Ranjit Sidhu

Ranjit Sidhu



About The Artist


1958-1967: Ranjit is credited with five decades of a long array of accreditations as an art educator, painter, sculptor, adman, juror and art critic. His academic career spans over nine years of extensive programs in all disciplines of visual arts at two universities. The wide spectrum of his plunges into science, humanities, literature, psychology, metaphysics, theology and ethics have proliferated his perceptions of life quite impressively mirrored in the current body of his work. Commissions/ Awards/ Expos: 1960-1975: Public Art Projects and Pavilions at Int’l. Trade Fairs on turnkey basis. 1962: Won a National Contest to create eight huge Sculptural Wall Panels based on themes: Devotion to Duty, Work is worship, Dignity of Labor – Ministry of Defense, India. 1973-2000: Harrison Locks Delhi, India: Mobile Expos, Displays and Murals. 1975: Won INDIASTAR’75 - the highest National Award for Excellence in Packaging; launched Admen India ad agency: Its Creative Art Director and Chief Copywriter. 1984-1994: Exhibited his works at Admen Gallery, Delhi. 1994 - 2002: Travelled to Europe and America with his Paintings. 2002- Present: Immigrated to Canada, worked on Paintings in New Media. For a longtime, he’s been affiliated to many art institutions, juries and art forums. His works are in private and public collections all over the world. The empirical life traverses his sub-consciousness only to reincarnate into a Neo Art Form which challenges the past conventions of art with its own idiom and soul. These sensuously profound indulgences manifest into good aesthetics and amplify the human experience of even beyond into the far edge of the universe as serialized in his paintings on Cosmos, Ubiquitous and Aliens. His forms are bold, dynamic and captivating and, the colors transmit an out-of-this-world impact mesmerizing viewers’ hearts and minds. These are integrated with the imagery which penetrates and awakens the perceptions of our own lives in parallel to other species of nature. Most Recent Exhibitions: Southampton/ UK: (Solo Show) 2006 Todmorden Gallery/ SAC – Toronto/ (Juried Art Show) 2006 Artrom, Rome/ ITALY: (Int’l Juried Art Shows): 4 times/ 2006-2007 John B. Aird Gallery -- Toronto/ (Juried Print Show) 2007 Red Head Gallery – Toronto (Nuit Blanche) 2007 SAC -- Toronto/ (Solo Show) 2007 SAC -- Toronto/ (The Fall Collection) 2007 Agincourt – Toronto/ (Solo Show) 2008 Propeller Gallery – (Juried Show) Digits 2008 Red Head Gallery – Toronto/ 2009 SAC -- Toronto (Juried Art Show) 2009 OSA --Toronto (135th Annual Open Juried Exhibition) 2009 Screen Projection Shows in UK & India (2009/ 2010) Juror: ‘TOP TEN’ Int’l Painting Competition, Artrom Gallery, Rome/ ITALY 2007 Most Recent Collectors: Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Airlines/ UK Ramona & Mohit/ USA Marina/ UK Mount Sinai Hospital Foundation/ Toronto Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre/ Toronto H.H. Princess: Martha Louise/ Norway Dr. Francisco S. Portugal MD URL: http://108.see.me/atp2013 www.artflares.com Email: rsidhu@artflares.com