Sheila was born in 1962 in New Delhi She received her Bachelor’s as well as her Master’s from the College of Arts, New Delhi In 1993, she studied in Japan at Kanazawa Bijutsu Kogei Daigaku Each of Makhijani’s works creates its own world, as conscious and as vivid as the one beyond its edges, playfully alluring the viewer into an exploration of the relationship among line, colour, and space Her works have been on view in exhibitions at Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Australia; Kuntsthal Rotterdam, Netherlands; Gemeentemuseum, Arnhem, Netherlands; MoMa, New York and at National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India She has participated in a number of workshops and art festivals, including the Khoj International Artists Workshop in 1998 and 2001 and the 7th Asia Pacific Triennial in 2012 She lives and works in New Delhi