Born in Maharashtra, in 1968, Sunil Padwal received his Bachelor's Degree in Fine Art from the sir J. J. Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai. He has had several exhibitions of his works at the Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, in Hong Kong (1996,1997,2000,2001) and at the National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai in 1999 and New Delhi in 2000. Padwal lives and works in Mumbai.