Paramjit Singh was born in1935 in Amritsar, Punjab. He has a diploma in Fine Art from Delhi Polytechnic, New Delhi, in 1953-58 and Printmaking from Atelier Nord, Norway in 1973.

His awards include: Sahitya Parishad Sanman (1970) from Sahitya Kala Parishad, New Delhi; National Award (1970), Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.

His important solo exhibitions include: Beauty & Loss: A Landscape Diary (2010), Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi; Solo show (2005), Sakshi Art Gallery, Mumbai; Solo show (1996), City Art Centre, Hong Kong, organized by Gallery Maya; Solo show (1989), Gallery Kilian, Celle, West Germany; Solo show (1973), Kunster Forbundent, Oslo, Norway.

His important group exhibitions include: Brahma to Bapu: Icons and Symbols in Indian Art (2002), Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata and Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi; Chamatkara: Myth and Magic in Indian Art (1996), Whitley's Art Gallery, London, organized by Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata; Indian Encounters (1993), London, New York and Dubai; Trends in Romanticism (1968), Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.

His international participations include: Transition'(2013-14), 20th Anniversary Show, Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata; Art Biennale (1996), Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal; Art Biennale (1994), Cairo, Egypt; Festival of India (1987), Russia; Art Biennale (1986), Ankara, Turkey; XV Tokyo Biennale (1984), Japan; Silver Jubilee Exhibition in Miniature Format (1980), Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.

The artist lives and works in New Delhi.

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Paramjit Singh
by Paramjit Singh

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Paramjit Singh

by Keshav Malik

The first that I remember of Paramjit’s works was years ago at Silpi Chakra. The works were in a corner. I have not forgotten this detail. It only goes to show that the compositions had left an impress upon my mind, though I neither knew the painter nor the group which had arranged this collective exhibition.

Paramjit Singh

by Krishna Chaitanya

If the essence of expressionism lies in the plastic modulation of naturalistic form according to the disctates of an inner vision, and the similar deviation from the colours found in nature in favour of a spectrum where their vibrations symbolise the tensions of the psyche, Paramjit Singh is an expressionist.

Paramjit Singh recent works 2001-2002

by A Ramachandran

In the early sixties, I first encountered a painting by Paramjit in a not so well-lit Delhi Shilpi Chakra group show - a deserted park of grey green, a lonely garden bench silhouetted against it on a gloomy winter day. Later when I became his colleague in Jamia Milia University, I had the opportunity

Paramjit Singh

Paramjit Singh

Paramjit Singh

Paramjit Singh recent works 2001-2002

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