RESUME: JANG S. VERMAN
Born: 02nd
November, 1954; S/o S. Kartar Singh and Smt. Harpal Kaur (both deceased); M:
Gobind Kaur (deceased); One s. Jasleen Singh and one d. Rasleen Kaur.
Education: 5 years’ Diploma in Painting, College of Art, Chandigarh; BA
(Phil. & Lit.), B.Ed.; MA (Eng.), University of Jammu; Diploma in Psycho-
Graphology, Institute of Psychology and Graphology, Dehradun.
Worked as 1st Assistant
Exhibition & Programme Officer, Chandigarh Lalit Kala Academi, Chandigarh,
1981. Free- lance artist at Chandigarh 1979 to 1981. Did illustration work for
Zoology Deptt. of Punjab University during 1980- 81. Worked as Art Education
Teacher in Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS). Worked as Assistant State
Organizing Commissioner (Scout), KVS State Association of BS&G, as
Divisional Organizing Commissioner (Scout), KVS, Jammu Division of KVS State of
BS&G; Working as Press Secretary, Punjabi Lekhak Sabha, Jammu; Working as
Senior Correspondence, Earth News, Jammu; one of the Editors of 'Aabroo' (Quarterly Punjabi magazine of Jammu).
Participation: One- Man/ Two- Men Shows: Govt. Museum & Art Gallery,
Chandigarh, 1980, 81; Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi, Chandigarh, 1991; ‘Kumbh’ An International Exhibition of Paintings,
Sculptures, Drawings and Graphics, New Delhi, 1991; Indo- Swedish Artists’ Shows at Lalit Kala Akademi, New
Delhi, 2012, at Birla Art Gallery, Kolkatta, 2014, at International Centre of
Reorichs, Naggar (H P), 2015; International Art Exhibition by J&K Centre
for Creative Arts (JKCCA) at Kala Kendra, Jammu, 2015; International Art
Exhibition by SAFEDA, Chandigarh, 2012; Lalit Kala Akademi‘s National
Exhibitions of Art at New Delhi 1980, 1982, at Lucknow-1990- 91; All India Fine
Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS) Exhibitions, New Delhi, 1978, 1979, 1980 and
1982; Indian Academy of Fine Arts, Amritsar 1978, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985 and
1988-91; Graphics’79, ’80 by College of Art and Museum & Art Gallery,
Chandigarh 1980, 1981; Rashtriya Kala Mela at New Delhi 1982, at Banglore,
1995; Exhibition by Pridhi, Shimla (HP), 1981; Exhibition by ‘Individuals’ at
Jammu 1985, 87, 88 and 92 and at Chandigarh, 1988; Exhibitions of Prints,
College of Art, Chandigarh at Chandigarh and New Delhi 1977 and 79; Chandigarh
Lalit Kala Academi’s (CLKA) Art Exhibition, 1980; Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi’s State Art Exhibitions,
Chandigarh, 1980- 81 and 1997; PLKA Regional Art
Exhibition, Chandigarh, 1990- 91; Himachal Pradesh State Exhibition, Shimla,
1980; Select works of Chandigarh Artists, Govt. Museum & Art Gallery,
Chandigarh, 1987; Solids' Shows at Chandigarh, 1988- 89, 89, 93 and 97, at
Amritsar, 1989, Jalandhar, 1990- 91 and New Delhi, 1994; Mobile Exhibition by
Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi at Ludhiana and other cities of the state, 1991;
Exhibition of Works from workshop Srijana, organized by Punjab Lalit Kala
Akademi, at New Delhi and Punjab, 1993- 94; State Art Exhibition by J&K
Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, Jammu, 1992- 93; Exhibitions by Viraj
Kala Kendra, Jammu, 1992, 2003 to 2011; Kala Kendra Shows of Paintings by
Senior Artists of Jammu, 2006, of Prints, 2006, J&K Centre for Creative
Arts, Jammu shows since 2001; J&K Art Show at ICCA, New Delhi; Daimond
Jubilee Art Exhibition by College of Art, Chandigarh, 2012; Exhibition of Art
at City Square, Jammu, 2011 (for Relief Fund for Cloud- burst Victims of Leh); All
India Art Exhibition by JKCCA at Amritsar, 2016, at LKA, New Delhi, 2016, at
Amritsar, 2014, 15, 16, at Jammu, 2012, 13 14, Rajouri, 2015; Group Show by
Kala Kendra, 2016; International Art Festival by ‘Spandan’ at Kala Kendra, Jammu,
2016; Exhibition of Paintings (Marriage Ceremonies) by Evacuees’ Deptt. and
Kala Kendra, Jammu, 2016; Group Art Exhibition by Himachal Art Heritage and
ArtFort India at International Centre of Reorichs, Naggar (HP), 2015, 2016
(twice) and Bhuri Singh Museum, Chamba (HP), 2016 and Group Show by Kunwar
Viyogi Memorial Trust at Jammu University, Jammu, 2016.
