Nupur Kundu specialized in Fine Arts from the College of Arts, New Delhi and did her Masters from Lucknow University, India. She has been exhibiting her abstract works for more than 25 years now. She is also professionally trained in Indian Classical Dance (Kathak).
She has been featured in India Today Magazine's 30th Anniversary Issue amongst 30 young successful achievers. Nupur has recently been awarded the 7th Edition of Sarojini Naidu International Award in the field of Visual Arts by ICMEI, The Asian Academy of Arts and The International Women’s Film Forum, 2023.
Nupur has been awarded the Raja Ravi Varma Samman Samaroh ‘Chitranjali’ award in the Field of Visual Arts in 2022. She has been conferred by World University of Design as the Critic’s Choice Award-2021. She was chosen for the ‘Distinguished Alumni Award 2019’ from her Alma Mater Springdales School, Delhi. Nupur is a recipient of the Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award for Fine Arts, 2008. She received the Junior Fellowship, Ministry of Culture, Government of India, 2011 – 2013.Recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Excellence Award for the Best Contemporary Artist of the Year, 2014. Honoured with Indian Council for UN Relations Award in the field of Fine Arts, 2015.
Nupur has also worked closely with special children by conducting workshops. She has held Multi Media workshops for the British Council of India; IFFCO; Tihar Jail, PHD Chamber of Commerce New Delhi. She has also judged various Art Competitions – For the Times of India, (NIE); For Hindustan Times (PACE); At the Rashtrapati Bhawan for school children; YMCA; AAI (Airport Authority of India), Jindal Steel and All India Camlin Art Competition. She is a board Member on DPS School Sirsa, Board Member of the Women and Child Development Committee of the PHD Chamber of Commerce. She has had a number of Solo and Group Exhibitions since 1996.
The Artist works and lives in New Delhi.