| Kalidas Karmakar | |
| Birth Date: | 10 January 1946 |
| Birth Place: | Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
| Training: | Government College of Art & Craft |
| Field: | printmaking, painting |
Kalidas Karmakar (10 January 1946 – 18 October 2019) was a Bangladeshi artist.[1] He specialized in viscosity printing. He was awarded Shilpakala Padak (2016) and the Ekushey Padak (2018)[2] by the Government of Bangladesh for his contribution to fine arts.
Karmakar completed a two-year pre-degree course at Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Dhaka. In 1969, he later graduated from Government College of Art & Craft in Kolkata.[3] His first ever-major solo exhibition was held at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Gallery in August 1976. He worked with the English painter Stanley William Hayter.[4]
He died on 18 October 2019 at the age of 73.[5]