ART CAMPS: Have attended many Workshops & Camps like: Carrol Summers’
Print workshop organized by United States Information and Communication Agency
(USICA), N.Delhi and College of Art, Chandigarh, 1979; AIFACS Senior Artists’
workshop, 2004; Sirjana Workshop by Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi, Chandigarh,
1993; Art Workshop on 125th Birth Anniversary Celebrations of Nicolas Reorich,
at Reorich Art gallery, Nagar, Kullu (HP); Workshop by NZCC Patiala on Laying
Foundation Stone of Kala Gram at Chandigarh; All India Painters’ Camp at Patni
Top, organized by J&K Academy of Art, Culture & Languages, Jammu,1992;
Drawings workshop by SOLIDS, Chandigarh; Drawings’ Workshop by Chandigarh Lalit
Kala Academi– 2006; Wood- Cut Prints’ Workshop at Kala Kendra, Jammu, 2006;
Artists’ Camp by Viraj Kala Kendra, 2007- 10; Painters’ Camp at Kala Kendra,
Jammu, 2010, 1st All India Painters’ Camp, Kargil, 2013 by J&K
Academy of Art Culture & Languages, Jammu. Camps of J&K Centre for Creative
Arts, Jammu at Jammu, Sunderbani and Rajouri; Spring Art Group Sand Sculptures
Camp at Uttarvahini, Jammu, 2016;
Painters Camp during Red Cross Mela, 2015 and
2016; All India Painters Camp by J&K Academy of Art, Culture &
Languages, 2013 and Artists Camp by Aspiring Artists Group at Jammu, 2014.
Works in Permanent Collections:
Lalit Kala Academi , New Delhi; Govt. Museum & Art Gallery, Chandigarh;
Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal (M.P.); HP State Museum, Shimla; Rashtriya Lalit Kala
Kendra Lucknow (U.P.); J&K Academy of Art, Culture & Languages, Jammu,
Srinagar, International Centre of Reorichs, Naggar, Kullu (HP); North Zone
Cultural Centre, Patiala (for Kala Gram, Chandigarh); All India Fine Arts &
Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi; J&K Tourism Development Corporation,
Jammu; Indian Academy of Fine Arts, Amritsar; Chandigarh Lalit Kala Academi,
Chandigarh Solids’ (group of contemporary artists), Chandigarh; Post Graduate
Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGI), Chandigarh; Viraj Kala
Kendra, Jammu; Zonal Institute of Education & Training (ZIET), Gwalior;
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, Regional Office, Jammu; Sanskar Bharti, Jammu;
Seeds Multiplication Plant, Gajansoo (Indo-Pak Border), Jammu; Kala Kendra,
Jammu, JKCCA, Jammu and seminars on art.
Honours & Awards: • All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi,
1978; • Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi’s State Exhibition, Chandigarh, 1980- 81; •
Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi’s Regional Art Exhibition, 1990- 91; • HP State
Museum All India Art Exhibition, Shimla (H.P.), 1992; • Awarded by Centre for
Cultural Resources & Training (CCRT), New Delhi, (1988); • National KVS
Incentive Award for Teachers by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, New Delhi (2011)
through Sh. Kapil Sibal, Minister for Human Resources and Development/ Tele-
Communications, Govt. of India; • Merit Certificate, First Art Fair,
Chandigarh, 1977. • Honoured through Sh. Mangat Ram Sharma, Deputy Chief
Minister, J & K State at Kala Kendra during Prints Workshop, (2006); •
Honoured through Sh. Raman Bhalla, Minister for Revenue, Relief &
Rehabilitation, J & K Govt. during Painters’ Camp by J&K Academy of
Art, Culture & Languages, Jammu, (2010); • Felicitated by Kendriya
Vidyalaya Sangathan, Jammu Region, 2011, through Dr. Pawan Kotwal, Divisional
Commissioner, Jammu; KVS, Jaipur Region, 2015 and Teachers Achievement Award by
Kendriya Vidyalaya, No.1, Jammu.
Miscellaneous: Have worked in the field of painting, drawing, graphics,
collage, photography. Have designed titles for books/ periodicals. Have worked
on illustration work with Zoological Deptt. of Punjab University, Chandigarh.
Have done innovative techniques and created works in ‘Electro- photo Drawing’
and ‘NoPaint Images’ techniques. Have worked as Paper Setter, Examiner and
Judge for four Universities in India; Biography included in International
Publications like Asia Who’s Who (Vol. IX); Indo-American Who’s Who; Admirable
Achievers of Twentieth Century etc.
Articles on Art & Culture and Punjabi Short stories published from time to
time by different newspapers/ periodicals like Daily Excelsior, Kashmir
Horizon, Himalayan Mail, Earth News, The Mandate, Kalidhaar (Punjabi), Aabroo
(Punjabi), Trinjhan (Punjabi), Sheeraja (Punjabi) (Translated version of original
story in Dogri language), The Shadow, Early Times, Daily Kashmir Images, Journeyline,
North Lines, Panun Kashmir, Shree Times, Scoop News, Kashmir Insight etc.; Foreword for two Punjabi books have been published; Had
been Chief Coordinator for the official blog of KVS, Jammu Region; Have given Demonstrations and Lectures at
Institute of Music & Fine Arts, Jammu University, Jammu (Twice), Kendriya Vidyala
Teachers courses at various places, Sanskriti Sansthan (Deemed University), Kot
Bhalwal, Jammu; Conducted various art workshops for children; Invited as
Special Guest to many educational, social and cultural events; Documentary Film
on Life & Work telecast (4 times during 2011) by DD’s National Channels;
Have been associated and worked with different organizations related to
literary, theatre, photography and other cultural activities.
Address: 81, New Plots Sarwal, Jammu (J&K)- 180005 (India). Mob. No. 094 192 10834
Email: jangs.verman@gmail.com,
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