Atul Dodiya embarked on his career in the mid ’80s, with a series of realistic painting of the Indian middle class localities and environments. Even as Atul has moved on from this language to working with more fragmented and multi-layered imagery in a range of mediums from paintings to found objects to roller shutters, he has spawned an entire generation of young artists who are now using this language of realism.

Born in in Mumbai, Atul received his diploma from the Sir J.J. School of Art in 1982. Apart from several solo shows in India he has exhibited at Gallery Apunto, Amsterdam in 1993. He has participated in 'The Richness of the Spirit' Kuwait and Rome in 1986-89, 'India - Contemporary Art' World Trade Center, Amsterdam 1989, 'Exposition Collective' Cite Intemationale Des Arts, Paris 1992. He has also exhibited at 'Reflections and Images' Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi and Mumbai, 1993 and 'Trends and Images' CIMA, Calcutta, 1993. He was given the Sanskriti Award, New Delhi in 1995.