Née en 1946 à Karachi (Pakistan). Elle vit et travaille à Bombay.
1964-69
diplômée de la Sir Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy Scool of Art, Bombay
1964-67
participe à la communauté artistique du Bhulabhai Memorial Institute, Bombay
1970-72
bourse du gouvernement français pour venir travailler à Paris
1984-89
Art Fellowship, gouvernement indien
Expositions personnelles (sélection)
2010
Splitting the Other, Rétrospective 1992-2009, Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Suisse
2009
Cassandra, Galerie Lelong, Paris
2008
Listening to the shades, Arario Gallery, New York
2007
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
2006
Living in Alicetime, Sakshi Gallery, Bombay
et Rabindra Bhavan New Dehli
2005-06
Exposing the Source : the Paintings of Nalini Malini.
A retrospective exhibition Peabody Essex Museum,
Salem, Etats-Unis
2004
Stories Retold, Bose Pacia, New York
2002
Hamletmachine, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
2000
The Sacred & The Profan, Sakshi Gallery, Bombay
1999
Remembering Toba Tek Singh, Prince of Wales Museum, Bombay
1997
The Job / Medea, Max Mueller Bhavan, Bombay
1992
City of Desires, Gallery Chemould, Bombay
Expositions collectives (sélection)
2008
Emotional Drawing, Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Prospect 1 Biennale, La Nouvelle Orléans
India Moderna, IVAM, Valencia, Espagne
Indian Highway, Serpentine Gallery, Londres et Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo
Revolutions-Forms that Turn, Biennale de Sydney
Video Shortlist, Passage de Retz, Paris
2007
Frame Grid Cell, Bodhi Art, Bombay
Think with the Senses, Fell with the Mind - Art in the Present Tense, 52e Biennale de Venise
Urban Manners, Hangar Biocca, Milan
New Narratives-Contemporary Art from India, Chicago Cultural Centre
2006
Cinema of Prayoga, Tate Modern, Londres
Local Stories, Modern Art, Oxford, Grande Bretagne
2005
T1 - The Pantagruel Syndrome, Castello di Rivoli
Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Turin
51e Biennale de Venise