Amit Ambalal, born in Ahmedabad in 1943, has had no formal training in an art school, but has had the guidance of the veteran artist and teacher Chhaganlal Jadhav. Qualified in Arts, Commerce and Law, he has been a businessman prior to taking up painting full-time since 1979. Ambalal held the first solo exhibition of his work at the Hutlheesing Visual Arts Centre, Ahmedabad in 1980, and has had, fourteen, solo shows in Ahmedabad Baroda, Bombay, Calcutta and New Delhi since then. His work has also been represented in several group exhibitions in India and abroad, including the Sixth Triennale - India, 1986, and the Bharat Bhavan Biennale, 1990. His work has also been shown in Amsterdam, Harvard and Perth. His book on the subject, Krishna as Shrinathji - Rajasthani Paintings from Nathdwara was published by Mapin in 1987, followed in 1989 by an exhibition of Nathdwara paintings from his collection organized by the CMC Gallery, New Delhi.