born in 1965, Kolkata He completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting in 1989 and Master of Fine Arts in Painting in 1991 both from M. S. University, Baroda.

He was awarded the Elizabeth Greenshield scholarship in 1991 and the Sanskriti Award in 2000. Anandajit was nominated for the Sotheby’s award.

He had solo exhibitions in Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai (1993 & 2002) and Bangalore(1994), Eicher Gallery, New Delhi (1995), ‘Syrup’, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai (1998),’S.M.T.W.T.F.S.’ Nazar, Baroda (1999) Gallery Espace, New Delhi (2002), Gallery ’88, Kolkata (2002) and ‘4 the future11’, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai (2004), "Inflate", Aicon New York (2009) , "Tight Underwear" Pundole Art Gallery Mumbai (2011).

His group participations include ‘View From the Edge’, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai (1995), ‘Private languages’, curated by Ranjit Hoskote, Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai (1997), Bangladesh Biennal, Dhaka (1997), a joint show with Debnath Basu, Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai (2001), ‘In Conversation’ curated by Gayatri Sinha, Gallery Espace, New Delhi (2001), New Indian Art -Home, Street, Bazar museum’ curated by Gulam Sheikh & Dr. Jyotindra Jain, Manchester Art gallery, Manchester (2002), Kapital & Karma’, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna (2002), Fine Art resource, Berlin (2002) and ‘Kaam’, Artsindia, New York (2006), Two person show with Dilip Ranade at Pundole Art Gallery Mumbai (2006).

Anandajit Ray controlled formats recall diverse genres, from the miniature tradition to the comic strip. He laboriously creates this hybrid form which ultimately project on areas of adolescence: avenues of escape from a potentially dreary reality; desires materialized through the popular media.

Ray simultaneously explores the mundane, phantasmal, the ridiculous and the horrific. The seduction and intimacy offered by these themes, Far from being repelled, Ray is actually seduced by these themes' intimacy. Ray calls himself a 'surface painter', subscribing to a position absent of judgment. Incidents of illogical violence scattered over the surface of a painting therefore metamorphose into decorative detailing, finding complete acceptance in our minds.

He lives and works in Baroda.