KAHINI ARTE MERCHANT was born in 1960 at New Delhi, finished her schooling in India and England. Studied art at Sir J.J.School of Arts in Mumbai (1st Class first) in 1979. Has held several solo shows: 1988 "Evening" Taj Art Gallery, 1991 Passages, 1994 The Fractured Dream & 1998 An Inverted Memory & Altered Images at Jehangir Art Gallery Mumbai. 2001 - Metamorphosis at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai. She had participated in numerous group shows: 1992 Bombay Art Society Show; 1995 Jehangir Art Gallery, Y.B. Chavan Gallery; "Show of premier Artists" (Citibank), 1996-Nehru Centre; "Harmony?" (Reliance Industries Ltd.), Y.B. Chavan Gallery; "Show of Premier Artists" (Citibank), 1997- Chitrakala Parishad (Bangalore); "Art for Ashraya", Nehru Centre; "Harmony:" (Reliance Industries Ltd.), & NGMA (Mumbai); "50 Years of Art in Mumbai Part-II", 1998- Nehru Centre; "Harmony." (Reliance Industries Ltd.), Y.B. Chavan Gallery; "Art Quest for CRY", Hongkong Bank; "Windows to the Soul", followed by Auction conducted by Sotheby's in Aid of the National Association for the Blind (India), Apparao Galleries (Singapore), 1999- NGMA (Mumbai); followed by auction for Kargil Children's Fund (with ABN Amro Bank & the Rotary' Club), Sans Tache Gallery; "Miniature Format Show; 2000 - Intex Universal (Dubai), Art Today (Dubai); Dubai Shopping Festival, Nehru Centre; "Harmony" (Reliance Industries Ltd.), Sans Tache Art Gallery?; "Monsoon in the Millennium", Kala Ghoda Festival; 2001-Soul Kurry.com online exhibition curated by Anjolie Ela Menon.; "Shakti", Studio 51 J; "Wish you were here"-Picture Postcards from Mumbai, Nehru Centre; "Harmony" (Reliance Industries Ltd.), NGMA (Mumbai); The RPG Collection - Self Portraits and & Bombay Artists, NGMA (Mumbai) AGRFES- Art for Gujarat Relief. Her murals are on show at Gaylord Restaurant, Mumbai. Kahini lives and works in Mumbai.