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{{Infobox person
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| nationality = Indian
| known_for = Painting
| mother = [[Ajeet Caur]]
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'''Arpana Caur''' is a leading [[India]]n [[contemporary painter]] and [[graphic artist]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/features/india-art-festival-is-now-bigger-and-better-272108|title=India Art Festival is now bigger and better |date=2017-11-21|work=Millennium Post|access-date=2017-11-25}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Arpana Caur {{efn|[[Kaur]] or Caur (pronunciation kor) is a religious surname worn by all female Sikhs.}} was born in 1954, in [[Delhi]]. She comes from a [[Sikh]] family who fled the [[Punjab, Pakistan|Pakistani West Punjab]] to the Republic of India in 1947 during the confusion over the [[Partition of India|partition of British India]]. Her mother [[Ajeet Cour|Ajit Kaur]] (born in 1934), is a writer who writes in [[Punjabi language|Panjabi]]. She has not had her first name Arpana since her birth, but she adopted it at the age of fifteen, as an expression of a personal development process.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Arpana_Caur|title=Arpana Caur - SikhiWiki, free Sikh encyclopedia.|website=www.sikhiwiki.org|language=en|access-date=2017-11-26}}{{unreliable source|date=November 2020}}</ref>

Her exposure to art, music and literature happened early in her life. She learnt the Sitar, wrote poetry, but enjoyed painting the most. At the age of nine, she made her first oil painting, 'Mother & Daughter' inspired by the works of [[Amrita Sher-Gil|Amrita Shergil.]]
Arpana graduated from the [[University of Delhi]] with a [[Master of Arts]] degree in Literature. She never received formal training in painting, and was largely self taught. She proceeded to receive training in the [[etching]] technique at the Garhi Studios in New Delhi, completing it in 1982.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book|title=KG Saur|publisher=General Artist's Encyclopedia|year=1997|volume=Volume 17|location=Munich|pages=342}}</ref>

In an interview with Yashodhara Dalmia, when asked if she called herself a 'feminist', Caur immediately replied with a resounding 'no' because the themes she incorporates or is curious about, go beyond gender and ones that every human is faced with.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite book|last=Dalmia|first=Yashodhara|title=Arpana Caur- Abstract Figuration (Conversations)|publisher=Academy of Fine Arts and Literature|year=2011|isbn=81-88703-15-X|location=New Delhi|pages=15}}</ref>

== Career ==

=== Influences and style ===
Arpana Caur's paintings were shaped by the events and situations around her. Her works very much focus on social issues that highlight the victimized. In addition, there is a clear influence of existing traditions in her works, namely drawing from the Gond, Gondna, Madhubani, miniature and folk art forms.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Dalmia|first=Yashodhara|title=Arpana Caur Abstract Figuration|publisher=[[Academy of Fine Arts and Literature]]|year=2011|isbn=81-88703-15-X|location=New Delhi|pages=8}}</ref> Her mother's strong influence on her extended into her works; where the 'woman' often occupies a central focus. Her works are also inspired by [[Pahari painting|''Pahari'' miniatures]] (hill-paintings), Punjabi literature, and Indian folk art.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=The Spirit of the Muse: Conversations on the Journeys of Artists|last=Mehrotra|first=Rajiv|publisher=Hay House, Inc|year=2011|isbn=9789381398173}}</ref>

One will notice that Caur's works encompass paintings with watercolour, gauche and sculptures that are layered with motifs, myths and stories that the artist purposefully references. It is important to point out that she used the 'scissors' motif so often that it earned her the pet name ''kainchi.''<ref>{{Cite book|title=Arpana Caur- Abstract Figuration|publisher=Academy of Fine Arts and Literature|year=2011|isbn=81-88703-15-X|location=New Delhi|pages=82}}</ref>

