Born in 1980, Pradip Das holds a BVA from the Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata in 2003 and an MVA from Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata in 2005.
Das is one of the mural artists at the Island Mural Project at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2025-2026. Notable group exhibitions include PURVAI: Printmaking in Eastern India - Pedagogy to Practice curated by Dr Paula Sengupta, Emami Art, Kolkata, 2026; Material as Metaphors: A Dialogue of Art Forms, National Gallery of Modern Art, Kolkata, 2025; Dialogues Across Time, Indian Museum, Kolkata, 2025; Bengal Biennale, Kolkata, 2024; MATI: The Soil in Search of Sustainability, Chander Haat and Goethe-Institute Kolkata, 2024; Vielheit: Stories from the Post-Migrant Society curated by Jörn Schafaff, Kunst Meran Merano Arte, Italy, 2023; Past Continuous curated by Ina Puri, Art Heritage, New Delhi, 2023; Perception Unfolds, Jahangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, 2016; Changing Landscape, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, 2016; Pushing Boundaries, Bonn, Germany, 2015; Emerging Canvas, Indian Museum, Seoul, South Korea, 2013; Outward, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, 2012; Dreams and Fantasies, Galleria Blanchaert, Milan, Italy, 2011; Antar-Bahir, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, 2011; among others.
Das has exhibited in many galleries and institutions including Gallery Veda, Chennai, 2017; Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi, 2014; Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore, 2012; Exhibit 320, New Delhi, 2010; Gallery Time and Space, Bangalore, 2010; Alliance Francaise de Bangalore, Bangalore, 2008; Lalit Kala Academy, Chennai, 2008; India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, 2004; Rabindra Bhavan, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi, 2003. His works have been presented by Emami Art, Kolkata at India Art Fair 2026.
His enduring interest in memory, history, and community is also evident in his large-scale public works created for Durga Puja, Bengal’s most celebrated cultural festival – the most recent ones in Kolkata being পথের পাঁচালী ১৯৪৬ (Pather Panchali 1946) at Samaj Sebi Sangha (2025); Nabanna: Wounds, War, and Hunger at Behala Friends (2025); and Hridaypur at Naktala Udayan Sangha (2021-2023).
Pradip Das is a founding member of the Kolkata-based art collective Chander Haat and is part of the curatorial team of Bengal Biennale 2026-27. He is currently based in Kolkata.
