Santanu Debnath, born in 1995 in Betpukur, a village in West Bengal, completed his BFA and MFA in Painting from the Rabindra Bharati University and Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata, respectively. He has participated in several group shows, 100 Yuva Sumbhava, Raza Foundation, Delhi, 2022; IMAGINARIUM, Emami Art, Kolkata, 2021, GCAC Annual Exhibition, 2019-2021, KCC Art Fair 2019; West Bengal State Academy, Kolkata, 2018-19; ICAD Annual Exhibition, Kolkata, 2015-2018; Institute de Chandannagar, Hooghly, 2017; among others. He was featured on an online solo show, The Simple Life at Emami Art, Kolkata, 2020 and After Cities Fall at Nippon Gallery, Mumbai, 2020. He won the Gita Das Award at the GCAC Annual Exhibition in 2019 and a Certificate of Merit at the West Bengal State Academy Annual Exhibition, 2018-19. He received the prestigious Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin Scholarship, 2020-2021.
He received the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant 2024. Debnath recently concluded a three-month Monsoon Residency at Space Studio Baroda. In 2024, he participated in the group exhibition There Are Tides in the Body at Emami Art.
Santanu Debnath lives and works in Betpukur and Kolkata.