'Spirituality' , and 'Time' are recurring themes in her works. In conduction with that, she is also intrigued by the themes of 'Life' and 'Death'. Nature and figures play a vital role in the stories she tells through her works.<ref name="auto1"/>

In the 1990s, Caur created a series of collaborations with Indian folk artists from the indigenous ethnic groups of [[Warli]] and Godna, who lived in the [[Madhubani district|Madhubani]] region of the Indian state of [[Bihar]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=A Guide to 101 Modern & Contemporary Indian Artists|last=Jhaveri|first=Amrita|publisher=India Book House|year=2005|isbn=81-7508-423-5|location=Mumbai|pages=101}}</ref> She is one of the first contemporary artists to have collaborated with folk artisans.

In 1994, she was commissioned to do a large work 'Tears from Hiroshima' by the Hiroshima Museum of Modern Art to create a mural to mark the 50th anniversary of the bombings.<ref name=":2" />This work was also shown at the Documenta at Kassel. Interestingly, the artist was afraid of the temporary aspect of this installation and decided to add in pots brimming with water signifying tears within the context of the man-made tragedy.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Dalmia|first=Yashodhara|title=Arpana Caur- Abstracting Figuration|publisher=[[Academy of Fine Arts and Literature]]|year=2011|isbn=81-88703-15-X|location=New Delhi|pages=11}}</ref>

=== Solo Exhibitions ===
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!YEAR
!EXHIBITION DETAILS
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|2009
|Mural on Tiles for outer wall of SAARC Secretariat, Kathmandu<ref name="auto">{{Cite book|title=Arpana Caur- Abstract Figuration|publisher=Academy of Fine Arts and Literature|year=2011|isbn=81-88703-15-X|location=New Delhi|pages=213}}</ref>
|-
|2007
|Indigo Blue Gallery, Singapore
|-
|2005
|Mahua Gallery, Bangalore
|-
|2004
|Galerie Mueller & Plate, Munich
|-
|2003
|Academy of Fine Arts and Literature, New Delhi
|-
|
|October Gallery, London<ref name="auto"/>
|-
|2002
|Cymroza Gallery, Mumbai
|-
|2001
|Academy of Fine Arts and Literature, New Delhi
|-
|1999
|CIMA Gallery, Kolkata<ref name="auto"/>
|-
|1998
|Fine Art Resources, Berlin
|-
|
|Foundation for Indian Artists Galerie, Amsterdam
|-
|
|Cymroza Gallery, Mumbai
|-
|1997
|Arks Gallery, London<ref name="auto"/>
|-
|1996
|Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai and Bangalore
|-
|1994
|Cymroza Gallery, Mumbai
|-
|1993
|Rabindra Bhawan Gallery, New Delhi
|-
|1991
|Collins Gallery, Glasgow<ref name="auto"/>
|-
|1988
|Art Heritage New Delhi
|-
|1987
|October Gallery, London
|-
|1985
|Art Heritage, New Delhi<ref name="auto"/>
|-
|
|Cymroza Gallery, Mumbai
|-
|1984
|Ethnographic Museum, Stockholm
|-
|
|National Museum, Copenhagen
|-
|
|Jehangir Gallery, Mumbai
|-
|1982
|Chapter Gallery, Cardiff
|-
|
|Jehangir Gallery, Mumbai
|-
|
|October Gallery, London <ref name="auto"/>
|-
|1981
|City hall Gallery, Ottawa
|-
|1980
|Jehangir Gallery, Mumbai<ref name="auto"/>
|-
|1979
|Rabindra Bhawan Gallery, New Delhi
|-
|
|Gallery Arts 38, London
|-
|1975
|Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi
|}

=== Group exhibitions ===
1995 ''Inside Out: Contemporary Women Artists of India'', [[Middlesbrough Art Gallery]]<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|last=Keen, Melanie.|title=Recordings : a select bibliography of contemporary African, Afro-Caribbean and Asian British art|date=1996|publisher=Institute of International Visual Arts and Chelsea College of Art and Design|others=Ward, Elizabeth., Chelsea College of Art and Design., Institute of International Visual Arts.|isbn=1899846069|location=London|oclc=36076932}}</ref>

