Seminars and Lectures
2008 Sikh Art and Spinning Wheel Film Festival, Hollywood USA; Invited speaker at the ‘Sikh Arts Lecture Series’ Cluster
and invited member of the ‘Sikhs in the Arts’ discussion panel.
2008 Spinning Wheel Film Festival, Toronto Canada; Seminar on ‘The Art of Making an Animation’ (presented jointly with
Andy Cooper from ‘Sparkle Media’).
2008 Liverpool Hope University; Invited speaker at ‘The Big Hope:Liverpool Hope University’s Global Youth Congress’.
(For the ‘Arts & Creativity’ category of the ‘How Art Can Save the World’ strand). 4th -11th June 2008.
2007 Asian Art Museum, San Francisco; SACHI’s 10TH Anniversary Celebration Event: Talk, ‘Past Modern:Paintings by
The Singh Twins’ followed by screening of Nineteen Eighty-Four & the Via Dolorosa’ film. November 10th 2007.
2006 Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester; Invited speakers at the ‘Faith & Identity in Contemporary Visual Culture’
conference jointly organised by the University of Manchester and ‘Shisha’. Friday 10th & Saturday 11th November
2006.
2006 Endeavour House (Suffolk County Council ,) Ipswich; Invited speakers at ‘Making Art Work:Made It?’
conference.Saturday 13th May 2006.
2005 Crossmead Conference Centre, Exeter; Guest speakers at the’ Fifth Exeter Arts and Therapies Conference:The
Spaces Between'. Organised by 'Insider Art'. Saturday March 12th.
2005 Farnham Maltings, Surrey; Key note speakers at the 'Creativity and Imagination in the Arts Conference'
organised by 'Four S Arts and Creativity Team'. February 26th.
2004 Woodlands Conference Centre, Chorley; Invited speakers at the ‘Lancashire Secondary Art Teacher's
Conference-'Pathways Forward:Looking to the Future'. (An In-Service Training Course run by Lancashire
Professional Development Service ). Friday 15th October.
2004 Sainsbury Art Centre, University of East Anglia, Norwich; Invited speakers at the 'Culture Futures-Change and
Diversity Conference'. Friday 19th March 2004.
2004 MacMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Slide presentation on our work. Friday 16th January
2004.
2003 University of Duneddin, New Zealand; Guest speakers at the International Sikh Conference. Sunday 14th
December.
2003 University of Califorinia, Riverside, USA. Slide presentation on our work at the Art Department in conjunction
with 'Past Modern' exhibition at the Sweeney Art Gallery and Riverside Art Museum. Friday 3rd October, 2003.
2003 National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai; Slide presentation on our work followed by panel discussion.
Wednesday 24th May.
2003 Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA; Invited key speakers at The Sikh Foundation 35th Anniversary Lecture
Series Saturday 5th April.
2002 The National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi; Slide presentation of work and viewing of documentary Alone
Together' followed by artists' panel discussion. Monday 18th November.
2001 Tate Britain, London; Artists' Discussion Panel. Guest speakers and viewing of documentary Alone Together at
the Art and The British Empire Conference. 5th-7th July.
2001 Imperial College, London; International Conference on Twin Studies; Showing of film, Alone Together, and
discussion.Wednesday, 4th July.
2001 University of California, Santa Barbara, USA; Invited key speaker at the International Sikh Diaspora Conference.
21st - 22nd April 2001.
2001 Slough Grammar School, lecture. 8th March.
2001 Derby University; Lecture and slide presentation on our work. 8th February.
2000 Barber Institute of Fine Art; Gallery Talk on Facets of Femininity. 19th November.
2000 Bradford Concord; Seminar Illustrated talk. 15th May.
1999 Liverpool Biennial; 'Twindividuals' slide talk on our work as part of the international exhibition,'Fragile in Transit'.
1998 Liverpool University School of Arts; Course seminar, slide presentation on our work, 23rd November.
1998 Lampeter University, Wales; Slide presentation on our work at the British Association For The Study Of World
Religions Annual Conference.
1998 Nottingham Trent University; Seminar, slide talk on our work for 3rd year sociology students. 14th May.
1997 Liverpool University School of Arts; Course seminar, slide presentation on our work. 10th November.
1997 Lytham St Annes Art Society; The Studio, slide talk on our work, (March).
1996 Liverpool University School of Art; Course seminar, slide presentation on our work. December.
1996 Salford City Art Gallery; Slide talk and guided tour of the 'Twin Perspectives' exhibition for Salford Art
club. 17th January.
1993 Manchester Polytechnic; Seminar on Influences and Inspiration in our art work.
1990 Indian Art College, Delhi; Presentation of work.
1990 Tedcaster Hall; 'Concord' Interfaith Seminars - lecture on 'Aspects of Popular Sikh Art'.
1989 Levenshulme High School; November 17th ,20th and 23rd (series of talks and practical workshops on Indian
aesthetics).
1987 Manchester University; Lecture on 'Hindu Images of The Divine' ( 3rd year Undergraduates 'Religion and the Arts'
course).
Workshops
2005 PSS Wirral Young Carers Group; Paisley design workshop in coinciding with 'Past Modern:The Singh Twins'
exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. November 15th and 18th.
