Monday, July 12, 2021

 SWARNJIT SAVI

Sahitya Academy Award Winner 2023

Chairman, Punjab Arts Council, Chandigarh

 

*Born : Oct. 20, 1958, Jagraon, Ludhiana ( Punjab) .

*M.A. English 1981, M.A. Fine Arts (1985)

*Began painting as a hobby during school days.

One-Man Shows:

*Held 35 “Poster Poems” shows based on Punjabi Poetry from Baba Sheikh Farid to contemporary poets from 1987 to 1990 throughout Punjab Yamuna Nagar & Ambala. These exhibitions displayed 70 paintings done with poster colours on Paper with an extract of poems alongside.

*Three one-man shows titled 'Desire' 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' at IndusInd Gallery Chandigarh from

Feb. 17 to March 3, 2000.

*'Leela' at The Mall, Ludhiana from June 2003.      

*' The Speaking Tree' an exhibition of  photographs  from

            November 16-21,2005 at the Academy of Arts and Literature

Siri Fort institutional area, New Delhi

*'Leela'  at Press Club of India  2007

*‘The Dancing Lines’ at gallery Artmosphere, Ludhiana 2008

*‘The Dancing Lines’ at Govt. Museum and Art  Gallery, Chandigarh 2008

* ‘NEE’ oil paintings at Museum and Art  Gallery, Punjabi University,   Patiala 28 Feb. to 27 march, 2010

* ‘ NEE DHARTIYE…’ Jan.7 –Feb -5, 2011 at Gallery Artmosphere, Ludhiana

* IMPRESSIONS’  July 9-10,2011  at Ambedkar Hall, Southall, England organized by Adara Shabd.

‘EVOLUTION-II’ 12-12-2012 at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana -an installation about the evolution of Tools and Language in stainless steel at Flag Chowk, PAU (approximate size 7 ft. width x  8  ft. length x 17 ft. height)

‘Selected Works’ June 2014 Painting and Photographs show at Southall UK

‘Udasian’ Natural Pigments Oil on canvas- Travels of Guru Nanak June 2015  Brampton, Toronto, During World Punjabi Conference 2015 organised by PUBLA

‘Udasian Babe Dian’ Natural Pigments Oil on canvas- Travels of Guru Nanak July 2016 University of California Fresno, USA, During World Punjabi Conference

‘Udasian’ Natural Pigments Oil on canvas- Travels of Guru Nanak June 2015  Brampton, Toronto, During World Punjabi Conference 2017 organised by PUBLA

‘Udasian’ Natural Pigments Oil on Canvas- Travels of Guru Nanak

            Jan 9-31, 2018, at Museum and Art Gallery Punjabi University, Patiala

'Ekomkar & Rabab' Art and Installation in Stainless Steel, Gun Metal on RCC wall 31 ft hign at Indian Side Zero point of Dera Baba Nanak- Kartarpur Sahib Corridor on the 550th Birthday Celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev ji. Opened to the Public from 9-11-2019.

 


Participation:

*Punjab Lalit Kala Academy 1990, * Art India, Ludhiana, 1991-1992.

*Art Heritage, Jalandhar, 1997, 1998

Publications :

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

* OORI – Poetry 2018

* Khushian Da Password-poems for Cuyii 2021 

* Man Di Chip   (2021) Won Sahitya Academy Award 2023

* Udasi Da Libas (2022)

 

  

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, Telugu, Bengali, Manipuri, and Kannada Poetry into Punjabi for Sahitya Academy Delhi  2009- 10- 11

* Presented poetry in Poetry Festivals at  Delhi, Bengaluru, Shimla, Hyderabad, Srinagar, Patiala, and Ludhiana organized by Sahitya Academy, New Delhi.

and SAARC Festival of Literature at Delhi-2010, 2012

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

*Safdar Hashmi Award 2009

*Sahit Academy Ludhiana Award

from Sahit Academy, Ludhiana 2009

 

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 Special Issue 2002

Aesthetics Publications, Ludhiana

 

Published more than 150 Books on Poetry, Fiction, and Criticism in Punjabi

Hindi, Urdu, and English of renowned and Young writers in Aesthetics Publications since 1997.

 

Into Publishing & Printing business in Ludhiana in the establishment:

ARTCAVE PRINTERS

1978/2, Maharaj Nagar, Behind Circuit House, Ludhiana

Since 1990  artCave, Ludhiana.

 

Permanent Collection on display:

* Punjabi University, Patiala at Museum and Art gallery,( Punjab).

* Punjabi Academy, Delhi

* Vidya Infosys, Ludhiana.

* Gwendolyn C. Harrison  Indiana, USA

* Dorothy Mc Mohan  Indiana, USA

* Devinder Chandan, U.K.

* Uktamoy Kholdrova, Uzbekistan

* Indian Embassy in Afghanistan

* Dr. S S Noor, Delhi

* Amarjit Grewal,  Jatinder Preet, and  Amrita Chaudhry Ludhiana

*Lucille Tomarong, Toledo City,  Philippines

*Punjab Agricultural University, (  Golden Jubilee Monument in Stainless steel) Ludhiana.

* Guru Granth  Bhawan, Punjabi University Patiala Museum, and Guru Granth  Bhawan.

and many more with individual collections

 

Into Publishing & Printing business

in the establishment:

ARTCAVE PRINTERS

 

Studio Artcave

1978/2, Maharaj Nagar, Behind Circuit House, Ludhiana

Since 1990  artCave, Ludhiana.

artcaveprinters@gmail.com

Website:

www.swarnjitsavi.com

Email:

swarnjitsavi@gmail.com

Blogs:

www.swarnjitsavi.blogspot.com

www.poetrybysavi.blogspot.com

www.paintingsbysavi.blogspot.com

www.photosbysavi.blogspot.com

 

Phones :

Mo.:  09876668999 

Email:

swarnjitsavi@gmail.com

swarnjit.savi@yahoo.com

 

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