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Born In 1948 in Rongpur in Bangladesh, RiniDhumal pursued BA in paintings and later on earned her MA in Printmaking from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara. She then went to study under the famous printmaker Sir Stanley William Hayter at Atelier 17 in Paris She also did her stint with famous printmaker shri Krishna Reddy. Dhumal was appointed as an associate professor in graphic arts and later professor and head of the department of painting in MSU, Vadodara. She has had many solo and group shows in India and abroad. Her works are in the prestigious collection of National Gallery of Modern Art,  New Delhi, Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, Bibliothèquenationale de France,  Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York  and Museum Of Modern Art, Baghdad to name a few.  She passed away at the age of 73 in Vadodara, Gujarat in 2021. Her contribution to printmaking in Indian art will be remembered forever.

National Awards 2023