Born 1973 in Mumbai, Heeral
completed her B.F.A. & M.F.A. in Creative Painting
from M S University, Vadodara in 1995-97. She has had
two solo shows of her work in Mumbai, 'Nurturing', in
2002 and 'Quasi-Perceptions', in 1999. in addition,
she has participated in many important group shows and
workshops in India and overseas including ' The Sense
of Touch', Mumbai, 'Earth Plates' a show of terracotta
plates at Fine Arts Gallery, 'Past Modern', Baroda in
2005; 'Tribute to Bhupen Khakar', 'Journey' and 'Generation-I'
Mumbai in 2004; 'Three Contemporary Indian Women Artists',
New York, 'Across the Threshold' a group show of Baroda
Artists at San Francisco, U.S.A., 'Discerning Eye',
London in 2003. She was awarded Gujarat Lalit Kala Akademy
Award in Painting and received the National Scholarship
from Ministry of Human Resources, Dept. of Culture in
1996-98. She lives and works in Baroda, Gujarat.
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