Born in West Bengal in 1962, Chandra Bhattacharjee from the Indian College of Art and Draughtsmanship in 1986 and received Gold Medal from Rabindra Bharati University in the same year. He has held 11 Solo shows of his work to date, 4 each in Kolkata and New Delhi, two in Bangalore and one in Chennai. He has also been a part of a two person show that toured Bangalore, Singapore and Mumbai. He has participated in more than 60 group shows across India and abroad, and his work has been included in XI Triennale, India 10^th Harmony Show, Mumbai, Indian Contemporary  art, UK, Lalit  Kala Akademi, New Delhi, Water Colour show, Kolkata, A Journey Mumbai, New Paradigms-II, New Delhi during the last few years. He lives and works in Kolkata.