

2023 | MFA Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and Brown University (co-enrolled) |
2015 | School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), BFA in Painting and Printmaking |
2012 | University of the Arts London: Chelsea Camberwell and Wimbledon College of Art and Design (CCW), Diploma in Studio Art and Visual Communications |
2011 | K.J. Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce, Mumbai, India |
SOLO |
2018 | Politics of Color, The Quorum, Gurgoan, India (Essay by Shaleen Wadhawana) |
Eastern Affair, Ravi Vazirani Design Studio, Mumbai, India | |
2017 | Decalcomania Fractal: An Ode to Naren, Clark House Initiative, Mumbai, India (Essay by CHI) |
Paper to Plastic, Spudnik Press Co-operative, Chicago, IL |
GROUP SHOWS |
2025 | Aftersun, 1x1 Gallery, Dubai |
2024 | Springbreak Art Fair, New York |
Seen Unseen, South Asia Institute, Chicago IL | |
End of Nature II, Aicon Gallery, New York, NY | |
Now Streaming, Rajiv Menon Contemporary Gallery, LA | |
2023 | Room with a View, Vardan Gallery, LA |
New Contemporaries, Gelman Gallery, RISD Museum | |
Field Projects Gallery, New York | |
Painting with Butter, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence RI | |
Granoff Centre for Creative Arts, Brown Arts Institute, Providence RI | |
RISD Graduate Thesis Show at Rhode Island Convention Centre | |
2022 | RISD Graduate Painting Triennial, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence RI |
Di/sjoi/nted Pluralities, Main Gallery, Nightingale Brown House, Providence RI | |
Of Soiled bodies, Gelman Galleries, RISD Museum, Providence, RI | |
2021 | Plot Points, Tao Art Gallery (curated by Satyajit Dave) |
2020 | Tapestry of Time, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai |
2019 | Boomerang, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai (Curated by Sneha Shah) (Two person show) |
Making Space, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai (Curated by Saloni Doshi) | |
Curatorial Enquiry 1, Site Art Space, Vadodara, Gujarat, Curated by Satyajit Dave and Rajat Gaggar | |
2018 | The Diane and Browne Goodwin Collection, Ilinois State Museum, Lockport, IL |
Beyond the Walls, Samanvai Art Gallery, Jaipur, India | |
Vocation Redefined, Ministry of New, Mumbai, India | |
2017 | EXPO Chicago, Chicago IL (Art fair) |
Narcissism + Social Interaction, Clark House Initiative, Mumbai, India | |
India Inked, Union Gallery at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, WI Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ |
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International Print Triennial Krakow- Falun: Dalarnas Museum, Falun, Sweden |
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MEKEN, smedjebacken Sweden | |
2016 | About and Inbetween, Prak-Sis Gallery, Chicago, IL (Three-Person) |
The Future is Now, Maybe Sunday, Chicago, IL | |
International Competition Lithography Litho - Kielce/2015, Kielce, Poland | |
Homecoming Exhibition, Spudnik Press co-operative, Chicago, IL | |
Xenophilia, Fulton Street Creative, Chicago, IL | |
2015 | Indo American Arts Council (IAAC) Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art of the Diaspora Travelling exhibition at: |
Hammond Museum, North Salem, New York | |
Williamsburg Art and Historical Centre, Brooklyn, New York Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, New York |
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BFA Thesis Exhibition SAIC, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL | |
22nd Annual Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal U.S.A., Inc:, Chicago, IL Exhibitions I {catalogue} | |
2014 | Exhibitions II {catalogue} |
Plural Visions, 19th Annual Asian American Showcase, Gene Siskel Film Centre, Chicago, IL The Foundation of Asian American Independent Media (FAAIM) | |
2012 | Chelsea Camberwell Wimbledon Foundation Show, London |
2023 | Brown Arts Centre Grant |
2022 | Forbes India 30 Under 30 |
Spur Research Grant, RISD | |
2021 | Kirloskar Graduate Fellowship (Full RISD scholarship) |
(Vikram and Geetanjali Kirloskar Visiting Scholar in Painting program) | |
2017 | Residency, Space 118, Mumbai India |
2016 | Artist-in-Residence, Spudnik Press Co-operative, Chicago, IL |
2015 | Residency, Vermont Studio Centre (Merit Scholarship Recipient), Johnson, VT |
Excellence in Leadership Award, SAIC | |
2014 | Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal U.S.A: Presidential Competition Award |
2013 | Nomination for Goldman Sachs Scholarship Award, SAIC |
Deans List of Outstanding Sophomore, SAIC | |
2015-12 | Student Leadership Award, SAIC |
SAIC Grant |
2023 | RISD Painting Department - Materiality and Layering (Winter-session) |
2022-21 | TA to Elizabeth Donsky - Drawing, RISD |
TA to Angela Dufrense - Junior Painting Seminar, RISD | |
TA to Greg Linguist - Prehistory of Contemporary Art, RISD | |
