Pratap Manna India, b. 1992

Pratap Manna (b. 1992, Kolkata, West Bengal, India) completed his BFA and MFA, Painting, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, 2016. His works have been exhibited in several group shows in India and abroad at Ganges Art Gallery, Kolkata, Art Incept, Delhi, 2024, Emergent Art Space, Canada, 2023, St. Petersburg State Academy of Arts, Russia, 2021, Gallery Espace and Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Delhi, 2019. Additionally, he is also the recipient of awards from the Dooars Annual Art Exhibition, 2022, West Bengal State Akademi, 2018, Charukala Puraskar, West Bengal Government, 2018 and Academy of Fine Arts, 2016. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor at Sister Nivedita University, Kolkata. 

Pratap's work is inspired by the environment and the world around himself. The imagery that he creates is largely drawn from his everyday life experiences and is painted in such a way that it feels like a nostalgic trip down memory lane. The human mind registers images in a complex, multi- layered manner through our daily encounters, and his art seeks to capture this intricate process by adopting a multi-layered approach to its creation. 

Pratap Manna lives and works in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.