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Hema Upadhyay

1972 - 2015

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Hema Upadhyay (born Hema Hirani; 18 May 1972 – 11 December 2015) was an Indian visual artist, based in Mumbai. She was known for photography and sculptural installations. She was active from 1998 until her death in 2015. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Hema Upadhyay is the 259th most popular sculptor (down from 258th in 2024), the 1,489th most popular biography from India (up from 1,614th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Indian Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Hema Upadhyay ranks 259 out of 258Before her are Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Horatio Greenough, Juan Garaizabal, Mariko Mori, Sarah Lucas, and Eric Adjetey Anang. After her are Wangechi Mutu, Mihran Hakobyan, and Enrique Cabrera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Hema Upadhyay ranks 1,268Before her are Takashi Okuhara, Namrata Shirodkar, Yukimasa Nakamura, Xeno Müller, Francesca Conti, and Stan Lazaridis. After her are Christian Keller, Hamzah Idris, Fumiko Okuno, Rossano Galtarossa, Benjamin Byron Davis, and Olga Zavyalova. Among people deceased in 2015, Hema Upadhyay ranks 594Before her are Hussein Fatal, Nate Huffman, Sean Price, Adriana Campos, Alfredo Pacheco, and Kayla Mueller. After her are Diana Sacayán, Yakub Memon, Maria Kryuchkova, Arnold Peralta, O'Neil Bell, and Milen Dobrev.

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In India

Among people born in India, Hema Upadhyay ranks 1,489 out of 1,861Before her are Namrata Shirodkar (1972), Fardeen Khan (1974), Randeep Hooda (1976), Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck (1984), Shubhanshu Shukla (1985), and Shoba (1962). After her are Satnam Singh (1995), Amrita Rao (1981), Yuvraj Singh (1981), Chetan Bhagat (1974), Pramila Jayapal (1965), and Deepa Sahi (1962).

Among SCULPTORS In India

Among sculptors born in India, Hema Upadhyay ranks 2Before her are Anish Kapoor (1954).