Born in Kanjari, Gujarat in 1957, Dhruva Mistry RA studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts, The M S University of Baroda, (1974 to 1981) before gaining a British Council Scholarship to the Royal College of Art, London where he continued his studies until 1983.

Mistry's recent works explore digitally-controlled laser-cutting techniques, a methodology he has been experimenting with since 2001. The sculptures are defined in terms of planes, forms and cut-outs, a contemporary re-working of the language of Cubism. Mistry plays on the viewer's perceptions as we are invited to explore the sculpture by looking at them, into them, round them, and through them, their shape changing at every angle.

Large scale versions of his works, Reclining Figure and Seated Figure, are now on display at the Delhi University campus. Commissioned by the Delhi Development Authority, the two pieces are rendered in bright, colours and textured with a polyester-resin finish. Mistry currently lives and works in Baroda.