Divyaman Singh is a self-taught artist known for his powerful abstract and contemporary paintings that explore the deep connection between the universe, nature, and the human spirit. Working primarily with oil on canvas, Divyaman uses an intuitive process involving his bare hands, palette knives, linen cloth, and brushes to build richly textured surfaces. His works often feature a restrained palette of just two colors, allowing emotion and form to take center stage. Through this minimal yet expressive style, he investigates themes of spiritual enlightenment, cosmic unity, and the timeless rhythms of life.
Divyaman’s deep-rooted connection to nature is central to his practice. Born and raised in Chaugain, a village in Bihar’s Buxar district, he often speaks of the forests and mountains of his childhood as his true source of inspiration. “I feel truly at home only when surrounded by forests and mountains,” he reflects. This bond with nature is not only emotional but also philosophical, guiding the soul of his work. His paintings invite viewers to pause, feel, and reflect, encouraging a quiet journey inward and a renewed awareness of the natural world.
His upcoming solo exhibition Light as Creation, to be held at LTC Gallery, Bikaner House, New Delhi from 21st to 24th August 2025, brings together a deeply reflective body of work centered on light, land, and solitude. Known for his quiet disposition and reclusive working style, Divyaman paints only when moved by an inner compulsion, a merging of emotion and reason. This new series features impressionistic landscapes and tree studies where color and light serve as metaphors for memory, transformation, and timelessness. Curatorial advisor Uma Nair describes these works as “pages of the earth,” highlighting their ability to draw viewers into an intimate meditation on truth and transcendence. The scarlet and blue series within the show reference transitional moments like sunset and sunrise, echoing tides of emotion and ancient memory.
Drawing inspiration from both ancestral knowledge and modern ideas like luminescence dating, Divyaman’s work also nods to thinkers and poets like Etel Adnan, Rachel Carson, and Anaïs Nin, embedding his visual language in a rich dialogue between art, ecology, and the soul. His blue series, for example, reflects the sea as a place where body and spirit meet a visual poetry of existence. With shades of ultramarine, burnt sienna, muddy browns, and radiant oranges, his paintings radiate from within, suggesting that light is both subject and source. Light as Creation invites viewers into a serene world where silence, space, and inner vision become essential tools for seeing.
Divyaman Singh has exhibited widely in India and internationally, with solo and group shows in New Delhi, Mumbai, Dubai, Milan.
EXHIBITION DETAILS
Dates: 21 – 24th August 2025
Timings: 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Venue: LTC Gallery, Bikaner House, India Gate, New Delhi
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