Ranjeet Singh

Ranjeet Singh hails from Bihar (Jharkhand) completed his MFA in painting from Faculty of Visual Arts, BHU, Varanasi. Since 2008 he has been working on the issues of child labour which have been the core theme of his art over the years. Stylistically, his paintings are realistic in nature and simultaneously, he follows the languages used by the Surrealists and magic realists in his artworks.
He has exhibited his works in the galleries of Lalit Kala Akadami New Delhi; India Habitat Center, New Delhi; Karnataka ChitrakalaParishad, Bengaluru; Religare Art Gallery, Shreedharani Art Gallery, Niv Art Center, AIIFCS, Arpana Art Centre and Dhoomimal Art Gallery in New Delhi. He has participated in 56th & 58th National Exhibition organized by LKA New Delhi, ‘A United Art Fair’ (2012 New Delhi), XIX Commonwealth Games (2010, New Delhi) and Trade Show Art Expo India (2009) at Nehru Center, Mumbai. He was awarded scholarship from Academy of Fine Arts and Literature run by the renowned artist, Aparna Kaur in 2008; Garhi Scholarship by Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi in 2009 and Junior Fellowship by Ministry of Culture, Government of India for the year 2011-12. He has received the 29th Award of Sponsorship for Solo Exhibition by SCZCC, Nagpur for 2016 and All India Bronze Award by Prafulla Art Foundation, Mumbai for 2016. Recently, he has participated in National Artist Camp 2017, Amity Artist residency 2017. His work has been displayed in India Art Fair 2017. The Black Truth (Solo Show) Presented by Dhoomimal Art Centre, New Delhi 2017; The Black Truth Solo Show in Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 2018; TOWARDS RESISTANCE Presented by TIFA Working Studios Pune 2017; ‘2017 -Viswaroopa The Form of Universe’ Presented by Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata; 50:50 An exhibition of photographs and digital art Presented by Birla Academy 2017. He has participated in International artist residency in Abu Dhabi, UAE 2016.
He lives and works in New Delhi since 2008.
Artists Statement
Ranjeet Singh says about his art “My art is the reflection of the inner truth of my life. I have experienced the situation of the people of ‘Hindi Belt’. Gripped by the clutch of illiteracy, corruption, unemployment, social inequality, poverty and communal disharmony, the Aam Admi do not get a chance to ‘cherish’ the basic rights allotted to the citizens of this illustrious democracy. In India poverty does not spare the children. In their tender age, instead of getting love, affection, food and education, they enlist them in the army of child labour of the cosmopolitan cities.
Since the beginning of my career as an artist, I have always been in a dilemma about the purpose of my art. I have questioned and antagonized with ‘the art for art sake’ approach and determined to express and comment over the ongoing socio- economic- political disparities prevailing in our society. My concern for humanity leads me to become a realist in my approach to art. So, I chose the representational-figurative tradition to unfurl myself to my viewers in a simple readable language superimposing identical objects, contexts and symbols creating paradoxes to convey my idea vigorously.”