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{{Short description|Indian artist}}
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{{Infobox artist
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|4|7|df=yes}}
| spouse = [[Atul Dodiya]]
| children = Biraaj Dodiya
| alma_mater = [[Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art|Sir J. J. School of Art]], [[Mumbai]]
| known_for = [[Painting]]
| style = [[Abstract art|Abstract]]
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]
| image = Anju Dodiya.jpg
}}
'''Anju Dodiya''' (born 7 April 1964) is an Indian contemporary painter. She lives and works in [[Mumbai]]. Her paintings feature autobiographical and human relationships, with 'women' usually at the center.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |title=Encyclopaedia visual art of Maharashtra : artists of the Bombay school and art institutions (late 18th to early 21st century) |date=2021-03-02 |others=Suhas Bahulkar, Pundole Art Gallery |isbn=978-81-89010-11-9 |edition= |location=Mumbai |oclc=1242719488}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-26 |title=Anju Dodiya Biography, Artworks & Exhibitions |url=https://ocula.com/artists/anju-dodiya/ |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=ocula.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kaur |first=Amarjot |date=2022-09-01 |title=Seven galleries, seven days, one roof: Delhi Contemporary Art Week 2022 |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/art/seven-galleries-seven-days-one-roof-delhi-contemporary-art-week-2022/article65834745.ece |access-date=2022-09-26 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

Her works are frequently a juxtaposition of [[Watercolor painting|watercolor]] and [[Charcoal (art)|charcoal]] as a medium.

== Life and education ==
Anju Dodia was born in [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]. She has graduated from [[Sir J.J. School of Art|Sir J. J. School of Art]] in 1986 with a [[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]] in Painting.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Anju Dodiya |url=https://www.gallerychemould.com/artists/29-anju-dodiya/ |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=Chemould Prescott Road |language=en}}</ref>
She is the wife of [[Atul Dodiya]], who is also a notable contemporary Indian painter. Their daughter Biraaj is also an artist.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-27 |title=Biraaj Dodiya Biography, Artworks & Exhibitions |url=https://ocula.com/artists/biraaj-dodiya/ |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=ocula.com |language=en}}</ref>

== Career ==

=== Style ===
In the early days, her art was mostly in the [[Abstract art|abstract]] style. However, with a constant interest in the human mind and [[psychoanalysis]], her inclination towards [[Anthropomorphism|anthropomorphic]] imagery has continued to feature in her works.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=दोडिया, अंजू अतुल |url=https://maharashtranayak.in/daodaiyaa-anjauu-ataula |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=महाराष्ट्र नायक |language=en}}</ref> Dodiya is influenced by [[Renaissance art|Renaissance]] painters like [[Giotto]], the films of [[Ingmar Bergman]], Japanese [[ukiyo-e]] prints and the poetry of [[Sylvia Plath]]. She has also been inspired by medieval devotional poetry, Gujarati folklore and myths from around the world. The combined effect of all these influences is reflected in her unique style of painting.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B6_%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1_%E0%A5%AC_-_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE.pdf&page=304 |title=शिल्पकार चरित्रकोश खंड ६ - दृश्यकला |publisher=साप्ताहिक विवेक, हिंदुस्थान प्रकाशन संस्था |year=2013 |location=मुंबई |pages=239–240 |language=Marathi}}</ref>

=== Themes ===
A subtle commentary on contemporary events, sociology, economics and culture have been major themes of her artworks.<ref name=":3" /> Newspaper headlines, photographs of fashion models, films are the reference material for her paintings. The details in her paintings show the outward appearance of reality with layered [[Symbolism (arts)|symbolism]]. She has also used cloth as a medium of painting in different ways.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Susan S. Bean on Anju Dodiya |url=https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/201302/anju-dodiya-38707 |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=www.artforum.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Work ==

