b. 1937
Lalu Prasad Shaw completed his education in fine arts at the
Government College of Arts and Crafts in Kolkata. He was a
lecturer at Visva Bharati University, Sanitniketan for more than
sixteen years. He is an elected member of Society of Contemporary
Artists, Kolkata. Shaw has exhibited extensively in India
and abroad since 1956, and his works have been a part of prestigious
international shows such as the second British Biennale
in London, 1970, two Norwegian Print Biennales in 1974 and
1978, the seventh Paris Biennale in 1971; the second Asian Art
Biennale hosted by Bangladesh in 1984; and Whiteley’s London
in 1996. He has received the National Award of Lalit Kala
Akademi, Delhi and the West Bengal State Lalit Kala Akademi
Award in 1971. The artist lives and works in Kolkata.