1992 ''Crossing Black Waters''<ref name=":3" />

1988 ''Graven Images''<ref name=":3" />

1988 ''Numaish Lait Kala''<ref name=":3" />

1984 First Indo- Greek Cultural Symposium and group shows, Athens and Delphi

1981 Executed two large murals for India International Trade Fair, New Delhi<ref>{{Cite book|title=Arpana Caur- Abstract Figuration|publisher=Academy of Fine Arts and Literature|year=2011|isbn=81-88703-15-X|pages=214}}</ref>

==== Reviews, articles texts ====
Eddie Chambers, 'Inside Out: Contemporary Women Artists of India', ''Art Monthly'' no193, (February1996) 35-37.<ref name=":3" />Besides this, her work has been covered extensively in newspapers, magazines, art books and International Herald Tribune, Arts Review London, Citizen Ottawa, Die Welt and Dagens Nhyter Stockholm.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite book|title=Arpana Caur- Abstract Figuration|publisher=Academy of Fine Arts and Literature|year=2011|isbn=81-88703-15-X|location=New Delhi|pages=215}}</ref>

Caur has also been cinematically covered with numerous films and biopics by BBC London, Sidharth Tagore, Chandermani, Doordarshan and Raqs Media.<ref name="auto2"/>

== Awards and honours ==
2011 Rotary Club of Delhi: The Lifetime Achievement Award for Vocational Excellence

2010 Sikh Art and Film Foundation, New York: The Lifetime Achievement Award

2009 Chief Guest for Conferring B.F.A. degrees, Delhi College of Art Convocation

2007 T.K. Padamini Award, Kerala Govt.

2001 Advisory Committee Member: National Gallery of Modern Art Delhi, Lalit Kala Academy, and Sahitya Kala Parishad

1995-98 Selection Committee member, Republic Day Pageants for Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India

1995 Commissioned by Hiroshima Museum to excite a large work for its permanent collection on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Holocaust

1991-92 Purchase Committee Member, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi

1990-2000 Collaborated with Gonna artist Sat Narain Pandey and for the first time in India, co-signed works with him

1990-02 Jury Member, Republic Day Pageants New Delhi Nominated Eminent Artist by Lalit Kala Academy

1989 Jury Member, National Exhibition, New Delhi

1987 VI Triennele Gold Medal for Painting (International exhibition)

1986 Gold Medal at 6th India Triennale (awarded by the Lalit Kala Akademi)<ref name=":2" />

Commendation Certificate in Algiers Biennale

1985 All India Fine Arts Society Award <ref name=":2" />

1984 Research Grant from Lalit Kala Academy for painting in Garhi Studio, New Delhi

== Collections ==
Caur's paintings have been collected extensively in collections, both public and private, which include:

* [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] London
* Rockefeller Collection, New York
* [[Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles]]
* Singapore Museum of Modern Art, Singapore
* National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/arpana-caur-on-how-she-came-to-be-an-artist-living-through-the-1984-anti-sikh-riot-4372196/|title=Threads of Life: Arpana Caur's journey of becoming an artist living through violence|date=2016-11-13|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-03-30}}</ref>
* [[Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh]]
* Ethnographic Museum, Stockholm
* Kunst Museum, Düsseldorf
* Bradford Museum, Bradford, U.K<ref name="auto3">{{Cite book|title=Arpana Caur- Abstract Figuration|publisher=Academy of Fine Arts and Literature|year=2011|isbn=81-88703-15-X|location=New Delhi|pages=216}}</ref>
* Glenbarra Museum, Japan
* Deutsche Bank, Mumbai and Chandigarh
* Kapany Collection, San Francisco
* Asian Art Museum, San Francisco<ref name="auto3"/>
* [[Jehangir Nicholson Art Foundation]], Mumbai <ref>{{Cite web|title=Arpana Caur - JNAF|url=https://jnaf.org/artist/arpana-caur/|access-date=2021-04-20}}</ref>
* Birla Akademi Collection, Calcutta
* [[Peabody Essex Museum]], Boston
* Reubens Museum, New York<ref name="auto3"/>
* Venkatappa Museum (Roerich & Hebbar), Bangalore
* Bharat Bhawan, Bhopal
* Bengal Foundation, Dhaka
* J.K Kejriwal Museum Collection, Bangalore Dhaka Museum<ref name="auto3"/>

