Prem Singh
Patiala, Punjab
Perm Singh, born in 1943 in Patiala, Punjab, is a distinguished artist and educator. He served as the Principal of the Government College of Art, Chandigarh, and has been a member of the General Council of the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, as well as the Advisory Committee of the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. Since 1966, he has held 30 solo exhibitions and participated in numerous national and international art exhibitions and art camps both in India and abroad.
Awards & Honours
- Triennale India international Award 1994 . LKA .New Delhi
- The Saatchi Gallery , London , Your Studio Award 2007
- Punjab Kala Ratan , Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi ,Chandigarh 2014
- Amrita Sher-gil Samaan , Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi, Chandigarh 2015
- Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji Achievers Award , Government of Punjab , Chandigarh 2019
- Amrita – Imroz Samaan . Punjabi Sahit
- Akademi . Ludhiana . Punjab 2020
- Punjab Gaurav Sanmaan, Punjab Arts Council , Punjab , Chandigarh .2021
- Rajeshwari Kala Samman , Rajeshwari Kala Sangam , Jalandhar , Punjab 2025
- Kala Ratan Samman, Chandigarh University, Chandigarh 2025
- Jury , L K A National Exhibition of Art 2001 , 2011
- Commissioner , 11th Triennale India , LKA , New Delhi 2003
- Commissioner & Curator , Art India Exhibition , Colombo , Sri Lanka 2006
- Regularly writing on art for several newspapers and art journals
Works in permanent Collections
- National Gallery of Modern Art , New Delhi
- Lalit Kala Akademi , New Delhi
- Rashtrapaiti Bhavan , New Delhi
- State Museum , Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Govt. Museum & Art Gallery , Chandigarh
- Museum of Fine Arts, Panjab University, Chandigarh
- Fine Arts Museum , Punjabi University , Patiala , Punjab
- Rawley House Museum , Shrewsbury, United Kingdom
- And several public and private collection in India & abroad
