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.