SWARNJIT SAVI -a profile
SWARNJIT
SAVI -a profile
(Poet,
Painter/Sculptor, Photographer and Publisher)
*Born : Oct. 20, 1958, Jagraon, Ludhiana (
Punjab) .
* Parents: Smt. Mohinder Kaur and S. Mohan
Singh
* Education: M.A. English 1981 and MA Fine
Arts 1985.
*Began painting as a hobby during school
days and poetry in college days during graduation.
One Man Shows:
(Paintings and Photography)
* Poster Poems :
(Poster colours on paper)Held 35 one man
shows of 70 “Poster
Poems” based
on the
Punjabi Poetry from Baba Sheikh Farid to
contemporary poets from 1987 to 1990
throughout North India to mark his presence
for common man against voilence of
terroists and police.
* Desire :
(Oil on canvas) a series of 35 oil
paintings:
*20-23 Feb 1997 at Thakar Art Gallery,
Amritsar.
* 19-23 March 1997 at Govt. Museum and Art
Gallery, Chandigarh
* Dec. 12, 1998 to Jan. 11, 1999 at
Patiala Art World, Patiala.
*'The Quest :
(Mix Media on Paper)
at Indus Ind Gallery Chandigarh from Feb.
17 to March 3, 2000.
* Leela :
(Oil on canvas)at The Mall, Ludhiana from
June 2003.*
at Press Club of India 2007 *
*The Speaking
Tree:
(Photographs)
from November 16-21 ,2005 at Academy of
Arts and Literature
Siri fort Institutional Area ,New Delhi *
* The Dancing
Lines :
Photographs
at gallery Artmosphere, Ludhiana 2008
at Govt. Museum and Art Gallery,
Chandigarh 2008 *
*NEE DHARTIYE…:
(Oil on canvas) at Museum and Art Gallery,
Punjabi University, Patiala 28 feb.
to 27 march, 2010 *
Jan.7 Feb -5, 2011 at Gallery Artmosphere,
Ludhiana *
* IMPRESSIONS:
(Oil on canvas) July 9-10,2011 at Ambedkar
Hall, Southall, England organized by Adara Shabd. *
*EVOLUTION-II : An Instalation in
Stainless Steel
(Sculpture in stainless steel) 12-12-2012
at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana - an
installation to mark the Evolution of
Tools and Language in stainless steel at Flag Chowk.
(Size 7 ft. width x 8 ft. length x 17 ft.
height)
*UDASIAN BABE
NANAK DIAN:
(June 13-14 Toronto ,
Canada during World Punjabi Conference-2015}
An Exhibition of Paintings( Oil and
Natural Pigments on Canvas) depicting travels (Udasian) of
Guru Nanak Dev ji, indicating the Guru in
dialogue with different segment of society during his
40000 Miles travels.
*UDASIAN BABE NANAK
DIAN:
(June 4-5 FRESNO ,2016 USA
during World Punjabi Conference-2016 and
June 16 in New York)
An Exhibition of Paintings ( Oil and
Natural Pigments on Canvas) depicting travels (Udasian) of
Guru Nanak Dev ji, indicating the Guru in
dialogue with different segment of society during his
40000 Miles travels.
*UDASIAN BABE
NANAK DIAN:
(June 23-25 -JUNE 2017
Toronto , Canada during World Punjabi Conference-2017}
Participation:
*Punjab Lalit Kala Academy 1990,
* Art India, Ludhiana, 1991-1992.
*Art Heritage, Jalandhar, 1997, 1998
* Nijh World Society: Paint for Justice
Nov.2012
Publications :
Twelve books of
Poetry
*Dayrian Di Qabr Chon, 1985.
* Awaggya, 1987.1998,2013
* Dard Piadey Hon Da, 1990, 1998,2013.
*Dehi Naad, 1994. 2013.
* Kala Hashia Te Sooha Gulab, 1998.
*Kameshwari 1999. 2013.
*Desire (English) 1999. 2013.
*Aashram, 2005 , 2013.
* MAA 2008, 2013.
*Tarqheen Yudh ( Hindi)- 2012
*Kameshwari (English) -2012
* TE MAIN AYA BASS Poetry 2013
.
