Hema Upadhyay was born in 1972 and took her Bachelor's and Master's degree in Fine Arts from the M.S.University, Baroda. Has received in 1996-98 the National Scholarship, Ministry of Human Resources, Govt of India; 1997 Gujarat State Lalit Kala Academy Annual Award & 2001 the 10th International Triennale, India. She has had the following solo shows: 2001 Sweet Sweat Memories, Gallery Chemould Mumbai & The Nymph and the Adult, Sydney; 2001-02 The Nymph and the Adult at Brisbane; 2003 Made in China a collaboration with Chintan Upadhyay Mumbai & 2004 Underneath at Gallery Chemould Mumbai. She has participated in several group shows: 1997 4th International Print Biennial Bhopal; 1998 Group show at Prithvi Art Gallery Mumbai; 2000 Memos for the New Millennium from Artists of a Moulting World at Birla Academy of Art and Culture Mumbai; an Audiovisual Installation at Fine Art Company Mumbai; Art and Technology a collaborative work with Chintan Upadhyay, Ideas and Images II, NGMA Mumbai; Mumbai Metaphor Tao Art Gallery Mumbai; Secret life of Objects Lakeeren Art Gallery Mumbai; 2001 10th International Triennale India at New Delhi; Exchanging Territories Shridharni Art Gallery Delhi; 10th International Triennale India at NGMA Mumbai; 2002 Brahma to Bapu Icons & Symbols in Indian Art at India Habitat Centre Delhi; Trans-figuration, Art Inc, Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, Delhi; 2003 Crossing Generations:40 years of Gallery Chemould; Portraits of a Decade Cima Art Gallery; Loco-foco-motto, V.M.Gallery Karachi; Parthenogenesis Sydney; The Tree from the Seed Oslo. Has been a resident artist in 2001 at Art Space Sydney & 2003 Vasl International Artists Residency Karachi. Has participated in numerous projects in Baroda, Mumbai, New Delhi, Mysore & Karachi. She lives and works in Mumbai.