Tapan Kumar Das has done his B.V.A. (Dept. of Modelling & Sculpture) from Govt. College of Art & Craft, Kolkata in 1988. He has participated in a number of exhibitions like Birla Academy Annual in 1993 to 1999, Joint Exhibition at Academy of Fine Arts in 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007 at Kolkata, Exhibition of Art of Bengal on the occasion of Biswa Banga Sammelan Millennium Festival in 1999 ? 2000, 44th National Exhibition of Art in 2001 ? 2002, AIFACS State Level Exhibition at Kolkata in 2002, Young Faces 2003 at Birla Academy, Kolkata, Joint Exhibition at Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi in 2003, A Group Exhibition at Academy of Fine Arts at Kolkata in 2005, Open Air Sculpture Exhibition at Calcutta Information Centre in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, Participated in ?Glimpses of Modern Sculptures of Bengal? at Aakriti Art Gallery at Kolkata in 2007, Participated in the Exhibition of Gallery Upstairs in 2008, Participated in the Exhibition of Sculpture at Stainless Gallery, New Delhi in 2008, Joint Exhibition at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai in 2008. He has won a number of awards like Govt. Art College Annual Exhibition 1987 ? 1988, 53rd & 56th Annual Exhibition of the Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata in 1988 ? 1989 & 1990 ? 1991, Certificate of Merit from Indian Society of Oriental Art in 1990, West Bengal State Academy in 1991, Paschim Benga Rajya Charukala Pradarshani in 1990 ? 1991. His works are in collection with Authority of South Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjavor & Private Collections.