Brijeshwari Kumari Gohil has a BA Joint Honours degree in Archaeology and History of Art from the University of Nottingham, U.K. an MA in Heritage Management and Conservation from Durham University, U.K. and is presently pursuing her Phd from Durham University (Remote). She has worked as a researcher for Durham UNESCO Chair in Lumbini, Nepal, prior to which, she worked at CSMVS Mumbai in the art conservation department.
She also runs a brand called Bhavnagar Heritage, which works with rural women artisans on local hand embroidery and beadwork as well as designs textile prints inspired by the cultural and natural heritage. The brand also focuses on documenting old embroideries and reviving them with the help of rural artisan clusters. Over two years ago she started the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage Chapter (INTACH) in Bhavnagar and is presently the Convenor for the same. As part of INTACH she is restoring and redesigning an old museum, which houses ancient textiles and local craft objects as well as planning a crowdfunding initiative in April 2024 to restore a historic library in the city.
Brijeshwari is also a curator for the Mumbai based auction house Prinseps, which acquired the Estate of Bhanu Athaiya, India’s first oscar winner. As part of this she curated an exhibition on Bhanu Athaiya’s legacy in January 2023 at Bikaner House, New Delhi and in Goa in December 2023. An exhibition co-curated by her on the Bengal artist Gobardhan Ash opened at the Kolkata Centre for Creativity in March 2024. She is also writing for The Week (digital) where she has a column called ‘Art-mosphere.’
In the past she has also worked for five years with the Piramal Art Foundation, being instrumental in setting up the Piramal Museum of Art. Here she worked on managing and curating exhibitions.
