Manmita Ray (b. 1996), a visual artist from Guwahati, Assam, completed her undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the Department of Painting at Kala Bhavana, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan between 2017 and 2023.
Her works have been part of several group exhibitions including Edition 7 of Abhivyakti – The City Arts Project, an initiative by UNM Foundation, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad (2025); 100 Years of Kala Bhavana, Lalit Kala Akademi, Kolkata (2023); the Kala Bhavana BFA Final Display, Santiniketan (2023); and the Kala Bhavana BFA Final Display, online (2021). Her works have been presented by Emami Art, Kolkata at India Art Fair, New Delhi (2026).
She has participated in multiple artist residency programmes including Monsoon Residency and Open Studio, Space Studio, Vadodara (2025) and IMAGINARIUM 3.0 - Residency and Open Studio, Emami Art, Kolkata (2024) under EA Locus in Focus – a long-term project conceptualised to support artists specifically from the Eastern and Northeastern regions of India.
Manmita Ray lives and works in Vadodara, India.
