Born in New Delhi, Arpana Caur graduated in literature from Delhi University. She has exhibited widely all over the world and is included in national collections in India and abroad.

Important exhibitions include a showing of Asian art in the Hiroshima Museum in Japan, following which she was commissioned by the museum to execute a painting for their permanent collection. She has won numerous awards for her work in India and overseas. Arpana Caur lives and works in Delhi.

Education
Self taught artist
 
Exhibition
Bose Pacia Modern, New York, 1999
Foundation for Indian Artists Galarie, Amsterdam, 1998
Foundation for Indian Artists Galarie, Amsterdam, 1998
Fine Arts Resources, Berlin, 1998
Arks Gallery, London, 1997
Sakshi Gallery, Bombay, 1996, and Bangalore, 1996
Rabindra Bhavan Gallery, Delhi, 1993
Cymroza Gallery, Bombay, 1985,89,94,98,
National Museum, Copenhagen ,1984
Ethnographic Museum, Stockholm, 1984
Chapter Gallery, Cardiff, 1982
City Hall Gallery, Ottawa, 1981
 
Collections
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.
Chandigarh Museum, Chandigarh.
Ethnografic Museum, Stockholm.
Bradford Museum, Bradford.
Glenbarra Art Museum, Hemeji.
Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Hiroshima Museum of Modern Art, Hiroshima.
Singapore Museum of Modern Art, Singapore.
Deutche Bank, Mumbai and Chandigarh.
Rockefeller collection, New York.
Kapany Collection, San Francisco.
Mohinder Tak Collection, Washington.
Peter and Erica Mueller collection, Munich.
Jehangir Nicholson Collection, Mumbai.
Pheroza Godrej Collection, Mumbai.
 
Awards
1984
AIFACS Award, New Delhi. 1985 Received research grant for painting in Garhi Studio, from Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
Commendation Certificate, Algiers Biennale.
1986
Gold Medal for painting, 6th Triennale India, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
1989
Eminent Artist, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.