Prafull B. Sawant was born in 1979 at Nasik, India . He has long been considered one of the foremost Realistic artists in the world. He is a highly sought after around the world for his demonstrations, international workshops, lectures and exhibits. He is frequently invited for Plain Air workshops, to jury international competitions and prestigious Invitational exhibitions and events such as "3ème Festival International de peinture de plein air sur grand format", Paris ,France ( 2019, 2020 ), "Moscow International Watercolor Festival" , Russia (2017), "Artlife Fest-2018 and 2019 " in Moscow ,Russia, "5th Lushan International Watercolor Festival" in China (2014), "Qingdao Art Museum" in China (2014), "Festival De International Aqurela" in Peru (2019) Fabriano In Aquarello,Italy ( 2016, 2018,2019 ) and more.


He has 15 solo and more than 80 international Exhibition by invitation on his Credit. He Won 45 Awards and Scholarships in National and State Levels.


Has won 44 International awards from across the world for his watercolor, oil and acrylic paintings. He was the first and the only artist from India to win the 148th International Exhibition of American Watercolor Society award held in New York (2015). His awards include: First Award at "10th Festival De L Aquarelle" in Aiguillon ,France (Oct 2017),First Award for Oil painting in " Artistic Excellence International Painting Competition by Southwest Art Magazine" in Colorado, USA (2011), "Palm Art Award-Leipzig" from Germany (2011,2014), 1st award USD 4000 at International Watercolor Society's Homer Love n Peace International Watercolor Festival On location International Watercolor Competition at Bornowa, Turkey In addition to international credits.
He is Brand Ambassador of Daniel Smith Artist materials, USA .,Recently Daniel smith Published Master artist watercolor set under his name as "Daniel Smith Prafull Sawant Master Artist Watercolor Set"in Oct .2019.,

He is Only Indian Artist to invited as Honorable Member of IMWA -International Masters of Watercolor Alliance (Registered in Sweden