Ankon Mitra is a trained architect and practices as a landscape designer, sculptor/installation artist and curator. He has built an international reputation as a pioneer of the folding technique through his diverse projects. His studio’s work has been exhibited in India, Italy, France, UK, USA, Japan, the Netherlands, Brazil, Switzerland, Singapore, U.A.E, The Maldives, Malta, and China, most recently as one of the lead artists at the Indian Ocean Craft Triennial, Perth, Australia (2024), the Shanghai Paper Art Biennale (2023), and the India Pavilion of the London Design Biennale at the Somerset House (2022). In 2024, his work was felicitated at the International Paper and Fibre Arts Biennial in Haacht, Belgium. His sculptures and installations are part of public developments and private collections (outdoor as well as indoor) all over the world. He is currently engaged in public art projects at the Terminal 2 Bengaluru Airport, Terminal 2 Ahmedabad Airport and the Guwahati International Airport. A TEDx speaker and a warrior for 'making connections across disciplines' with his brainchild - ‘Oritecture - Origami + Architecture’, Mitra shares a unique vision of a universe forming and dissolving from acts of folding. His folding practice encompasses materials as diverse as metal, paper, plastics, leather, fabric, concrete, terracotta, glass, wood veneer and stone.