Artflares  proudly presents Ranjit Sidhu

1958-1967: Ranjit is credited with five decades of a long array of accreditations as an art educator, painter, sculptor, juror and an 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 Digi/mixed 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 endeavors even beyond into the far edge of the universe as serialized in his paintings of Cosmos, Ubiquitous and Aliens.

His forms are bold, dynamic and captivating and, the colors transmit an out-of-this-world impact mesmerizing viewers’ minds and souls. These are integrated with the imagery which penetrates and awakens the perceptions of our own lives in parallel to the 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
• SAC – Toronto (Juried Art Show) 2009
• OSA – Toronto (135^th Annual Open Juried Exhibition) 2009
• Juror – ‘TOP TEN’ Int’l Painting Competition, Artrom Gallery, Rome/ ITALY 2007

Most Recent Collectors:

• Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Airlines/ UK
• Ramona & Mohit/ USA
• Mount Sinai Hospital Foundation/ Toronto
• Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre/ Toronto
• H.H. Princess: Martha Louise/ Norway