Subodh Kerkar is an Indian painter, sculptor and installation artist, and founder of the private art gallery Museum of Goa.

Following this, he ran a hospital and private practice for a few years in Calangute, until he quit and decided to become an artist.

[10] During Goa's first IFFI in 2004, Kerkar was chosen to set up 500 metres of installations along Miramar beach.

[10] He has since displayed his work on Goan beaches, and also in countries like Switzerland, South Korea, Macau, the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Portugal and Australia.

[citation needed] In 2015, he sold his art gallery and founded a new one, called Museum of Goa.

[5] In 2019, six of his sculptures were installed at the Himalayan Garden and Sculpture Park, Grewelthorpe, North Yorkshire, England, including The Ocean Comes to Yorkshire (pictured)[27] Kerkar delivers lectures in India and abroad, such as Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum[7] and University College London.

Organizations such as the Sanatan Sanstha called for protests, while others like the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti and the Shri Samarth Ramdas Seva Bhakti Mandal chose to file a police complaint under Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code, for hurting religious sentiments.

[34] In 2013, he faced allegations of corruption by Manohar Parrikar, to win a contract for a sculpture for a government body.