Born in Junagadh, Gujarat, in 1942, Vrindavan Solanki completed his Diploma in Painting and Post Diploma in Graphics at M.S. University, Baroda, in 1980 and 1982, respectively. He was a visiting faculty at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad (1982-87) and member of the Lalit Kala Academy (1987-90). Solanki portrays the men and women of Gujarat paying great attention to the elaborate traditional attires donned by the figures and omitting the details of their faces which give his works a striking and surreal quality. He has had his works displayed in several solo and group shows in India and abroad, including Mumbai, Calcutta, Mauritius, Hong Kong, and New York. The artist lives and works in Ahmedabad.