Graduated with specialization in painting, he later extended himself to sculpture, photography and video installations. He is also a recipient of the K.K. Hebbar Foundation Scholarship and Bombay Art Society Award, 1996 and Maharashtra State Art Prize 1995. Komu was a participant in the 52nd Venice Biennale 2007 curated by Robert Storr. His other prominent museum shows include Paris-Delhi-Bombay, Centre Pompidou, Paris, Crossroads India Escalate at Prague.