A r t  P o r t f o l i o

Mandeep Singh Manu

(Self-Taught Artist)

R-36, Focal Point, Near old Water Tank, Mehta Road, Amritsar-143006, Punjab, India

Contact Numbers: 09646166204

Email: manusingh203@gmail.com,

Website:  www.artmajeur.com/manusingh

Date of Birth:

Oct 6, 1981

Qualification

 B.A in History from IGNOU

 PGD.Multimedia from PTU

Awards

1. Punjab Govt. Honored me by STATE AWARD (PARMAN PATRA) during Independence day by CM PUNJAB S. Parkash Singh Badal at Ferozpur ,(15 Aug. 2010)
2. 2^nd Agnipath All India Art Competition and Exhibition in Travancore Art Galleries, Delhi (2006) 
3. 2^nd Annual Indian Royal Academy Awards –2005 at Gulbarga, Karnataka
4. 70^th All India Exhibition of Fine Art in Amritsar - 2004 
5. Vocational Award-2004 by Rotary Club Amritsar North.
6. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan Award for Excellence  in teaching at Year 2006 from

            Spring Dale Educational Society, Amritsar.

7.  Honour given By Vice-Chancellor of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar at Summer Camp at Indian Academy of Fine Art Amritsar for the Digital Art Demo 28 July 2013

Exhibitions

1. Solo exhibition held at S.G.Thakur Singh Art Gallery Amritsar, with collaboration

              of IAFA (Oct. 2003).

2. Solo exhibition held at Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar. (Dec 2003)
3. Solo exhibition held at Punjab Natshala, Amritsar. (May 2004)
4. Group exhibition “Young Call” held at Bharat Bhawan, Bhopal (Sep. 2007).
5. Group Exhibition held at Virsa Vihar Society in Amritsar 2008
6. Slide Show in Virsa Vihar Society in Amritsar 2009
7. Group Exhibition held at Virsa Vihar Society in Amritsar 2011
8. Group exhibition Dustak-II held at Gallery Artmosphere Ludhiana 2011.
9. Group exhibition held at Varnam Art Gallery in Madurai Tamil Nadu 2011.
10. Group Exhibition Art Persons (Contemporary Artists of Amritsar) held at

           Alpha One Amritsar, 2012

11. Group exhibition ARS Group held at Gallery Artmosphere Ludhiana 2013.
12. Group exhibition Excellence Explorer held at KT: Kala Amritsar 2013.
13. Group exhibition Artist’s Speak for Hyphen Art held at Punjab Kala Bhawan Chandigarh 2013.
14. Group exhibition Affection for Artsaroma held at High commission of India

The Nehru Centre in London 2013.

15. Group exhibition KALEIDOSCOPE  is a 5^th Art Exhibition of Contemporary Artists organized by SAKSHAM SPARSH ART FOUNDATION Chandigarh 2013

      International   Participations

1. International Touring Collection art exhibition in Common Ground 2008, which will be organized at Haun Tie Art Museum Beijing.
2. Participated in Visual Aid’s “Get out of Jail Free” art exhibition at the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Gallery in the San Francisco LGBT Community Center from CA April 2 – May 12, 2007.
3. Participated in 9th Tehran International Poster Biennial 2007 at Iran.
4. Art Work selected at Malaysia in MIMF 2009.
5. Participated in Wroclaw Mail Art Project 2010 Poland
6. Participated in Mail Art Project “Mournful demon is spirit of banishment (love story)” 2010 Russia
7. Participated in Mail Art Project "TIME" in Russia 2011
8. Participated in I 104 ARTISTI PROVENIENTI DA 25 NAZIONI PARTECIPANTI AL PROGETTO MAIL ART”LORENZAGO APERTA 2011”In Italy
9. Participated in Mail Art Postcard Exhibition in USA-2011
10. Participated in5th Edition of Open Doors Mail Art Exhibition in Argentina 2011
11. Participated in KAUNAS BIENNIAL TEXTILE’11 satellite exhibition “GEORGE MACIUNAS AND BEYOND : FLUXUS NEVER STOPS”  in  Lithuania 2011
12. Participated in Mail Art Amazons on the occasion of the event in October 2010 in France.
13. Art Work selected at Malaysia in MIMF 2012
14. International Mountain Day - International Mountain Day 2011" held in the International Year of Forests, Rome hosts a major event of art and culture in the headquarters of the FAO, the United Nations.
15. Art Work selected at Russia in Bastarded Xerox 2011
16. Art Work selected at Mail Art for Cats in Argentina 2012