2004 National Scottish Portrait Gallery, Series of workshops exploring symbolic portraiture. 12th-17th June.
2000 Barber Institute of Fine Art, Four Galleries project; Practical sessions on exploring 'textiles and textures' in
relation to Rossetti's 'The Blue Bower' and Facets of Femininity. November 24th (special needs partially sighted
group), and 6th - 8th December.
2000 North West Arts Board; Nine community workshops on aspects of Indian aesthetics - different venues and groups
around Wirral throughout the year.
2000 The World of Glass Museum; Community workshops teaching techniques of contemporary miniature painting.
31st July and 1st August.
2000 Apna Arts ‘Encompass’ project; Workshops on storytelling at a family open day. 23rd May.
2000 Saltley High School, Birmingham; Talk given for GVNQ Textile Design students, 17th February.
1999 Huyton Gallery; Phulkari shawl workshop. 29th & 30th November.
1999 Zindabad 1999:Festival of Asian Arts; Family fun day workshops on Punjab Art and Culture, October 23rd.
1999 Huddersfield Gallery 'Encompass'; Workshops around ‘enTWINed’ exhibition. July 6th and 13th
1999 Redcourt RC High School; 'Paisley to Punjab', 5 day workshops for the Liverpool Biennial’s ‘Tracey’ project
exploring the theme of 'Trace'.
1999 Oldham Art Gallery; Asian Women's Community Art Workshops on techniques of miniature painting, 14th and
15th May.
1999 South Wirral Multicultural Community Arts Festival; Mask workshop. 13th July.
1998 Oldham Street Festival; Workshop on Mughal pattern making. 25th May.
1998 Archbishop Beck High School; Talk and Mask workshop, for 12-13 year olds. 24th April.
1997 International Management Business Centre; Co-ordinated an Asian family fun day including a series of craft
workshops on puppet, mask and print making and Indian letter writing for all ages. Part of 'Zindabad 97:Asian Arts
Festival’. 4th October.
1997 Williamson Art Gallery and Museum; ‘International RE Week’ workshops on the Indian wedding, for 7- 10 years.
Part of 'Zindabad 97:Asian Arts Festival’. 1st and 6th October.
1997 Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, 10th September ( Teachers' advisory workshop seminar on the use of Asian
art forms in education).
1997 Ellesmere Port Secondary School; Sixth form 'Sikhism Seminar'.
1996 Cartwright Hall Gallery, Bradford; Talk and practical session on Indian aesthetics for school and Sixth Form
College groups. 16th May.
1994 Picton Library, Liverpool; Indian arts and cultural workshop for school group.11 - 13 year olds.
1994 Blue Coat Art Gallery, Liverpool; Several Indian art and culture workshops with school groups of 9 -13 year olds.
5th February.
1993 St Benedicts School, Wirral; Work shop on Sikh Culture.
1990 Guru Tegh Bahadur Gurdwara, Leicester; Several workshops on Sikh iconography for groups of 10-14 years
1989 Guru Tegh Bahadur Gurdwara, Leicester; 'Vaisakhi Exhibition' workshop for 10 - 14 year olds.
Residencies
2004 Navrang, 'Skills Share Project', Leicester; Entailed devising a course to introduce Indian miniature painting
aesthetics and techniques to a group of qualified artists - including the delivery of a series of lectures as well as
practical sessions. Also, involved the mentoring of the artists in the development of their own art practice over a
period of three weeks and the supervision of their production of new works for an exhibition at New Walk Museum,
Leicester.
2002 Cultureshock residency; Appointed official artists in residence for the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
2000 Royal Museum of Scotland; Series of educational sessions including Video Conference, gallery talks and
workshops. School, community and adult groups. 2nd - 9th November.
2000 Apna Arts residency; Nottingham. 16th - 21st May.
1999 Huddersfield City Art Gallery schools' residency; Explored 'ways of reading paintings' (focusing on work in the
'enTWINed' exhibition) Organised by the National project, 'Encompass', to coincide with The National Year of
Reading and Gallery Week. 6th and 13th July.
1999 Liverpool Biennial schools residency, A series of workshops linking the Liverpool Biennial’s theme, 'Trace', to
celebrations of the Sikh Khalsa through the study of a Pre Raphaelite painting. 14th, 22nd, 30th June, 1st July and
September.
1998 Walker Art Gallery and Museum; A painting in studio residency. March 7th & 8th and 14th & 15th.
Master Classes and Open Studios
2004 National Scottish Portrait Gallery;Two day open studio. 2nd-3rd September.
2004 Navrang,'Skills Share Project'; Teaching techniques in miniature painting over four days. April 7th-8th,13th-14th.
2000 Barber Institute of Fine Art; Teaching techniques in miniature pattern - producing a Rossetti tile. For adults. 25th
November, 9th December and 6th January.
2000 Apna Arts; Nottingham; Teaching techniques in Miniature Painting, 16-20th May.
1999 Oldham City Art Gallery; Two week end open studios - running in conjunction with 'enTWINed' exhibition.
September.
1999 Birmingham City Art Gallery; Video relay master class. May 1st.
