Subrat Kumar Behera was born in Odisha. He completed his Bachelor in Fine Arts (BFA) in Printmaking from B.K College of Art and Crafts, Utkal University of Culture Bhubaneswar Odisha in 2008 and later did a Post diploma in Printmaking from the Faculty of Fine Arts, M S University, Baroda in 2013. He has been the recipient of many awards like Gujarat State Lalit Kala award in 2012 (in the student category) as well as in 2013. He was awarded the National Young Artist Scholarship by the Ministry of Culture in 2010 for his outstanding performance in printmaking.

He has attended art camps like the regional printmaking camp organised by Lalit Kala Academy BBSR in 2013 and the Vice-Versa, National Student Printmaking Camp conducted by Walter D’Souza at Goa in 2012. He has also participated in various state level art camps between 2006 and 2008.

Behera has been a part of many group art shows and important projects like the, “Curatorial Enquiry,Act 1” curated by Rajat Gajjar and Satyajit Dave at Site Art Space ,Baroda, 2019, “Bhubaneswar art trail (BAT) 2018, curated by Jagannath Panda and Premjish Acharia in Bhubaneswar, “The Five Story Teller” curated by Satyajit Dave at The Guild Art Gallery, Alibaug in 2018, and others.

He is the founder of LITHOLEKHA studio which promotes printmaking nationwide.