Arvind was born and trained in India. He is an architect by profession and came to Canada on a Commonwealth Scholarship in 1966 for a Master's Degree in Urban Design. He has been a Canadian citizen for the last 55 years. He attended Banff School of Fine Arts in Alberta where he studied Watercolour and Oil Painting. He conducted Pen & Ink sketching classes at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto for four years in the Seventies. Arvind was awarded an Honourable Mention in the Canadian Fine Arts Competition in 1993.

Arvind held Wildlife oil painting exhibitions at:

• School of Architecture, University of Toronto, in 1966
• O'Keefe Centre, Toronto, Art by Architects, in 1992
• Ontario Association of Architects, in 1993

Publications

Arvind has seven books to his credit:
Book 1: For the love of SIMPLE LINEWORK (1994, ISBN 0-919952-37-2) This work explores the potential of a simple tool - the pen - for sketching. It investigates the charm of the basic medium, a freehand line. With each page, the author unfolds the drama and potential of line-work and shows how the art of sketching can be developed by anyone for creation and recreation. Price $14.95 USD plus postage. For your copy, contact the artist. This book has been selected as a standard text-book by the Ministry of Education in the Provinces of Ontario and British Columbia in Canada

Book 2: For the love of WATER COLOUR (1995, ISBN 0-919952-35-6) This work offers a unique approach to watercolour rendering based on the Dry Technique. Through description and illustrations, the author systematically unfolds the process of rendering a building with a candid and informative style. Price $29.95 USD plus postage. For your copy, contact the artist.

The author's latest work advents into a new form of creativity in the field of visual arts. It explores the domain of visual images to be viewed both ways, straight and upside down! Held upside down, the same image changes to a new one, with a different meaning.

Book 3: "DVAICHITRYA” is a collection of sixty such images, with poems in Marathi language. (2007, ISBN NO 81-7434-377-6) For your copy contact Rajhans Prakashan, Pune, India (Price Rs. 200 per copy) Or the artist in Canada (Price $20.00 USD plus postage per copy)

Book 4: “CHITRA-VAICHITRYA” (Marathi) (Collection of 60 upside down images tagged with poetry) Dattsons Publishers, Nagpur (Hard cover - 2018) - https://www.amazon.in/dp/8171921604

Book 5: “UPSIDE DOWNSIDE UP” (English) – (Collection of 60 upside down images) Dattsons Publishers, Nagpur (2019) - https://www.amazon.in/dp/B07NT16BWF

Book 6: “DOUBLE DELIGHT” (English) – (Collection of 30 ambiguous images) Dattsons Publishers, Nagpur – (2020) – https://www.amazon.in/dp/8171921841

Book 7: “THE LION AND HIS ROYAL COURT” (English) Dattsons Publishers, Nagpur (2021) – “Children’s book” https://www.amazon.in/dp/8171922074

"Arvind has created a feature film (60 min) titled as, ‘VILOMA...discovery in duality” based on his own art-form. It is a pictorial representation of the Indian philosophy of transmigration of the soul. The film has won several International awards. He has created a new short film titled, “Kuntal Kala” (10 min 35 sec.) that illustrates practical application of this magical art to interior design and advertising in today’s world."