Harinder Singh

Graphic Designer / Cartoonist / Watercolor Artist

BFA Degree in Applied Art, Delhi College of Art. National Scholarship in Illustration and Design by the Govt of India, under late Mickey Patel.

  • Taj Group of Hotels as a Graphic Designer.
  • As a Graphic Designer for Thomson Press, Living Media.
  • For Clarion McCann Advertising, New Delhi ( McCann-Erickson ), For Hindustan Thompson Associates ( HTA ) New Delhi ( J. Walter Thompson). For Speer Communications, New Delhi.
  • Cartoon Strip, Non-Starter for the Indian Express, New Delhi, Cartoon strip Non-Starter for Business Line, The Hindu. Cartoon strip, Non-Starter for Sahara Times, Contributed Cartoons to Gateway Magazine.

Illustrated Books for National Book Trust and Children Book Trust. Taught Communication design in Wigan and Leigh college, Pearl Academy of Fashion, National Institute of Advertising, Shankar’s Academy of Art and Book Publishing and IILM, Gurgaon. Worked for Ved Pohoja Associates, Design Firm, Delhi. Designed Coffee Table Books for Ravi Kumar Publications, Paris.

Achievements

Held first ever Exhibition of Art Cartoons in March 2003 ARTOONS at the Academy of Fine Arts and Literature, New Delhi. Second Exhibition of ARTOONS at Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai, 2005. Third Exhibition of ARTOONS 2006, New Delhi. Fourth Exhibition of ARTOONS 2007, Shrishti Art Gallery, Hyderabad. Fifth Exhibition of ARTOONS 2010, New Delhi.

Represented India in the 8th Asian Cartoon Exhibition organized by the Japan Foundation 2005, New Delhi.

Cartoon got selected in Munich for an Exhibition organized by EXILE, a women’s organization.

First Exhibition of my Watercolors 2019, Creativity Art Gallery, Hauz Khas Village, New Delhi

Watercolor selected in the AIFACS show, New Delhi. Watercolors Exhibited in Gallerie Ganesha Show, New Delhi.

Honors

Won award in 2001 in an International Cartoon Contest organized by the Goethe Institute, Munich, Germany.

Won Merit Award for Cartoon in Italy.

My drawing was nominated in Bucovania Romania 2020.

Cartoon selected in International Nasreddin Hodja cartoon contest, 2010, Istanbul.