Promiti Hossain, born in Bangladesh in 1991, is a Bangladeshi artist with a multicultural background, shaped by both Dhaka and Santiniketan, India, where her family also resides. She studied painting at Kalabhavana, the Fine Arts Department at Visva-Bharati University in Santiniketan, from 2010 to 2016. After graduating, Promiti continued her creative journey in Santiniketan, steadily building a name for herself in the art world. 

Her work has been featured in numerous national and international exhibitions. In 2020, she was one of twelve emerging artists selected for the Samdani Art Award exhibition *Seismic Movement* at the Dhaka Art Summit, curated by Philippe Pirotte. For her collaborative project, *personal and social*, she received the jury’s special mention award, a first for the Samdani Art Award, presented by renowned jurors Adrian Villar Rojas, Julie Mehretu, Eungie Joo, and Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev. 

In 2022, she was further recognized with the Prince Claus Seed Award, one of only 100 recipients from across Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, Eastern Europe, and Africa, which celebrates promising talent making an impact in their communities.