Vijay was born in Goa, India and has been living in Canada since Apr 2017, He moved to Port Coquitlam in Sep 2020 and has been member for AFAA since Aug 2023. He started his journey with watercolor, then moved on to acrylic and oil paintings with help of some online lessons and in person lesson with artists from India. Besides painting in his spare time, he loves woodworking and makes frames for his own paintings.