An established Indian artist, Dattatraya Apte is an accomplished painter and printmaker.

Apte trained at the University of Baroda, India and Glasgow School of Art, Scotland, as a Charles Wallace India Trust awardee. He has held several SOLO exhibitions in major Indian cities, including, New Delhi, Bombay (Mumbai) and Madras (Chennai). He has also exhibited at the Bharat Bhavan Print Biennale and Xth Triennial, in India.

Apte has also taught printmaking at various workshops in France, India, and Nepal and curated several graphic print exhibitions and published related catalogs. He has also taught at the School of Architecture at theUniversity of Baroda.