KULWINDER SINGH
Village P.O. Mehlan Chowk
Tehsil: Sunam
District: Sangrur, Punjab, India - 148001
Phone: +91 86992 44474
Email: kulwindersaggu07@gmail.com
AWARDS AND ACHIVEMENTS
Honorable Mentioned Award in 10th Portrait International Juried Competition, organized by Teravarna Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Honored by Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts in collaboration with Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., for selected work “Mother (Creator, Maintainer and Destroyer)” in the exhibition “India@2047”, IGNCA Galleries, New Delhi, 17 September 2023.
AIFACS Cash Award in 11th All India Portrait Exhibition, organized by All India Fine Arts and Craft Society (AIFACS), New Delhi, 10 March 2023.
Silver Medal Award in State Art Exhibition “Freedom Fighters of Punjab”, organized by Desh Bhagat University, Mandi Gobindgarh, Punjab, 21 October 2022.
Consolation Prize in Painting Competition “Har Ghar Tiranga”, organized by NZCC at Kalagram, Manimajra, Chandigarh, 2022.
Work selected in SFUMATO International Online Art Exhibition, organized by Arte Astetica and curated by Arihant Jain, 2020.
Work selected in Vasundhara – The Mother Earth Online International Art Exhibition, organized by Himpasth in collaboration with Sanskar Bharti, 2020.
Third Award in Annual Art Exhibition, Govt. College of Art, 2019.
Second Award in On-the-Spot Painting Competition “Architectural Beauty of Chandigarh”, organized by Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi in collaboration with M.N. Sharma Architectural Society, Chandigarh, 26 March 2019.
Roll of Honour by Govt. College of Art, Chandigarh, for participation in Republic Day Celebration, New Delhi, 2019.
First Award in Annual Art Exhibition, Govt. College of Art, 2018.
Sobha Singh Memorial Award for overall work, 4th Year, Govt. College of Art, Chandigarh, 2018.
Prafulla City Award (Sangrur) in Kalanand Art Competition, organized by Prafulla Art Foundation, 2017.
Third Prize in Sketching Competition on the birth of Le Corbusier, Govt. College of Architecture, Sector 12, Chandigarh, 2017.
First Award in Annual Art Exhibition, Govt. College of Art, 2017.
First Award in Annual Art Exhibition, Govt. College of Art, 2016.
State Award in Annual Art Exhibition, Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi, 2016.
First Award in On-the-Spot Painting Competition, Randhawa Utsav, 2016.
Second Award in Painting Competition on 48th Anniversary of the Museum, 2016.
State Award in Annual Art Exhibition, Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi, 2015.
First Award in Annual Art Exhibition, Govt. College of Art, 2015.
Consolation (State) Award in Annual Art Exhibition, Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi, 2014.
Consolation Award in International Painting Competition, organized by Charu Castle Foundation, Shimla.
Second Award in Painting Competition at National Integration Meet, Hyderabad, 2013.
SCHOLARSHIP/GRANT
Scholarship for Academic Excellence in Masters of Fine Arts for the academic session 2019-2020, awarded by Panjab University Alumni Association, 2024.
Awarded Scholarship to Young Artist in the field of Painting by Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT), under the aegis of Ministry of Culture, Government of India, 2019–2021.
Awarded National Travel Grant to visit Serendipity Art Festival, Goa, by Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi, 2020.
Awarded Scholarship (2018–2019) under CLKA Scholarship Scheme for the Support and Promotion of Young and Upcoming Artists (between the ages of 20 to 30).
GROUP SHOWS
Group Show and Folk Festival by DAAR Society at Punjab Kala Bhawan and Tagore Theatre, 2024.
Group Show in 13th Rose Festival, organized by Department of Art History and Visual Arts, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 2024.
Group Show in 2nd Art and Cultural Fest, organized by Infosys Foundation and Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bengaluru, 16–22 October 2023, at Bhavan Vidyalaya, Chandigarh.
Group Show and Cultural Evening by DAAR Society at Punjab Kala Bhawan and Tagore Theatre, 25–28 August 2023.
Art Exhibition “Young and Senior Artists of Tricity”, organized by Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi in collaboration with Society for Development of Films and Arts, 15–24 November 2022.
Group Show and Cultural Evening by DAAR Society at Punjab Kala Bhawan, 29–31 May 2022.
Group Show of CLKA Scholarship Winners (2018–2020), organized by Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi at Govt. Museum and Art Gallery, Sector 10C, Chandigarh, 18–23 February 2022.
Group Show “Young Tricity Artists” in 15th TFT Winter National Theatre Festival at Bal Bhawan, 29 January – 27 February 2020.
