Gurminder Sikand

Exhibitions

CURRENT

The Goddess, The Deity and the Cyborg, Women's Art Collection, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, UK, to 8th September 2024. (Three paintings in group show.)


PAST

1984-85                       Midland View 3

                                    Nottingham and Touring


1985                            Three Asian Artists

                                    Commonwealth Institute

                                   

1985-86                       Eastern Views.  New Walk Museum, Leicester,  and Touring

                                   

1986                            Myth, Moon and Muslin

                                    Mansfield Community Arts Centre

                                    (Solo Exhibition)

 

                                    Artists Showcase

                                    Nottingham Castle Museum

                                    (Solo Exhibition)

 

                                    Artists in Industry

                                    Nottingham Castle Museum and Touring

 

                                    Artists in Handsworth

                                    Ikon Gallery and Touring

 

1987                           The Element Within

                                    Bonington Gallery, Trent Polytechnic

                                   

                                    Paintings by Gurminder Sikand

                                    Sisterwrite, London

                                    (Solo Exhibition)

 

                                    Gurminder Sikand & Sutapa Biswas

                                    Axiom Gallery, Cheltenham

 

                                    Drawings by East Midlands Arts

                                    Award Winners

                                    Clock Yard, Derby

 

1988-89                       Black Art: Plotting the Course

                                    Oldham Art Gallery and Touring

                                   

1989                            Avatars  of Power

                                    Flaxman Gallery,Staffordshire Polytechnic

                                    (Solo Exhibition)

 

                                    Being Here  

                                    Holden Gallery, Manchester Polytechnic

 

1990                            Let the Canvas Come to Life with Dark Faces

                                    Herbert Art Gallery Coventry, and Touring

                                   

                                    Arts in Town

                                    Wolsey Art Gallery, Ipswich

 

                                    New work on the Ramayana

                                    Castle Museum, Nottingham

 

1991                            Four Painters

                                    Eastthorpe Gallery, Mirfield

                                   

1991-92                       The Circular Dance

                                    Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, and Touring

                                   

1992                            Paintings and Drawings by Gurminder Sikand.

                                    Derby Museum and Art Gallery

                                    (Solo Exhibition)

 

                                    Myth, Dream, and Fable

                                    (with Paula Rego, Amanda Faulkner, Eileen Cooper)

                                    Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham.

 

                                    Fine Material for a Dream? 

                                    Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston; and touring.

 

                                    Taking Flight

                                    City Art Gallery, Leicester; and the Gill Gallery, London.

 

                                    Keeping It Together

                                    Pavilion Gallery, Leeds.

 

                                    The Discerning Eye

                                    The Mall Galleries, London.

 

1993                            Warm, Rich and Fearless

                                    Castle Museum, Nottingham.

                                   

                                    Samsara

                                    Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham.

                                    (Solo Exhibition)

 

1994                            Wonderings in Paint

                                    University of Nottingham.

                                    (Solo Exhibition)

 

                                    Creative Journeys

                                    Huddersfield Museum and Art Gallery.

                                    (Solo Exhibition)

 

1995                            Maidens, Trees and Deities

                                    Walsall Museum and Art Gallery.

                                    (Solo Exhibition)

                                   

                                    Byard Gallery, Nottingham.

 

                                    Derby Museum & Art Gallery

 

1996                            Herbert Museum & Art Gallery, Coventry.

                                   

                                    Transforming the Crown: African, Asian and Caribbean Artists in Britain,

                                    New York.


                                    Gurminder Sikand: New Works

                                    Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London

                                    (Solo Exhibition)


1999                            Paintings and fine art prints

                                    with Amrit and Rabindra Kaur Singh

                                    Blackthorn Galleries, Birkenhead

                                   

2000                            Outside In. Works by Indian Artists Residing outside India

                                    The Air Gallery, London.


2012                            Palimpsest of Desire

                                    New Art Exchange, Nottingham.

                                   (Solo Exhibition)


2015                            The Movement of the Line

                                    Lace Market Gallery, Nottingham. 


2016     University of Nottingham summer exhibition 

    Djanogly Gallery, 9-23 July


2017                           Breaking Boundaries

                                   (with Sardul Gill)

                                   Harrington Street Studios, Long Eaton


2018                           See Here

                                   Quarrylab, Nottingham


2021                           The Weaver of Songs

                                   (Solo Exhibition)

                                   TG Gallery, Nottingham


2023                           Gurminder Sikand: A Retrospective

                                   (Solo Exhibition)

                                   Trace Gallery, Nottingham


2023-24                      RE/SISTERS. A Lens on Gender and Ecology
                                   The Barbican, London


2023-24                       Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970-1990

                                    Tate Britain


2024                            The Goddess, the Deity and the Cyborg

                                   Women's Art Collection, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, UK.