Prabhakar Barwe (16 March 1936 – 6 December 1995) was a pioneer of Modern Indian painting.

He was active in Mumbai, India from the 1959 until his death on 6 December 1995.

Influenced by the esoteric tradition of Tantric painting,[1] Barwe along with G. R. Santosh, P. T. Reddy, K.C.S.

Paniker, Biren De, Om Prakash, K. V. Haridasan, Prafulla Mohanti and Mahirwan Mamtani was considered part of the modernist movement Neo-Tantra.

Gallery Chemould presents an exhibition of paintings and water colours by Prabhakar Barwe: 25 February to 14 March 1992.