Prabhakar Kolte was born in 1946 and received his diploma from the Sir J.J.School of Art in 1968. Between 1972 and 1994, he taught at the School of Art. He has had several solo shows and participated in important group exhibitions like “Art-Mosaic – celebrations of Calcutta’s Tercentenary, Calcutta and Mumbai, 1990.”Wounds’ CIMA Gallery, Calcutta, 1993; ‘Parallel Perceptions’ Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, 1993 and 94 and ‘Bombay – A Tribute To The City’ organised by RPG Enterpeises, Mumbai, 1995. Kolte has also exhibited at ‘Six Indian Painters’ curated by Geeta Kapur at Totograd, Yugoslavia, Ankara and Istanbul, 1985, ‘Three Artists’ Hong Kong, 1995 and Galerie Foundation for Indian Artists, Amsterdam, 1996. Kolte lives and works in Mumbai.