Deepak Kumar (b. 1993, Hajipur, Bihar, India) completed his BFA, 2015 and MFA, 2017 in Painting, College of Art, New Delhi.

His work has been exhibited in several group and solo shows across India including at Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi, 2016, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, 2017, Chandigarh Lalit Kala, 2017, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata, 2020, Gallery 78, Hyderabad, 2020, Terrain.art, New Delhi, 2021, and MASH India at IIC, New Delhi, 2022. Deepak has been awarded the Lalit Kala Akademi National award in Painting, 2023 by the Government of India. Additionally, he has been the recipient of the AIFACS Award, 2016, 1st runner up Glenfiddich emerging artist, 2017, and Prafulla State Award, Bihar, 2019.

Deepak aims to highlight the contrast between development in Delhi and his hamlet in (Bihar) through his art. He also examines the negative repercussions of unchecked urbanisation on ecosystems. Through his practice of creating structures using various materials like wood, steel, iron and cement, Deepak draws inspiration from abandoned locations engulfed by nature. Through his art, he investigates the possibility of coexistence.

Deepak Kumar lives and works in Kaladham Society, Delhi NCR, India.