Hema Upadhyay Age, Wiki and Bio

Quick Info

Profession	Visual Artist
Nationality	Indian
Date of Birth	18/05/1972
Age	43 years (died on 11, Dec, 2015)
Birthplace	Vadodara, Gujarat
Date of Death	11/12/2015

Bio/Wiki

Other Name	Hema Hirani

Physical Stats & More

Eye Color	Black
Hair Color	Black

Educational Qualification(s)

Degree	BFA MFA
School	Convent Of Jesus & Mary Girls High School, Vadodara
College/University	Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat

Personal Life

Food Habit	Non-Vegetarian
Zodiac sign	Taurus

Relationships & More

Marital Status	Divorced
Marriage Date	31/10/1998
Spouse	Chintan Upadhyay

Family

Mother	Bina Hirani
Siblings	2 Brothers: Manish Hirani, Deepak Prasad
Spouse	Chintan Upadhyay

Career

Awards	Year: 2001 Achievement: First Prize at the Tenth Triennale in India Year: 2001 Achievement: Lalit Kala Academy for her work in the 10th International Triennale
Notable Works	The Nymph and the Adult Made in China Loco foco motto Only Memory has Preservatives
Solo Exhibitions	Extra Ordinary at the Faculty of Fine Arts Baroda Vadehra Art Gallery in New Delhi in 2012 Mute Migration at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia in 2012 Where the bees suck, there suck I at the MACRO museum in Rome, Italy in 2009
Artistic Collaborations	In 2003, created Made in China with Chintan Upadhyay, focusing on mass consumerism Participated in Vasl residency in Karachi, creating works related to India-Pakistan partition

Some Lesser Known Facts

Hema hailed from a Marwadi-Gujarati family in Vadodara, Gujarat.
She met Chintan Upadhyay while studying at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.
In 2001, she had her first solo exhibition abroad in Australia, sculpting around 2000 lifelike cockroaches.
In 2010, she created a significant installation using 750,000 unlit matchsticks.
She was involved in multiple international art exhibitions and residencies.