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Pheroza Jamshyd Godrej (née Shroff; born 1948, in Mumbai) is an Indian art historian, artist, and curator, best known for founding the Cymroza Art Gallery in Mumbai, in 1971. A graduate of the University of Mumbai, she sits on the advisory boards of the National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai and the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts. A scholar of Zoroastrian studies, she is a member of the Godrej family, as the wife of industrialist Jamshyd Godrej.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Selected works[edit | edit source]

  • Godrej, Pheroza; Rohatgi, Pauline (1989). Scenic splendours: India through the printed image (1 ed.). London: British Library. ISBN 9780712301596.
  • Godrej, Pheroza (1995). Under the Indian sun: British landscape artists. Bombay: Marg Publ. ISBN 978-8185026299.
  • Rohatagi, Pauline; Godrej, Pheroza (1989). India, a Pageant of Prints. Marg Publications. ISBN 978-81-85026-08-4.
  • Rohatgi, Pauline; Godrej, Pheroza; Mehrotra, Rahul (1997). Bombay to Mumbai: Changing Perspectives. Marg Publications. ISBN 978-81-85026-37-4.
  • Godrej, Pheroza; Mistree, Firoza Punthakey (2002). A Zoroastrian Tapestry: Art, Religion & Culture. Mapin Pub. ISBN 978-1-890206-22-2.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Pheroza Godrej". SOAS. University of London. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  2. "Pheroza Godrej". Zasha. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  3. Ayaz, Shaikh (8 October 2021). "Pheroza J Godrej: Mumbai's Gallerist". Open The Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  4. D’Souza, Ornella (26 April 2016). "Pheroza Godrej: Mumbai's art queen". Parsi Khabar. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  5. Italia, Shernaz (12 May 2016). "Threads of Continuity: Exhibitions on Parsi Life and Culture". The Wire. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  6. Pundir, Pallavi (31 March 2016). "Such a Long Journey: Contribution of Zoroastrians and Parsis to world culture". The Indian Express. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  7. Kumar, Surya Praphulla (9 September 2021). "50 years of Pheroza Godrej's Cymroza is celebrated by all, even other galleries". The Hindu. Retrieved 16 April 2025.