Samir Sharma

I was born on 15 July 1945 in Bareilly-Uttar Pradesh-India. Soon after, my family shifted to New Delhi-India.
My childhood was spent in New Delhi-India.

My schooling was done in New Delhi-India in Delhi Public School-Mathura Road which I joined in 1950 in Nursery class and cleared Senior Cambridge in 1961.
For a brief period in between from July 1957 to December 1958 I studied at Karachi Grammar School-Karachi-Pakistan, when my father, who was in Government of India service, was entrusted with the work of construction of India High Commission building in Karachi-Pakistan.
I graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur-West Bengal-India in 1967 with Bachelor of Architecture (Honors) in the stream of Architecture and Regional Planning.
All through the schooling period I consistently indulged in painting as I had a natural flair for Arts. In the art subject classes I did well and my paintings were selected for school art exhibitions and won awards also.
The interest in art and painting was carried through while I did Bachelor of Architecture course at the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur. As part of the architecture course there were painting classes and presentation assignments in which I did well. My paintings were selected for the Institute Art Exhibitions where some were awarded also from time to time.
But for undergoing some arts and painting classes i...

My Solo Painting Exhibition at All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society(AIFACS), 1 Rafi Marg, New Delhi, India from April 23, 2016 to April 28, 2016. It was a 'Retrospective' showcasing my paintings of last 60 years. The Exhibition was inaugurated by the Chairman AIFACS, Mr.Paramjeet Singh and was visited amongst others by the highly revered Sculptor-Artist of India, Padma Bhushan Ram V Sutar. The Solo Painting Exhibition was televised by Door Darshan News channel of India in it's 'Rang Tarang' program.