Ankur Singla

I lost my hearing when I was just 5 years old, and subsequently the anger and frustration for not able to hear my surroundings and people teasing me for my disability inclined me more towards painting. It was the only medium where I could express myself without any fear. I could be what I want to be, in harmony with myself. Along with my vivid imagination and my self-expression motivated me to become an artist. Painting gives me solace. It is not just a traditional colors on canvas but my medium of conversing with people.
I get influenced from daily activities around me, such as interactions and conversations with new-new people and my friends as well. I take out ideas for my work out of these encounters. My works contain a lot of surreal elements as well as elements from my dreams and fantasy. I also take elements from Movies, television and newspapers. Sometimes I take inspiration from these stuff and sometimes I use only the visuals out of them and use them directly with my own vision and understanding.
A visual is very first only a visual for me because I don’t know the context of it. Because of my hearing problem, I have to depend on my visual perception only. Due to this sometimes I perceive wrong/different meanings of ac...

2014: Master of Fine Art from College of Art, New Delhi, India
2012: Bachelor of Fine Art from Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi, India

GROUP EXHIBITION:
2018: "Family of Disabled 2018" at Arpana Art Gallery, Siri Fort Road, Delhi, India
2018: "Winter Show Garhi working Artists 2018" at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
2017: “Deaf art show” at Lokayata Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
2017: “Inner Strokes” at All India Fine Art Craft Society, New Delhi, India
2017: “Beyond Colours” at visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India
2016: “Spandana” at Cameo Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
2016: “Silent Voice” at Korean Cultural Centre, New Delhi, India
2015: “Shakti-Woman of Substance” at visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India
2014: "Family of Disabled 2014" at Arpana Art Gallery, Siri Fort Road, Delhi, India
2014: “Indoor Affairs” at NIV Art Centre, New Delhi, India
2013: ‘Family of Disabled 2013’ at Arpana Art Gallery, Siri Fort Road, Delhi, India
2013: 60th Annual Art Exhibition, College of Art, New Delhi, India
2012: ‘Family of Disabled 2012’ at Arpana Art Gallery, Siri Fort Road, Delhi, India

PARTICIPATION:
2019: "60th national Exhibition of art" for Lalit Kala Akademi, Mumbai, India
2017: “RAVI JAIN ANNUAL 2017” at Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
2017: “27 Art Point” National Online ...