Born in 1950 in Siliguri, West Bengal, Arunima Choudhury has a Diploma in Fine Arts from the Indian College of Arts and Draftsmanship, Kolkata, in 1974 and studied Graphic Design and Mass Communication at Chitrabani, Kolkata, in 1978. She worked as a music, art, and craft teacher at Patha Bhavan, Kolkata.
Choudhury’s solo shows include The Dark Edge of Green, curated by Nancy Adajania at Emami Art, Kolkata, in 2022; Khela by Seagull Arts & Media Resource Centre, Kolkata in 2007; and Nature as I See at Emami Art, Kolkata. She has participated in several important group shows, such as Garden of Infinite Desires, Emami Art, 2023: Kolkata: Run in the Alley, curated by Praneet Soi and Manuel Klappe at Marres, Netherlands, 2022; Feminine Facets, small-format works by six eminent artists from Bengal, Emami Art, Kolkata 2021; Constellations, Emami Art, Kolkata, 2021; An exhibition of works on handmade paper with natural dye and ceramics at Weavers Studio Centre for Arts, Kolkata, 2018; Manier Art Gallery, London presented by Seagull Arts & Media Resource Centre in 2008; Birla Academy, Kolkata and Hart Gallery, Beijing, China, 2004; Artage, Kolkata, 1999; Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata, 1989; and Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, 1985. Her works have also been displayed at multiple galleries and art fairs, including India Art Fair, New Delhi, 2020 and 2022, 2024. Jointly with husband Gautam Choudhury.
Arunima Choudhury founded Bihan, a centre for visual and performing arts for young boys and girls, in 1974 and Bihan Pathsala, a play school for pre-primary children in Naihati, West Bengal, India, in 1979.
Arunima Choudhury lives and works in Kolkata.