  Participations in India

1. Participated in 69th All India Exhibition of Fine Art in Amritsar (2003)
2. Participated in 46th National Exhibition of Art 2004 at Lalit Kala Akedemi Delhi, held at Kerla
3. Participated in 76th Annual Art Exhibition 2004 at AIFACS Delhi.
4. Participated in 70th All India Exhibition of Fine Art in Amritsar (2004)
5. Participated in 71st All India Exhibition of Fine Art in Amritsar (2005)
6. Participated in 2^nd Annual Indian Royal Academy Awards –2005 at Gulbarga, Karnataka
7. Participated in 2nd Agnipath All India Art Competition and Exhibition at Artist’s Centre, Mumbai & Travancore Art Galleries, Delhi (2006)
8. Participated in 71st All India Annual Art Exhibition at Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata (2006)
9. Participated in 20th All India Art Exhibition 2007at Lokemany Tilak Smarak Mandir, Pune.
10. 12^th Annual art Exhibition The Creators in Ambala
11. Participated in 76th All India Exhibition of Fine Art in Amritsar (2010)
12. Participated in Annual Art Exhibition at Punjab Lalit kala Akademi Chandigarh (2010)
13. 1st International Drawings & Graphic Prints Exhibition in Chandigarh 2011
14. 2nd All India Digital Art Exhibition in AIFACS New Delhi Feb- 2012
15. 2^nd International Exhibition in Chandigarh 2012
16. 1^st Lalitya National Art Competition & Exhibition at Sai Space Designers in Nagpur,2013

17. Art through light for Artsaroma held at State Gallery of Fine Art Hyderabad 2013.

18.  LET US BE SEEN Exhibition for Yes We Can Supported by National Trust, Arunim and British Council held at British Council Division New Delhi 2013

19.  Exhibition conducted by District Legal Services SAS Nagar (Mohali) 2013.

20. Kala Mela - Art exhibition of 114 Artists of North India was held by Brajesh Jolly at Alpha One Mall from Amritsar 15 to 18 August 2013

Workshop / Demonstration/ Conference/ Camp

1. Senior Students Graphics Workshop organized at Bharat Bhavan in Bhopal (2006)
2. Painting Workshop organized at Virsa Vihar Society in Amritsar (2010)
3. Water Colour Workshop organized at Indian Academy of Fine Arts in Amritsar (2010)
4. 1^st All  India Art Workshop organized at Virsa Vihar Society in Amritsar (2012)
5. Workshop on Digital Art in Dept. of Computer Graphics, Government College of Art, Chandigarh - 26 Sep to 30 Sep, 2011
6. Workshop on Digital Art in Dept. Fine Art, BBK DAV College, Amritsar, Punjab-10 Jan to 14 Jan, 2012.
7. Workshop on Digital Art& Adobe Illustrator in Dept. Computer Science & IT,

            DAV College, Amritsar, Punjab -5, 6 March, 2012.

8. Workshop on Digital Art in Dept. Fine Art, Ramgharia Girls College,

             Ludhiana, Punjab - 29 Feb to 2 March, 2012.

9. Participated in International Conference A Visual Dialogue On Contemporary Indian Art Sponsored    by UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSSION, NEW DELHI Organized by PG Dept. Fine Arts BBK DAV College for Women Amritsar. (Nov. 10-12, 2010)
10. National  Painting Workshop on An Artist and Emerging Trends by UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSSION, NEW DELHI Organized by Banarsi Dass Arya Girls College, Jalandhar Cantt. ( January 18-19, 2013)
11. Workshop on Adobe Illustrator in Dept. Computer Science & IT, DAV College, Amritsar, Punjab -11, 12 March, 2013.
12. Workshop on Adobe Flash in Dept. Computer Science & IT, DAV College, Amritsar, Punjab -5, 6 April, 2013.
13. Demo on Digital Art in Summer Camp at Indian Academy of Fine Art Amritsar 15 June 2013 

Work Experience

 5 Year Teaching Experience in Spring Dale Senior School in Amritsar.

 Now Teaching at Cambridge International School, Amritsar.

Other Achievements 

1. My Work accepted for the research topic “Indian Digital Art in Contemporary World–A Critical Survey” from Banasthali University by Dr.Tripti Singh, Ph.D. (Digital Art), Lecturer,

D.G.P.G.College, Kanpur.

2. Compiled a book “IBADAT” of photography and Computer Graphics by my students in Spring Dale Senior School, Amritsar

3.  A Book Publication on Artists of Amritsar ‘Art Persons’ (Contemporary Artists of    Amritsar) Have Part of the book

Collections

S.G.Thakur Singh Art Gallery Amritsar, Heritage Fashion House New Delhi, Padamshree Dr.Daljit Singh Eye Surgeon, GNDU, USA, China, Japan, Delhi, Punjab at some private collections

Publications

Catalogue Designed of IAFA, AIFACS, GNDU, Many work published as title of books.

ASSOCIATIONS:

MEMBER: Art Forum (Indian Academy of Fine Arts Amritsar)