Gurcharan Singh

Gurcharan Singh was born in 1949. He studied at the College of Arts & Crafts, Chandigarh. He has held solo exhibitions in major art galleries in Chandigarh, New Delhi, Mumbai, Paris and Canada. One of our most outstanding figurative painters, he paints ordinary folk, men women, children and dogs on a vast scale. His works are on display at the Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi, National Gallery of Art, New Delhi and India House, Paris.

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2012 - 'Twilight Tales', The Viewing Room, Mumbai
2008 - Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1989, 86 - Gallery 7, Mumbai

Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 - 'Black is Beautiful', India Fine Art, Mumbai
2009 - 'Sacred and Secular', India Fine Art, Mumbai
2008 - 'Moscow to Mumbai', Eugene Gallery, Seoul Participations
1988 - Festival of Contemporary Art at Covent Garden, London
1986 - Participated in International Biennales in Tokyo, Soviet Union, Cleveland and the Seoul Contemporary Art Show

Honours and Awards
1976 - National Award