The Singh Twins

Born in 1966 in London, The Singh Twins, or Amrit and Rabindra Kaur Singh, are contemporary British artists of international acclaim whose paintings have been acknowledged as constituting a unique genre in British Art and for initiating a new movement in the revival of the Indian miniature tradition within modern art practice.

Describing their creative process as Past Modern (as opposed to Post Modern), The Singh Twin's work engages with significant areas of critical debate – challenging the existing stereotypes and redefining the Eurocentric perceptions of art, heritage, and identity in society. Combining elements from Western and Eastern aesthetics, The Singh Twins assert the value of traditional and non-European art forms to the continuing development of contemporary art practice - exploring cultural, social and political issues of global significance within a highly decorative, often witty and symbolic style which has universal appeal and transcends cultural barriers.

Their contribution to the arts on an international platform was officially recognized by their home city in the UK when they were made Honorary Citizens of Liverpool in 2009. Their work also received formal recognition at the highest level of the British establishment in 2011, when they were each awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to the Indian miniature tradition of painting within contemporary art.

The Singh Twins paintings are in private and public collections worldwide, from the Royal Ontario Museum Toronto to The London Museum. Exhibitions of paintings they have created since 1987 have been hosted by Museums and Galleries around the world, including The National Gallery, London, The National Portrait Gallery, London, The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, The Royal Museums, Edinburgh, The Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, Mc Master Gallery, Hamilton Canada, and The National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai and New Delhi where, at that time, they became the only British artists besides Henry Moore, to have been offered a solo show at this, India's foremost venue for Contemporary Art.

For more than two decades, the Twin's work has received significant interest from academics, art students and University research scholars alike and is now incorporated into the formal Education system of Britain as elsewhere.

Their contribution to the field of arts has achieved wide media attention - featuring in numerous art magazines, journals, and newspapers across the globe. Their television and Radio coverage includes house guest appearances on Bloomberg TVs Style, Carlton TVs Open House with Gloria Hunniford and CBCs Here and Now, and interviews for BBC Women's Hour, Mid-Week, Front Row and Belief. In 1998, a film titled 'Singh Out Sisters', which followed their first exhibition in Germany, was screened by Granada Television as part of a series of programs profiling the creative talent of North West England and in 2001, an Arts Council Funded documentary on their work by independent filmmaker Suman Bhuchar, titled, Alone Together received 'The Best Film on Art' prize at the Asolo International Film Festival.

Amongst the mainstream publications profiling their work are such titles as the Penguin History of Scotland, The Oxford History of Art: Portraiture, The National Portrait Gallery's The Portraiture Now; Marg Publications New Insights into Sikh Art and The Oxford Encyclopaedia of Women in World History.

The Singh Twins live and work in London.

Artworks By The Singh Twins