Anish Kapoor is a pioneer of contemporary British sculpture widely acclaimed for his groundbreaking, immersive works exploring existential themes of the void, objecthood, and the limits of artistic materials. Born in Mumbai, India, Kapoor relocated to London in the 1970s to study art, going on to attend the prestigious Chelsea School of Art and the Wolverhampton Polytechnic. His early experimentation with brightly pigmented sculptural forms made from simple materials laid the foundation for his pursuit of the sublime through manipulations of pure color, form, scale, and perception. Kapoor shot to fame in the 1980s with his striking powder-coated steel sculptures featuring vibrant, saturated hues and hollow interiors—objects that appeared at once seductive and forbidding. Subsequent site-specific installations like the Baroque, undulant "Taratantara" (1999) pushed the boundless sculptural form into entirely new realms of experience. His iconic series of mirrored spherical sculptures and concave circular discs, with their warped, infinite reflections, are among Kapoor's most recognizable works blurring the lines between matter and nothingness. Even more transcendent are his continually evolving explorations into pure uninhibited pigment, geological formations, and the sublime depths of the void. Kapoor has garnered numerous accolades including representing Britain at the Venice Biennale in 1990 and receiving the esteemed Praemium Imperiale. Major projects include the stunningly immersive installation "Dismemberment, Site I" (2009) and the permanent installation of his gargantuan, endlessly intriguing "Cloud Gate" sculpture in Chicago's Millennium Park. With a mix of pure materiality, illusion, and conceptual depth, Kapoor's radical innovations continually redefine the sculptural experience in provocative, profound ways.