2020-19 | Teaching Assistant, Early College Program (SAIC) Dhirubhai Ambani School, Mumbai, India TA to Claire Ashley and Shaurya Kumar |
2016 | Lecturer, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Continuing Studies, Chicago, IL (Painting, Sculpture, Animation and Visual Communications) |
Visiting Artist, Chicago Public Library (Chinatown head branch) Chicago, ILs | |
2014 | Sophomore Seminar Mentor, SAIC, Chicago, IL |
2023-22 | RISD Equestrian Club - Founder and President |
Brown University Polo Club - Treasurer and Member | |
2023-21 | Grad Painting Department, RISD - Visiting Artist Committee, |
2020 | Grazia Magazine: Art Feature, Being Becoming (Pg. 60-64) - Guest Curator |
2020 | Visting Artist Lecture, ECP, Scool of the Art Institute of Chicago |
2020-17 | Founding Member - Carpe Arte |
2020 | Committee & Regional head Mumbai- UAL Indian Alumni Association, University of Arts London |
2020-18 | Art Tour Guide, No Foot Prints, (Gallery and Museum), Mumbai, India |
2019 | Artist Lecture and Contemporary Art Workshop - Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP |
Levis x Viraj Mithani : Commissioned to create customized pair of jeans to commomerate 146 year of Brand. (Exhibition: Famous Studio, Worli Mumbai) |
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Artist Talk, Soho House Mumbai, India | |
2017 | Fulton Street Collective, Artist, Chicago, IL |
2016 | JNL Design for EXPO Chicago, Installer (Vinyl, Monoliths, Signage) |
Flat Iron Arts Association, Artist, Chicago, IL | |
2015-14 | Vivekananda Memorial Program for Museum Excellence, Artist Presentations at The Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) & The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) |
2015 | Dimensions of an Artist Grant Exhibition, Curator at Student Union Galleries (SUGS) SAIC, Chicago, IL |
Shaurya Kumar, Studio Assistant, Chicago, IL | |
Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Internship Chicago, IL | |
Autotelic Studio, Artist, Chicago, IL |
International Print Triennial Society in Krakow (SMTG) |
Spudnik Press Cooperative (Institutional) |
Diane and Browne Goodwin Collection |
Walter E. Massey |
Shoen Shunichiro Kishioka |
Siddharth Somaiya |
Sir Richard Heaton |
Threading Ideas, Midday Newspaper (Print) November 28, 2024 |
New American Painting (Issue 165) 2023 |
The Brown Daily Herald, Arts and Culture - RISD Triennia 2022 |
l Forbes India Magazine, 30 Under 30, February 11 2022 Publication, The Reflective Artist by Jasodhara Banerjee |
Forbes video - “I am interested in exploring complexities of plastic age” Viraj Mithani | Forbes 30U30 2022 |
The Indy, Cover Image (12 November 2021, issue 06, volume 44) (Print Newspaper) |
LeMill (Blogpost) Artworks worth appreciating and acquiring LeMill x Viraj Mithani 2021 |
Mumbai Mirror, The Informer: One for the Artist (Pg 2, August 25, 2020) (Print) |
Business Standard, GOOD LIFE: Supportive Community (13 June, 2020) (Print) |
Kathmandu Post, Carpe Arte Supports (June 29, 2020) (Web) |
The Hindu, This collective makes independent artist visible, (24 April 2020) (Web) |
Grazia, Here’s how the Art world is coping with COVID-19 Lockdown (Web) |
Art Critique, Boomerang: An exhibition taking a contemporary look at ancient India by Katherine Keener, (September 25, ‘19 Web) |
The Hindu, Ricocheting Across Space and Time by Pooja Savansukha, (Print Pg.4, 17-10-2019 issue) |
Asian Age, Indian Mythology Reimagined by Priyanka Chandani, (Print) |
Colour Canvas, Boomerang: Exhibition by Michal Raz and Viraj Mithani, Curated by Sneha shah (Print) |
Design Pataki, Exploring Synchronicity and Momentum – Must visit Art shows (Boomerang) by Beverly Pereira (October 1, 2019 Web) |
Elle Décor, Boomerang by Vedika Nair (September 15, 2019 Web) |
Mojarto, Boomerang, (October 9, 2019 Web) |
Mumbai Mirror (Boomerang Feature – 25, September 2019 Print Pg 36) |
Better Interiors (Boomerang Feature – October 2019, Print Pg. 17) |
Homegrown, Young Indian Artists Have Finally Found A Space To Shine With Cultivate Art (Web)Click here to see the article |
Mid-Day, Create A New Canvas, Section: Guide Pg. 30 March 21, 2018 (Print) |
Hindustan Times, When Worlds Collide, Pg. 13 March 24, 2018 |
(Print) Sunday Mid-day, The Fine Print, Pg. 27 June 18th, 2017 |
(Print) Mumbai Mirror, Viraj Mithani, Pg. 31 June 19th, 2017 |
(Print) International Print Triennial Krakow- Falun 2016-2017, Catalogue Book |
Ana Belaval, Eye on India Chicago, Interview (Xenophilia Exhibition), WGN-TV, Chicago IL, September, 21 2016 |
Business Standard, Ranjita Ganesha, June 10, 2019 (Pg.14) “Night at the Gallery” |
Mumbai Mirror, Suktara Ghosh, April 21 2019 (Sunday Mumbai Mirror Pg. 30, 34), “Gallery on the Move” |
Mumbai Mirror, Suktara Ghosh, May 20 2019 (Mumbai Mirror Pg. 31), “A Walk to Remember – Carpe Arte” |
The Indian Express, Benita Chako, April 23rd 2017, “:Mid-week gallery hopping now possible for office-goers” |