Bio-Data

d e v i b a   w a l a

email: kyrajulie@gmail.com / info.tvak@gmail.com
contact no: +91 98981644336

personal details

devkunverba (deviba) wala
painter / sculptor
date of birth: 18/11/1980
studio: Greenwoods, Vaishnodevi circle, Ahmedabad.
studied: C.N.college of fine arts

Owner : Tvak Residential Art Studios.

Achievements/Grants

Young Art biennale - Moscow

Lalit Kala grant for Gujarat State, 2010. Solo Show in London

list of exhibitions :

2012

chaos 2012 - ahmedabad.
art affair - amdavad ni gufa -ahmedabad
MAAC - international animation festival - the lalit - mumbai
AIAF 2012 - C.N college of fine arts - ahmedabad
glory of art - amdavad ni gufa - ahmedabad
united art fair - delhi.
purvaa - purvesh patel memorial art show -2012, hutheesingh art gallery - ahmedabad
Joy of Giving week - IIM, Ahmedabad.
‘naari ne saamane’ - amdavad ni gufa - ahmedabad.

2011

one Square foot show 2011– sanskar kendra - ahmedabad
Ahmedabad International art festival – rang bhavan - ahmedabad
 ‘purvaa 2011’, hutheesing visual art centre - ahmedabad
‘smart show 2011’ – amdavad ni gufa – ahmedabad
‘shuruart’ – the artist’s lounge – ahmedabad
‘art affairs with phuentsholing’ – Bhutan
banyan art show, msu faculty - baroda
the nexus art show, amdavad ni gufa - ahmedabad

Earlier Exhibitions :

2010

‘searching for new connotations’ - solo show, red gate gallery - london
incredible collection - ahmedabad / baroda / mumbai
‘the one square foot show’, amdavad ni gufa - ahmedabad
‘the smart show’, msu faculty - baroda
monsoon camp, the glass house - ahmedabad
‘qui vive’, young art biennale - moscow
‘the smart show’, amdavad ni gufa - ahmedabad
‘EVAlution’, anayas art gallery - ahmedabad
‘art realm’, chitra kala parishath - bengaluru

2009

a duet show at the L'ACSAC gallery – le mans, france
a group show, iccr - kolkata
verve '09, academy of fine arts - kolkata
49th state art exhibition, lalit kala – ahmedabad
contemporary art show by latitude 28 and gallery blue spade - taj ,chandigadh
rupaabh 54, bharat bhavan – bhopal
a group show at the 'kala bhavan' – thane
installation 'art and life juxtaposed' – thane
platform 15, at art space gallery – new delhi
a group show, lane 11 – banaras
'towards a change...',hutheesing visual art centre – ahmedabad
international tile project, kanoria centre for arts – ahmedabad

2008

verve '08, jawahar kala kendra - jaipur
platform 15 – chennai
bihar flood relief show – ahmedabad
installation at kanoria art centre - ahmedabad

2007

ravi shankar raval kala bhavan – ahmedabad
a workshop arranged by gallery verve – ahmedabad

2006

sunshine group show – ahmedabad

2005

an art workshop at nifd – ahmedabad

2003

sculpture workshop at ladies college - ahmedabad


a member of ‘verve’ a group of young contemporary artists.

About my Work

A series of Black and White abstract / minimalistic paintings have kept me engrossed for the last four years or so.. it is a constant work in progress …

here's a little concept note : 

 I would like to summarize my work as having a naive depth. naive in the context that an art form kept devoid of all obvious influences of the daily life and todays world ... naive does not mean not having seen as in the literal meaning but having felt, experienced, suffered, enjoyed, appreciated , criticized but yet the art form is somewhere an extract of all these. my work is usually minimal and sometimes abstract. mostly black&white and monochrome and yet in itself has depths of its own. my work consists of broad spectrum of lines intersecting into each other as if weaving a beguiling net for the viewer to immerse in. i try to retain the bands of flat channels even as they run into each other,as seperate entities . each line represents an emotion , a journey and each of them have a space of their own... my art represents my thoughts. my yearning has been that these art forms create a niche and exclusive mind space for the viewer thus letting him/her strike a chord with the inner self... the strength in this art for me is the ode to a life's pure existence ...

-deviba wala

An Introduction

An Introduction : 

At the Sunday Market : a 600 year old market under the Ellis Bridge. My favourite place to source Scrap Metal.  

Devkunverba (Deviba Wala)

 Born in1980. I studied Sculpture from the C.N.College of Fine Arts, Ahmedabad. over the years, I have come to like and enjoy Installations and Painting as well.

I run a small Artist Residential Studio set up called "TVAK"

The quiet retreat is located on the S.G Highway 2 K.M from Ahmedabad, The city I call home !!!

The second studio and an in house gallery space are located in the city at Sunrise park nr. vastrapur lake 

My work offers me the privilege of  traveling, thats something I love doing, I have travelled across India Bhutan and europe, and explored it’s traditional and contemporary art by spending time in artist studios, galleries, art colleges, museums, artist’s homes and looking at art restoration projects, as well as attended seminars and lectures on importance of art e.g. :  "Impact of art globally and the force of india " at le-mans france, and a master class by the Ahmedabad university in association with the European Union on heritage and culture. 
 My work has been exhibited at the Young Art Biennale at Moscow- Russia, Bhutan, France, a solo show in London and recently an exhibition in Florence,Italy.. My work is in collections across the country and abroad.

Within India my work has been showcased in various art exhibitions in cities like Chandigadh, Mumbai, Banaras, Patna, Chennai, Bombay, Bengaluru, Delhi, Jaipur, Bhopal and Ahmedabad.