=== Major exhibitions ===
Dodiya's works have been exhibited in the [[Frieze Art Fair|Frieze international art fair]], [[Art Basel]] at Basel and Hong Kong, the [[India Art Fair]], and the [https://indiaartfair.in/programme/delhi-contemporary-art-week-2022 Delhi Contemporary Art Week] in New Delhi. She has been a part of several other solo and group exhibitions in India and abroad.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anju Dodiya: Anatomy of a Flame {{!}} Frieze |url=https://www.frieze.com/no9-cork-street/vadehra-art-gallery |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=www.frieze.com}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-01 |title=Two Indian women artists at Frieze, Seoul |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/plumage/two-indian-women-artists-at-frieze-seoul/ |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=Times of India Blog |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Contemporary art: Vocabularies of multiplicity |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/2022/sep/25/cause-and-effect-2500929.html |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-14 |title=Anju Dodiya's new London exhibition brings together her pandemic-inspired body of work |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.in/story/anju-dodiyas-new-london-exhibition-brings-together-her-pandemic-inspired-body-of-work/ |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=Architectural Digest India |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-09 |title=Four Indian galleries take over Sadie Coles for London Gallery Weekend |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/05/09/four-indian-galleries-take-over-sadie-coles-for-london-gallery-weekend |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=The Art Newspaper - International art news and events}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-26 |title=Tao celebrates 20 years this weekend; Anju Dodiya opens new show |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/celebrate-20-years-of-tao-with-66-artists-this-weekend/story-Q9a3rr83E565llufX8r0lO.html |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Das |first=Soumitra |date=2022-04-08 |title=An exhibition at Emami Art, Kolkata, celebrated paper as medium and message |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/an-exhibition-at-emami-art-kolkata-celebrated-paper-as-medium-and-message/article65284097.ece |access-date=2022-09-26 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Katakam |first=Anupama |date=2022-09-22 |title='Woman is as Woman Does': An ode to womanpower |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/arts-and-culture/art/art-exhibition-woman-is-as-woman-does-at-csmvs-mumbai-ode-to-womanpower-feminism-in-india/article65885643.ece |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=frontline.thehindu.com |language=en}}</ref>

=== Public collections ===
In India, Dodiya's works are a part of the collections at [[National Gallery of Modern Art|NGMA]], New Delhi;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ring - II - Anju Dodiya |url=https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/ring-ii-anju-dodiya/9gEPI07mZkrWaA |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=Google Arts & Culture |language=en}}</ref> [[Kiran Nadar Museum of Art|KNMA]], New Delhi;<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-02-21 |title=Vignettes Collection |url=https://www.knma.in/vignettes-collection |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=Kiran Nadar Museum of Art |language=en}}</ref> Vadhera Art Gallery, New Delhi;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anju Dodiya |url=https://www.vadehraart.com/artists/37-anju-dodiya/ |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=Vadehra Art Gallery |language=en}}</ref> [[Chemould Prescott Road]], Mumbai;<ref name=":2" /> [[National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai|NGMA, Mumbai]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dance 2001 |url=http://museumsofindia.gov.in/repository/record/ngma_mum-acc-no-1375-769 |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=Museums of India |language=en}}</ref> and [[Jehangir Nicholson Art Foundation|JNAF]], Mumbai.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Anju Dodiya {{!}} JNAF |url=https://jnaf.org/artist/anju-dodiya-1964/ |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=jnaf.org}}</ref> Whereas, her creations present abroad are in the [[Art Institute of Chicago]], Chicago<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anju Dodiya |url=https://www.artic.edu/artists/54711/anju-dodiya |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=The Art Institute of Chicago |date=18 September 1964 |language=en}}</ref> and Burger Collection, Hong Kong<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anju Dodiya |url=https://www.burgercollection.org/artists/147-anju-dodiya/ |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=BURGER Collection |language=en}}</ref> to name a few.

=== Awards and nominations ===
Dodiya has received the Reliance India Art Exhibition Award for Harmony in 1999, the Young Achiever Award for Indo-American Society in 2001 and the Zee Existence Award in 2007. She has been nominated twice for the [[Sotheby's]] Prize for Contemporary Art, in 1998 and 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anju Dodiya |url=https://artiana.com/Artist/Anju-Dodiya |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=artiana.com}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==
* Dodiya, Anju (2021). Breathing On Mirrors.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Anju Dodiya : breathing on mirrors. |date=2021 |isbn=978-81-954610-1-1 |location=Mumbai |oclc=1287995166}}</ref>
* Dodiya, Anju (2012). Room for Erasures.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dodiya |first=Anju |title=Room for erasures |date=2012 |others=Gallery Chemould |isbn=978-81-908879-5-3 |location=Mumbai |oclc=883963107}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Anju Dodiya}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMaTgruoyWI Interview with Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRCeeOZeazA Talk: The Colour of Doubt]

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[[Category:20th-century Indian women artists]]
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[[Category:Sir J. J. School of Art alumni]]
[[Category:Indian women painters]]
[[Category:Indian women contemporary artists]]

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