Participated in the exhibition “Adieu 19” and Punjabi Folk Dance Evening by DAAR Club at All India Fine Art Academy, Amritsar, 2020.
Group Show of Chandigarh Artists [Senior and Upcoming] in collaboration with Bharat Bhawan, Bhopal, 2019.
DAAR Group of Artists organized Art Exhibition and Cultural Evening at Punjab Kala Bhawan, 8 January 2019.
“The Creators” 18th Annual Art Exhibition at Govt. Museum and Art Gallery, Sector 10C, Chandigarh, 2017.
Group Exhibition dedicated to Mother of “WE” Group (A Group of Indian Contemporary Women Artists, Chandigarh) at Govt. Museum and Art Gallery, Sector 10C, Chandigarh, May 2017.
Group Show of Chandigarh Artists [Senior and Upcoming] at Rabindra Bhawan, Firoz Shah Road, Mandi House, New Delhi, 2016.
PARICIPATION / EXHIBITIONS
Participated and presented a research paper in 9th Chandigarh Social Science Congress (CHASSCONG-2023).
Selected work in All India Art Exhibition, organized by Himachal State Museum, 2024.
Attended/participated in National Seminar on “Archaeology and Archives of Cultural Heritage”, organized by Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology, November 2023.
Participated in Annual Art Exhibition, Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi, March 2023, at Punjab Kala Bhawan, Chandigarh.
Participated in Annual Art Exhibition “Kala Punjab”, organized by Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi, September 2022, at Punjab Kala Bhawan Chandigarh.
Selected work in 87th All India Exhibition of Arts at Art Gallery, M.M. Malviya Road, Amritsar, organized by Indian Academy of Fine Arts, Amritsar, 2022.
Participated in Annual Art Exhibition, Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi, 2022, at Punjab Kala Bhawan, Chandigarh.
Selected work in 8th State Exhibition, organized by Indian Academy of Fine Arts, Amritsar, 2021.
Participated in the online exhibition “Colors of Independence: 75 Years of Art”, organized by Bombay Art Society, 15 August 2021.
Selected work in 128th Annual Art Exhibition of Bombay Art Society at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 2020.
Selected work in Annual Art Exhibition, Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi, 2020.
Selected work in All India Art Exhibition, organized by Himachal State Museum, 2020.
Selected work in 85th All India Exhibition of Arts, held by Indian Academy of Fine Arts, Amritsar, October 2019.
Selected work in 127th Annual Art Exhibition of Bombay Art Society at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 2019.
Participated in Annual Art Exhibition, Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi, 2019, at Punjab Kala Bhawan, Chandigarh.
Participated in FINEXT Award and National Exhibition of Mini-Artwork, 2017, at Pritamlal Dua Auditorium, M.G. Road, Indore, 2017.
Selected work in 83rd All India Exhibition of Arts, held by Indian Academy of Fine Arts, Amritsar, 2017.
Participated in Annual Art Exhibition, Govt. College of Art, 2015, 2016, and 2017.
Participated in National Level Socio-Cultural Fest, Chitkara University, 2015.
Participated in Punjab Lalit Kala Exhibition, 2014 and 2015.
Participated in 81st All India Art Exhibition, organized by Indian Academy of Fine Arts, Amritsar, in collaboration with Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi, 2015.
Participated in All India Art Exhibition at Himachal State Museum, Shimla, 2015.
Participated in Chandigarh Carnival, 2014 and 2015.
Participated in Youth Festival (Folk Dance), 2014 and 2015.
Participated in 20th National Youth Festival, Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
Participated in National Level Cultural Fest Algorithm at Chitkara University, 2014.
WORKSHOPS / CAMPS
One day live painting event in Shri Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha Utsav organised by Sanskar Bharti Himachal Pradesh on 22nd Jan, 2024 at Giety Theatre, Shimla.
Participated in one day workshop on Museum and Heritage Management held at Govt. Museum and Art Gallery, Sec. 10 C, Chandigarh organised by Department of Art History and Visual Arts, Panjab University, Chandigarh March 2023.
Participated in painting workshop organized during the Contemporary Art Festival by Infosys Foundation and Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan Bengaluru on 10th and 11th December 2022 at Bhawan Vidyalay Chandigarh.
National level art camp organized by J.P International School Rohtak from 19 to 20 May, 2023.
Participated in “Painters Camp” at Kalidas Auditorium, Virsa Vihar Kendra, near Bhasha Bhawan, Sheranwala Gate Patiala from July 21 to 25, 2022 by North Zone Culture Centre Patiala (NZCC).
