Tapas Ghosal is an Indian artist who was born in 1965 in Hooghly, West Bengal. He completed his Graduation in painting from Govt. College of Art & Craft, Kolkata at 1989 (First Class) and Post Graduation in Painting from Benaras Hindu University, Varanasi at 1992(First class). He made his first Solo Exhibition in 1993 at The Centre Art Gallery, Kolkata. He has also vividly participated in a number of solo and group shows. He has been Awarded the Jamini Roy Birth Centenary Award, in 1987 at Kolkata and Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary award, in 1988 New Delhi.