tiger, Seven Arts, Delhi
2010. Solo - Landshapes- Gallery OED, Kochin
2009. Solo - 12’ - The Loft at Lower Parel, Mumbai
2004. The storyteller- Figurative embroidered textiles with Saudagari block prints - SEWA, Ahmedabad
2003. Innocence of the hand- Resist dyed indigo textiles- SEWA, Ahmedabad
2003. Indigo resist dyed textiles for Betoh performance by Fujieda Mushimaru, Japan
2001. Forest- Tapestry & textile collage- The Harmony show, NCPA, Mumbai