Awdhesh Tamrakar (b. 1989, Shahgarh, Madhya Pradesh) is a visual artist working primarily in sculpture, installation, and interdisciplinary forms. He lives and works between Hyderabad and Baroda. Tamrakar completed his BFA and MFA in Sculpture from the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University of Baroda in 2013 and 2015. Deeply informed by material experimentation, spatial memory, and socio-cultural transitions, his practice often reflects on displacement, infrastructure, and the everyday lived experience of semi-urban India.

Tamrakar’s solo exhibitions include  “D?r-dar?z,” at Shrine Empire, New Delhi (2022); Muted Mathaar, supported by the Raza Foundation at Triveni Art Gallery, New Delhi (2021); and Unfastened Association, supported by SCZCC at Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda (2016). His work has been presented in major platforms such as the Indian Ceramics Triennale (2024), India Art Fair (2023–24), Delhi Contemporary Art Week (2022–24), and ART Mumbai (2023). He has also participated in projects including Thinking Matters (Space Studio, Baroda), Five Million Incidents with Raqs Media Collective and Goethe-Institut, and interdisciplinary collaborations with institutions like TIFR Hyderabad.

Tamrakar was awarded the PAIR (Prameya Artist in Residency) 2025 by Prameya Art Foundation in collaboration with Cité Internationale des Arts & Institut Français, Paris. His accolades include a Gold Medal in Sculpture from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda (2015), Chinmoy Pramanik Memorial Award (2015), and the Emerging Master Award from Sarjan Art Gallery, Baroda (2014).

He currently serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Fine Arts at the S.N. School of Arts and Communication, University of Hyderabad.