Participated in painting workshop organized by SGPC, Amritsar from 12 July to 17 July, 2022 on Guru Ka Bagh Morcha and Gurudwara Shri Panja Sahib.
Participated in virtual online national art camp organized by Lalit Kala Akademi Delhi from 19 April to 23 April, 2022.
Participated in “Kala Kumbh” organized by National Gallery of Modern Art, Ministry of Culture in collaboration with Chitkara University, Punjab from 25 Dec, 2021 to 2 Jan, 2022.
Participated in an international online art camp and exhibition from 1st June to 5th June 2020 organized by Art Coterie and Prachin Kala Kendra.
Attended art workshop organized by Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi at CUF’20 Chandigarh Urban Festival 2020.
Participated in painting workshop organized by NZCC at Khajjiar, Chamba, 2019.
Attended painting and printmaking workshop organized by Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi at Open Hand Art Studio, Le Corbusier Centre, Chandigarh, 2019.
Participated in art workshop on the occasion of 550th birthday anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji organized by Punjab Lalit Kala Academy, 2019.
Participated in one day drawing workshop held on 9th September 2017 at Govt. College of Art, Sec. 10C, Chandigarh by Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi.
Attended "Lo Phir Basant Aai" painting workshop held on 6th February 2017 at Rotary House, Chandigarh.
Participated in workshop on women empowerment through art at Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Chandigarh, 2016.
Participated in basic portraiture workshop organized in Juhu, Mumbai, 2016.
Attended painting workshop at National Cultural Fest organized by Chandigarh University, Mohali, 2016.
Participated in art workshop “The Song of Spring” at Elante Mall, Chandigarh, organized by Kadamb Art Foundation, February 2015.
JUDGEMENTS
Invited as Judge for the competition ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha - 2024’ at KV2 Chandimandir on 23 January 2024.
Invited as Judge for the competition ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha - 2023’ at KV2 Chandimandir on 23 January 2023.
Invited as Judge for the ICSE International Art Competition 2023 organized by Strawberry Fields High School on 10 May 2023.
DEMONSTRATIONS
Conducted a one-day portrait demonstration at S.M.H.S (S.C.V) Government College, Mohali, Punjab, organized by the Post-Graduate Department of Fine Arts on 23 September 2023.
Delivered a portrait demonstration during the Art and Cultural Evening organized by ‘DAAR’ Society at Punjab Kala Bhawan in August 2023.
COLLECTIONS
Lalit Kala Academy, Delhi
Punjab Lalit Kala Academy
Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee, Amritsar
North Zone Culture Centre, Manimajra, Chandigarh
North Zone Culture Centre, Patiala
Kadamb Art Foundation, Chandigarh
Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab
Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Chandigarh
Rotary House, Sector-18, Chandigarh
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
9.6 CGPA in 10th Standard from Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Longowal, Punjab — 2012
89% in 12th Standard (Humanities) from Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Phapre Bhai Ke, Mansa, Punjab — 2014
Awarded Prime Minister National Award of Excellence in Academic Activities by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Government of India — August 2014
Certificate Award of Excellence from Abhinandan (a program honoring meritorious CBSE students), organized by Central Board of Secondary Education — August 2014
Appreciation Letter for performance in Class 12th Examination from Smriti Zubin Irani, Minister of Human Resource Development, Government of India — June 2014
Second Award in Folk Dance, National Level Competition by Ministry of Defence at Rashtriya Rangshala Camp, Delhi Cantt, during Republic Day — 2020
Third Award in Tableaux Representing Punjab State, Republic Day Celebration, New Delhi — 2019
College Colour awarded by Government College of Arts, Chandigarh, for participation in Interzonal Youth Festival 2019 held at Badal Pind, Mukatsar Sahib, Punjab
First Award in Folk Dance, Zonal Youth Festival, Chandigarh — 2018
Second Award in 60th Interzonal Youth Festival, Badal Pind — 2018
Roll of Honour, Government College of Arts, Chandigarh — 2017
Second Prize in Folk Dance, Zonal Youth Festival, Chandigarh — 2017
First Award in Folk Dance, Zonal Youth Festival, Chandigarh — 2016
Second Award in 58th Interzonal Youth Festival, Ludhiana — 2016
Third Award in Folk Dance, Zonal Youth Festival — 2015
PERSONAL DETAILS
Father’s Name: Avtar Singh
Mother’s Name: Jasvir Kaur
Date of Birth: 07 December 1995
Marital Status: Married
Correspondence Address: #1202, Sector 41B, Chandigarh – 160036
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