Born in Bhubaneshwar, Orissa, Jagannath Panda completed his Bachelor's degree in sculpture at the B. K. College of Arts and Crafts there in 1991, and his Master's degree in the same at the Faculty of Fine Arts, M. S. University, Baroda in 1994. He served as a visiting researcher at the Fukuoka University of Education, Fukuoka, Japan, in 1997, and also completed another master's degree in fine sculpture from the Royal College of Art, London, 2002.

The visual imagery of Jagannath Panda's work is deceptively simple: it comprises of linear drawing and a rendered form or two, which seem to float on the surface. His drawings are very realistic, yet he does not offer the viewer a reference to the subject's existence, or rather he does not ...