Born in Nanpur, Odisha, Prafulla Mohanti is often associated with the Neo-Tantric Art movement that emerged alongside modernism in India in the 1960s. He graduated with a degree in architecture from Sir J J School of Arts and moved to London, where he was working as an architect-planner. In 1970 he quit his job and fully devoted himself to art. His paintings have typically featured vivid concentric rings packed with colours that convey light, evoking the Tantric mandalas and yantras that surround glowing deities. They also make people think of the Bindu, a tiny dot that stands in for the huge, expanding Cosmos. The circle is another symbol that has meaning in many facets of life. The combination of colours and precise forms, though, varies enough that no two paintings are alike. The artist describes his work 'My painting is rooted in my village culture, which is influenced by yoga and tantra.' Prafulla Mohanti's paintings have been shown all over England, Europe, India, the United States, and Japan. Some of his solo exhibitions include Shunya, Dhoomimal Art Centre, New Delhi (2014); Changing Village, changing life: an exhibition of Paintings by Prafulla Mohanti, Royal Festival Hall, London (1990); Prafulla Mohanti, Horizon Gallery, London (1989); Solo Exhibition, Chemould Gallery, Mumbai (1970); Solo Exhibition, Wakefield City Art Gallery (1964).