Born 1985 in Sangrur, Punjab
Studied Visual Art at DLC SUPVA ROHTAK
Lives and works in Patiala
Born 1985 in Sangrur, Punjab, Kulpreet Singh studied Visual Art at the DLC State University of Performing and Visual Arts in Rohtak, Haryana. Raised around farmlands and having participated in the 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest, Kulpreet arranged for several participatory artworks to be created on cotton cloth spanning upto 30 meters across, in the body entitled Indelible Black Marks I. In Indelible Black Marks II which followed, he staged a large-scale performance by repurposing the annual stubble-burning ritual, traditionally used by farmers to remove the residual weeds and pests from farmlands in India. Two back-to-back solo exhibitions at Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke in Mumbai (November 2024 and January 2025), were followed by an invitation to participate at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale (2025-26), and The Biennale of Sydney (2026). The Extinction Archive, an evolving body of work with over 1200 drawings so far, was presented by the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art at the India Art Fair grounds in New Delhi in 2026.
Kulpreet was a recipient of the Mrinalini Mukherjee Creative Arts Grant (2022-23), the Asia Society Future (India) Award (2026), and the Hayward Gallery/Kochi-Muziris Biennale (HG-KMB) Award (2025-26). His first UK solo exhibition will open at Hayward Gallery’s HENI Project Space on June 16 and run until August 2, 2026. The artist lives and works in Patiala.