2023 MFA in Painting Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). 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 1X1 Gallery, Dubai
Turley Gallery, Hudson, New York
2024 TSeen Unseen, South Asia Institute, Chicago IL
Milaaya Gallery, Art Mumbai
End of Nature II, Aicon Gallery, New York, NY
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
International Print Triennial Krakow-
Falun: Dalarnas Museum, Falun, Sweden
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
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
2022 Forbes India 30 Under 30
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
2025 Jaipuria Institute of Management, Jaipur India
2020 Visiting Artist Lecture Series, ECP, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Online)
Moderator, BLUPRINT DESIGN FEST, UAL Alumni Association.(Online)
2019 Judge, Creative Arts, VERVE2020 Shah & Anchor Kutchhi Engineering college
Artist Lecture and Contemporary Art Workshop - Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP
Artist Talk, Soho House Mumbai, India
2015-14 Artist Talk at Vivekananda Memorial Program for Museum Excellence,
The Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) & The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
2023 RISD Winter-session course in Painting Department - Materiality and Layering
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
Present-17 Founding Member - Carpe Arte Group
- Organisation focused on making art accessible through gallery walkthroughs, artist studio visits and art discussions.
2021-20 Founded Carpe Arte Supports Campaign (Raised $22,500 for 200 artist, sold 400+ works) 100% Proceeds went to the artists.
2023-18 Committee Member & Regional head Mumbai- UAL Indian Alumni Association, University of Arts London
2021 Organisation committee - BluePrint Virtual Art and Design Festival (30+ speakers from U.K and India)
2023-22 Founder and President, RISD Equestrian Club
Treasurer and Member, Brown University Polo Club
2023-21 Visiting Artist Committee, Grad Painting Department, RISD, Providence
2020 Guest Curator, Grazia Magazine: Art Feature, Being Becoming (Pg. 60-64)
2020-18 Art Tour Guide, No Foot Prints, (Gallery and Museum), Mumbai, India
2019 Levis x Viraj Mithani : Commissioned to create customized pair of jeans to commomerate 146 year of Brand.
(Exhibition: Famous Studio, Worli Mumbai)
2017 Fulton Street Collective, Artist, Chicago, IL
JNL Design for EXPO Chicago, Installer (Vinyl, Monoliths, Signage)
Flat Iron Arts Association, Artist, Chicago, IL
2015 Curator at Student Union Galleries (SUGS) SAIC, Dimensions of an Artist Grant Exhibition Chicago, IL
Studio Assistant - Shaurya Kumar, Chicago, IL
Gallery Assistant – Internship - Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago, IL
Artist, Autotelic Studio, Chicago, IL
Threading Ideas, Midday (Print)
New American Painting (Issue 165 - upcoming)
The Brown Daily Herald, Arts and Culture - RISD Triennial
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
The Indy, Cover Image (12 November 2021, issue 06, volume 44) (Print Newspaper)
LeMill (Blogpost) Artworks worth appreciating and acquiring LeMill x Viraj Mithani
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”