Eminent Artist and writer Ramakanta Samantaray has studied painting and Odia Literature and Language (Ph.d) from Bibhuti Kanungo Collage of Art and craft, Bhubaneswar, and Utkal University, respectively. His doctoral work was a meditation on contemporary theatre in Odia. With this combination of literature, language and the visual arts he has been constantly working to create hybrid narratives. Apart from being a painter, he has also published fifteen books. He has written and published articles on art, artist and monographs in Odia. He is a recipient of many awards for his short stories and novels. He has also received the Senior Research Fellowship, Ministry of Culture, Government of India, Junior Research Fellowship from UGC, New Delhi, Travel Grant from Sahitya Academi, New Delhi. He has participated in many national level artist camps, conclaves and seminars. He is researching on art and art history of Odisha in available archival material and actively involved in alternative art education. Participated several solo and group shows in major gallery of New Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. The Artist presently lives and works in Bhubaneswar.