Translations:
*Sada Ronda Ey dil Mahia 2009 (Translation of
poems by Uzbek Poetess Uktamoy Kholdrova into
Punjabi)
* Jalgeet (Translation of Telgu
long poem by N. Gopi into Punjabi)*Translated Kashmiri, Tamil, Telgu,
Bangali, Manipuri and Kannada Poetry into Punjabi
for Sahitya Academy Delhi 2009- 10- 11-12
* Presented poetry in Poetry Festivals
at Delhi, Bangluru, Shimla,
Hydrabad,Srinagar, Patiala and Ludhiana organized by
Sahitya Academy, New Delhi.
and SAARC festival of Literature at Delhi-2010,
Amritsar 2012
Represented Punjabi Language at All India
Radio Poetry Symposium at Hydrabad 2014
th Broadcated in all Indian languages on 26 January
2014 from all radio stations of India
*Presented
papers:
Research paper on book Amrita Shergill by
Dr Tejwant Gill 2009 Art Council Chandigarh
On Maya- a novel by Surinder Neer of
Jammu-n-Kashmir at Punjabi Uni. Patiala 2013
*Presentatations
on Radio and TV
*Participated in more than 125 programmes
( Poery recitations, Interviews and
Discussions on Art and literature on All
India Radio Jalandhar and New Delhi
*Participated in more than 175 programmes
(Kavi Darbars, Interviews and Discussions
on Art and literature on Doordarshan
Jalandhar and New Delhi
*Represented Punjabi Language as Poet at
All India Radio Poetry Symposium at
th Hydrabad 2014 (Translated into all Indian
languages and broadcasted on 26 January
2014 from all Radio Stations of India)
* A documentary on my life (as a poet and
Artist)was made by ZEE TV and telecasted
many times in India, US and Canada.
Awards :
*Gurmukh Singh
Musafir Award
Department of Languages Punjab Govt.
in 1990 and 1994
*Mohan Singh
Mahir Award
From GND University, Amritsar, 1991
*Sant Ram Udasi
Puraskar 1990
Janvadi Sahit Sabha, Bhadaur
*Safdar Hashmi
Award 2009
Punjab Electricity Board Sahit Sabha,
Patiala
* Sahit Academy,
Ludhiana Award-2009
Sahit Academy, Ludhiana
* Best Poet
Award-2015
World Punjabi Conference-2015 , Toronto,
Canada
Worked :
*Editor-Literature and Arts, Quami Rajniti
1985-1987
*Editor-Literature and Arts The Mehram 1987 to
1990.
Edited
Special issues on Punjabi Literature:
Umeed-
( Hindi Literary Monthly from Behraiech UP) Punjabi Sahit Special
Issue-2001 (Edited
and Translated into Hindi)
Mehram
(Monthly from Nabha) Parvasi Punjabi Sahit ank 2002
Permanent
Collection on display:
* Punjabi University , Patiala
at Museum and Artgallery,( Punjab).
* Punjabi Academy, Delhi
* Vidya Infosis, Ludhiana.
* Gwendolyn C. Harrison
Indiana, USA
* Dorothy Mc Mohan Indiana,
USA
* Devinder Chandan, U.K.
* Ujagar Singh Kanwal, Canada
* Uktamoy Khaldrova,
Uzbekistan
* Indian Embassy in Afganistan
* Dr. S S Noor, Delhi
* Amarjit Grewal, Jatinder
Preet and Amrita Chowdhry Ludhiana
* Toledo City, Philippines
* Charanjit Bath(The Saugi
King) Fresno USA
*Tejwinder Brar, Nanaimo BC,
Canada
* Julia Virk Surrey BC Canada
*Dr Sadhu Singh Surrey BC
Canada
*Vera Canterbury, Crowley Texas
USA
*Punjab Agricultral
University, Ludhiana .
*Guru Granth Bhawan, Punjabi
University Patiala
and many more with individual
collectors.
*Into Publishing &
Printing Since 1990 business in the establishment:
ARTCAVE PRINTERS
1978/2, Maharaj Nagar, Behind
Circuit House, Ludhiana
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