Anupam Sud is widely regarded as one of India’s most significant printmakers, celebrated for her deep contributions to the development of printmaking in the country. Her art, rich in psychological depth and anatomical precision, often reflects a deep engagement with the human condition, its strength, complexity, and vulnerability.

Born in 1944 in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, Sud was introduced early to the aesthetics of form, inspired by her father's passion for bodybuilding. This early exposure finds echoes in her art, where the human figure, often rendered with sculptural strength, becomes a central motif. Her creative influences are as eclectic as they are rich: classical music, theatre, detective fiction, and the emotionally charged works of Somnath Hore, with whom she shared a close personal and artistic relationship.

Sud studied at the College of Art in New Delhi, where she was mentored by the visionary printmaker Jagmohan Chopra. In 1967, she became the youngest member of Group 8, a collective of experimental printmakers led by Chopra. Her pursuit of artistic excellence later took her to the Slade School of Fine Art, London, in 1971, where she studied advanced printmaking techniques on a British Council grant. From 1977 to 2003, she returned to her alma mater as a teacher, shaping generations of Indian artists.

Over the years, Anupam Sud’s work has been exhibited extensively in India and abroad, in New Delhi, Mumbai, Dhaka, New York, Washington D.C., Tokyo, and Seoul. She has participated in prestigious platforms such as the International Print Biennale and Triennale, earning both national and international recognition. Her works are held in some of the most respected public and private collections, including the Victoria and Albert Museum (London), the William Benton Museum of Art (Connecticut), the Worcester Art Museum and Peabody Essex Museum (Massachusetts), the Jehangir Nicholson Foundation (Mumbai), the National Gallery of Modern Art (New Delhi), and the Fukuoka Museum and Glenbarra Art Museum (Japan).

Now based in New Delhi, Anupam Sud continues to work from her serene studio in Mandi village. Quietly powerful and unrelentingly honest, her work speaks of inner worlds—of solitude, resilience, and the enduring presence of the self within a larger social landscape.