Neelim Mahanta

Personal life Mahanta after completing his schooling from Lakhimpur enrolled in the Guwahati College of Architecture. After three years he took admission in the Delhi College of Arts in 2013. In 2016, he dropped out from the college, losing his degree, in his third year of the four-year course.

Artistic works In an interview, Mahanta mentioned that he created his first street art back in 2012 on the wall of a grocery store, in his neighbourhood.

Moreover, in 2021 Government of Assam reached out to the Living Art group and Neelim to paint the walls of the newly constructed flyover in Dispur, which became viral in Social Media among the youngsters. Subsequently, after that he was also featured in the Music Video Silaa of Zubeen Garg.

Controversies On 27 March 2021, Mahanta along with a human rights lawyer Ebo Mili were arrested in Arunachal Pradesh for painting the boundary wall of the state secretariat. For which Zubeen Garg also shared a social media post to protest the arrest.

After a few days the duo was granted bail by a court in the Papum Pare district.