Sanjeev Sinha Foundation
Sanjeev Sinha
1963 – 2020
Painter, sculptor, and the first artist of his generation to win the National Academy Award — a visual language rooted in Indian culture, painted only for peace.
“All the time, every time you can see people dying… that’s why I try to paint only peace.”
— Sanjeev Sinha, interviewed in Amsterdam, 1993
The Five Series
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Paintings and sculptures with an intrinsic relationship to each other — emotionally loaded reflections on society, beauty and peace.
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The Artist
A life painted for peace
Born in Barh, Bihar in 1963, Sanjeev Sinha graduated from the College of Arts & Crafts Patna and rose with the young Bihari art generation of the 80s. He exhibited from Kolkata to Amsterdam, conceived the international project Buddha Enlightened, Art & World Peace in Bodh Gaya, and in 1991 became the first artist of his generation to win the National Academy Award.
Read the full biographyLandmark Exhibition · 2024
Buoyant Iconic Depth
20 – 26 November 2024 · India Habitat Centre, Visual Arts Gallery, New Delhi
45 paintings and 14 sculptures from 2013–2020 — many never shown before — fulfilling Sinha’s wish to see his paintings and sculptures exhibited side by side.
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“His works are buoyant yet melancholic, revealing a depth that keeps the viewer floating between beauty and introspection.”
— Dianne Hagen, artist and co-curator · Business Standard
For emerging Indian artists
Sanjeev Sinha Foundation Award
A ₹50,000 award on the theme “Altered Figuration” — selected from three finalists by an international jury, continuing Sinha’s commitment to the next generation of Indian art.