Born in Patna in 1964, Neeraj completed his education at the Delhi School of Art. He earned both a Bachelor’s and Masters degree and has been feted by the Government for his significant contribution to art.

Neeraj received the Bharat Bhavan Award at the Second Biennial of Contemporary Indian Art in the year 1988. The Lalit Kala Research Grant Fellowship was also awarded to him in the same year. Besides these Goswami has been in great demand as a muralist and a portrait painter.

Now many important camps and shows later Neeraj finds himself in the forefront of Indian contemporary art and his works grace many a collection both in India and abroad.

Education
Master of Arts (Painting), Delhi College of Arts, New Delhi
Bachelor of Arts (Painting), Delhi College of Arts, New Delhi
 
Exhibition
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2007
‘Golden Orb’, AICON Gallery, New York
2006
‘Mystics and Angels’, Jehangir Art Gallery, Art Musings, Mumbai
2003
Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
2001
Art Musings, Mumbai
1998
Gallery Mohanjeet, Paris
1991-2002
10 Solo Shows, Gallerie Ganesha, New Delhi

Selected Group Exhibitions
2005
‘Harvest’, Rampart Row, Mumbai
Sarjan Art Gallery, Baroda
2004
‘Shadanga’, organized by Gallerie Ganesha, India habitat Centre, New Delhi
2003
‘Contemporary Indian Artists’, India Habitat Centre, Palette Gallery, New Delhi, Gandhara Gallery, Kolkata
‘Indian Old and Contemporary Paintings’, Aryan Art Gallery, New Delhi
2002
‘Nayika’, organized by Gallery Ganesha, Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi
‘Young India’, Aryan Art Gallery, New Delhi
‘Navarasa’, organized by VHAI, India Habitat Centre, Apparao Gallery, New Delhi
2001
‘Return to Eden’, Art Musings, Mumbai
‘Contemporary Indian Art’, organized by Gallery Art Motif, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
Gallery Mohanjeet, Paris
2000
‘The Millennium Masks’, Dhoomimal Art Centre, New Delhi
1990
American Centre, New Delhi
 
Awards
2004
‘Artist in Focus’, Harmony Show, Mumbai
1998
Bharat Bhavan Award, 2nd Biennial of Contemporary Indian Art, New Delhi
Lalit kala Research Grant Fellowship