Anand Prakash was born in 1981 and completed his art education in MFA, RMT from University of Gwalior 2013 BFA University of Allahabad 2006 IGD Government of Maharashtra 1995&BA University of Allahabad 2001. He has been awarded Jagdish Swaminathan Award, MP State Rupankar Kala Parishad, Bhopal, 2018; 52nd NEA National Academy Award by Lalit Kala Akademi, Ministry of Culture, Delhi, 2010; 9th Northern Region Art Exhibition Camlin Award, Delhi; 23rd All India Art Contest SCZCC, Nagpur, 2009; 79th All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society Painting, 2007; State Lalit Kala Akademi Lucknow & Honorable mention in Anuual Exhibition of Visual Art Department, University of Allahabad, 2006; Youth Festival Award G Din Dayal Upadhyay University, Gorakhpur, 2005. His Fellowships include: Visual Art Junior Artist Fellowship HRD Govternment of India 2009-10. Anand has mounted several Solo Shows: Antahkaran, at Triveni Kala Sangam, Delhi, 2014; Amurt Ki Anant Yatra-2, ICCR, Bhopal, 2012; Amurt Ki Anant Yatra, Triveni Kala Sangam Delhi, 2011. Group Shows: 2018, Heavenly Handmade, Mitra, IIID Showcase 2018, Bhopal; 2017 Rococo Art Gallery, Edapal Malappuram Kochi; 2015, 2 Summer shows Art Heritage at Delhi; Roof Top Art Gallery, Bhopal; 2013, Parallel Reality, Cafe Palette Art Studio, Indore; Shimeesha Art show at Faculty of Fine Art Gallery, MS University, Baroda; Together Swaraj Bhavan Art Gallery, Bhopal; Deconstructions shows Art Heritage, Delhi; 2012, Balance at Faculty of Fine Art Gallery, MS University, Baroda; Black & White 2 Summer shows, Art Heritage, Delhi; 2011, Shimeesha Art show, Trends of Contemporary Indian Art, Ravindra Bhavan, Bhopal; Myriad Visions at Museum Art Gallery, Mumbai; Fantasy to Ecstacy to Eternity, Jehangir Art Gallery Mumbai; All India National Awardee Exhibition, Lalit Kala Akademi Regional Center, Bhubaneswar by LKA, New Delhi; India Amalgamated, Nitaai Gauras Art Gallery, Thane; 2010, India International Art Fair, Delhi; Seven Day Marathon Arts Exhibition, Youth Eye Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai; 2009, Grass Currents, Art Heritage New Delhi; Intersection, Studio 21, Kolkata; 2008, Contemporary Art Fair, Habiart Foundation, Kolkata; Rangayan Art Gallery, Bhopal; Bharat Bhawan, Bhopal; Gallery Beyond Mumbai; Palette Art Gallery, Jodhpur; Gallery 48, Bhopal; 2007, Genesis Art Gallery, Kolkata; Habiart Foundation, Delhi; Mystic Art Gallery, Delhi; LKA, Chennai; 2005, Bharat Bhawan, Bhopal, 2004; Prayas Exbition, NCZCC Allahabad; Nirala Art Gallery, University of Allahabad. Anand has Participations like: 2013, 13th All India Art Exhibition, State LKA, Lucknow; 2012, Paint For Justice, NIJH World Society Display, AIFACS Delhi; 2012, Asian Students &Young Artists Art Festival, South Korea; 2010, All India Art Exhibition State LKA Lucknow; 2nd All India Art Competition; 2010, Art Mall, Delhi; 2009, 75th Annual All India Art Exhibition, Amritsar; 2007, 79th Annual All India Art Exhibition AIFACS, Delhi; 2006, Rangon main manviy sarokar, Nirala Art Gallery; Delegacy Univ of Allahabad, State LKA, Lucknow; 26th State LKA, Lucknow; Dhoomimal Art Gallery, Delhi; 2005, 3rd All India Photography exhibition, State LKA Lucknow; Dhoomimal Art Gallery, Delhi; Project Conceptual Design, Abstract Background, Two Artist, Urjja Power Corporation Uttar Pradesh, NTPC. Camps: 2019, Vividh Kumbh, NTPC, Prayagraj; 2018, International Art Symposium, At Parivartan, Bihar; 2016, Art Beyond Boundaries, Tellusart, Sweden and Indo European Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Madhya Pradesh Tribal Museum, Bhopal; 2013, Allahabad by Vasudhaiva, Kutumbakam; 2012, Uttaryan, Uttarayan Art Centre, Vadodara; 2011, All India Painting & Sculpture Competiton, Kala Gram, Chandigarh, NCZCC; 2011, National Painting Camp Bolgatty Palace, Kochi, LKA, Delhi; 2007, Ray Foundation Camp, Delhi.