Abir Karmakar was born in 1977 in Siliguri, and attained a B.V.A. in Painting at the Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata and an M.A. in Painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Baroda. Besides his solo exhibitions in Mumbai and New Delhi, he has also exhibited internationally, in group exhibitions such as at the gallery weekend at the Baumwollspinnerei Factory Complex in Leipzig; Aicon Gallery, London, 2007, Interiors and Galerie Heike Curtze, Berlin, 2006.