Sakti Burman was born in 1935 in Kolkata. He graduated from the Government College of Arts and Crafts, Kolkata in 1956. He studied at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts in Paris. His works have been exhibited at the Grand Palais, Paris (1975, 1994) and the French Biennales of 1963, 1965 and 1967. His works have been shown in museums in France including the Musee de Blois, the Musee de Villeneuve-sur-Lot, the Musee Denon and the Chalon-sur-Rhone. He has lived in France for the last five decades, while maintaining strong ties with India, where he regularly exhibits his work.