Partha Pratim Deb was born in 1943 in Sylhet District, now in Bangladesh. In 1948, soon after the Partition, his family migrated to Agartala, Tripura, where he received private training in painting from renowned artist Shailesh Chandra Deb Barma, a disciple of Nandalal Bose. Deb later studied fine arts at Kala Bhavana, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, and MS University, Baroda. Between 1972 and 2005, he taught painting at Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, and served as the Dean of the Faculty of Visual Arts, RBU from 1998 to 2003.
Deb has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions, including Play-Forms: Recent Works by Partha Pratim Deb, Emami Art, Kolkata (2025); Gestures, Emami Art Gallery, Kolkata (2020); Aicon Gallery, New York (2006); Play for Joy of Seeing, Aakriti Art Gallery, Kolkata (2006); Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata (1997); and Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata (1974, 1976, 1978).
His work has also been showcased in various duo and group exhibitions, such as Leela, Aakriti Art Gallery, Kolkata (2009), Indian Surrealism, Diversified Fantasy, Endangered Earth, Aakriti Art Gallery, Kolkata (2008); Glimpses of Contemporary Bengal Art, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata (2006); Folk in Modern, Aakriti Art Gallery, Kolkata (2006); Lines, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata (2005); New Wave in Bengal Art, Akar Prakar, Kolkata (2005); Contemporary Art Exhibition, Chitrakoot Art Gallery, Kolkata (2002); and Art of Bengal, CIMA, Kolkata (2000), among others. His works were presented by Emami Art, Kolkata at Art Mumbai 2025 and India Art Fair EDI+IONS Hyderabad 2025.
A member of Painter's Orchestra, an artists' group in Kolkata, Partha Pratim Deb lives and works in Kolkata.
