Bimal Kundu was born in Kolkata in 1954. He graduated from Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata in painting and sculpture and stood first class in sculpture in 1981. His sculptures are simplistic on the surface but precisely each one tells its own story. It is inspired and influenced by semi-realistic cubism. Bimal Kundu is always keen on for searching new forms and he has successfully translated leather, wood, bronze, stone, and fiberglass into individual modern forms. He has been a member of Contemporary Artists since 1989 and is also a member of the West Bengal State Charukala Parishad. Besides getting the Rajaram Scholarship from the Government of Karnataka and the Governor’s Memorial medal, H. C. Ghosh Award he has also won the National Award in 2000.