Swapan Kumar Saha was born in 1963 in Nadia. He completed his formal education in Masters of Visual Arts (M.V.A.) in Painting & B. Ed. from Rabindra Bharati University in Kolkata. He has participated in all major exhibitions across India such as in Kolkata, New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Gauhati, Nepal, Bangladesh, Germany and even Canada. This includes more than 150 group exhibitions and 4 solo exhibitions!

Swapan is the proud recipient of the Research Grand Award by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi in 1993-94. His collections are currently with the National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi, Lalit Kala Akademi in New Delhi, Birla Academy of Art & Culture in Kolkata & Mumbai, Sarala Art Gallery in Chennai, The Gallery in Chennai, Art Quest in Mumbai, Vision Art Gallery, Taj Place in New Delhi, Siddharta Art Gallery in Nepal, Arte Antics in Canada and with Coal India (Government of India).