Indrapramit Roy was born in 1964 to a family steeped in the arts: his father was associated with Bohuroopi, one of the premier theatre groups and mother was a sitar player. He studied print making at the Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan and painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts, M S University, Baroda. He was also awarded the Inlaks Scholarship to study MA Painting at the Royal College of Art, London, which also included a term each at Cite des Arts, Paris and Hochschule der Kunst, Berlin on Erasmus exchange grant.

He then lived at the Cholamandal Artist’s Village for two years and it was through his wife, that he met Geetha Wolf of Tara Books. Discussions followed about the dearth of quality books for children and illustrations, which led to Roy trying his hand and illustrations using warli techniques. His paintings are a repository of memories, aspirations, dreams and desires’ expressing a whole range of associative or opposing meanings.