Born in 1936 in Jamalpur, now part of Bangladesh, Ganesh Haloi is a celebrated Kolkata-based visual artist. “After the Partition of India in 1947, his family relocated to Kolkata in 1950, a shift that deeply influenced his artistic journey. 

Initially recognized for his pure landscapes, Haloi later transitioned toward more introspective "inners capes," characterized by abstract forms. His work—marked by meticulous craftsmanship—often reflects a subdued strength, drawing from personal memories, loss, and displacement. “Everything begins in pain,” he once remarked, a sentiment that echoes through his art. Haloi is renowned for his finely rendered nature-scapes on rice paper, where motifs such as trees, houses, and urban settings are imbued with layered symbolism. Alongside his artistic practice, he has made significant contributions as an author and curator. His literary work earned him the **Manoj Mohan Basu Smarak Samman** for his autobiography *Amar Katha*.

 Ganesh Haloi’s work has been featured in several prominent exhibitions, such as Form and Play (Kolkata and New York), Documenta 14 (Athens and Kassel), Poetics of Abstraction (Kolkata, 2018), Art: His works have been featured in several significant exhibitions, including *Bengal Now* (Delhi, 2020) and *The Architectonics of Form* (Akar Prakar, 2022), among many others.