Born in 1959, Nathdwara, Rajasthan, Lalit was familiar with art from his childhood, as he helped his father and grandfather on Pichwais style of painting. 

Lalit inherited his artistic streak from his father and master of miniature painting, Ghanshyam Sharma and completed a Master’s Degree in Drawing and Painting from the University of Udaipur.

Architecture, buildings and palaces of Rajasthan, the city of Udaipur with its lakes and streets, surrounded by hills and trees, make recurring appearance in Lalit’s work, besides imagery inspired by the scriptures. 

Rooted in the miniature tradition, he combines sensibility of a modernist with subtle variation in forms. His canvases are larger and his medium ranging from watercolour and oil to tempera; while his compositions suggest multiple perspectives.

His work has featured in numerous exhibitions held at Cardiff and London in the UK, in the Netherlands, and Japan; and in India at Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Delhi, Udaipur, Chandigarh, Pune, and Chennai amongst others.

He has received many awards AIFACS Award, Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi Award – thrice, “Gold Medal” by Tulika Kalakar Parishad, Udaipur, Silver Medal by Kalankan Exhibition by Tilak Smarak, Pune etc. 

His works are in many public and private collections Rajasthan Lalit kala akademi, Taj group of hotels Bombay, Art council of Wales, UK; Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, Germany France and many other countries.

He held many shows at various place such as New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Mumbai.