Lalu Prasad Shaw was born in 1937 in Bengal. He earned a Diploma in Painting from the Government College of Arts and Crafts in Kolkata in 1959. Since 1956, he has showcased his work extensively in India and internationally. Some of his most recent solo exhibitions include "Musings" in Mumbai in 2007 and 2011, "The Myriad Minded Artist" at Gallery Sanskriti in Kolkata in 2008, "Painting" at the Centre for International Modern Art (CIMA) in Kolkata in 1995, and "Looking In" at Galerie 88 in Kolkata in 2011. He also presented "Graceful Silence" and "Sepia Notes" at the Ar Art Gallery in Jaipur.