Shireen Gandhy was born into a family of prominent art gallerist parents, Kekoo and Khorshed Gandhy who started Gallery Chemould in 1963. Having been brought up in the company of art and artists, her life has been surrounded with conversations, paintings and dialogues around art. Having taken over the mantel of the gallery almost 30 years ago, Shireen has launched several artists who are now prominent around the world – nurturing and creating a platform for them. Prominent among these are, Jitish Kallat, LN Tallur, Atul and Anju Dodiya among others. She has also worked with museums helping in production of work, acquisitions, working with organisational arenas of well-known biennales and exhibitions around the world.