== Social consciousness ==
Arpana Caur has been leading the Academy of Fine Arts & Literature which hosts the South Asian Literature Festival; strengthening bonds between authors from the subcontinent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/ajeet-and-arpana-caur-south-asian-literature-festival/|title=Ties That Bind|date=2018-10-09|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-03-30}}</ref>

She is known to have successfully rallied against the felling of trees in New Delhi's Siri forest area during the construction of food courts / restaurants for the 2010 Commonwealth Games Village.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/lunch-with-bs-arpana-caur-115102300818_1.html|title=Lunch with BS: Arpana Caur|last=Chowdhury|first=Kavita|date=2015-10-23|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2019-03-30}}</ref>

She supports a leprosy home in Ghaziabad, setup in the memory of her younger sister. The home also offers vocational training for young girls.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/Artist-Arpana-Caur-talks-about-her-canvasses-and-what-inspired-them/article16442858.ece|title=Artist Arpana Caur talks about her canvasses and what inspired them|last=Madhukar|first=Jayanthi|date=2016-11-12|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-03-30|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References ==
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	'''Arpana Caur''' is ~~a leading [[India]]n~~ [[contemporary painter]] and [[graphic artist]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news\|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/features/india-art-festival-is-now-bigger-and-better-272108\|title=India Art Festival is now bigger and better \|date=2017-11-21\|work=Millennium Post\|access-date=2017-11-25}}</ref>		'''Arpana Caur''' is an Indian [[contemporary painter]] and [[graphic artist]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news\|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/features/india-art-festival-is-now-bigger-and-better-272108\|title=India Art Festival is now bigger and better \|date=2017-11-21\|work=Millennium Post\|access-date=2017-11-25}}</ref>

	== Early life and education ==		== Early life and education ==
	Arpana Caur {{efn\|[[Kaur]] or Caur (pronunciation kor) is a religious surname worn by all female Sikhs.}} was born in 1954, in [[Delhi]]. She comes from a [[Sikh]] family who fled the [[Punjab, Pakistan\|Pakistani West Punjab]] to the Republic of India in 1947 during the confusion over the [[Partition of India\|partition of British India]]. Her mother [[Ajeet Cour\|Ajit Kaur]] (born in 1934), is a writer who writes in [[Punjabi language\|Panjabi]]. She has not had her first name Arpana since her birth, but she adopted it at the age of fifteen, as an expression of a personal development process.~~<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Arpana_Caur\|title=Arpana Caur - SikhiWiki, free Sikh encyclopedia.\|website=www.sikhiwiki.org\|language=en\|access-date=2017-11-26}}~~{{~~unreliable source~~\|date=~~November 2020~~}}~~</ref>~~		Arpana Caur {{efn\|[[Kaur]] or Caur (pronunciation kor) is a religious surname worn by all female Sikhs.}} was born in 1954, in [[Delhi]]. She comes from a [[Sikh]] family who fled the [[Punjab, Pakistan\|Pakistani West Punjab]] to the Republic of India in 1947 during the confusion over the [[Partition of India\|partition of British India]]. Her mother [[Ajeet Cour\|Ajit Kaur]] (born in 1934), is a writer who writes in [[Punjabi language\|Panjabi]]. She has not had her first name Arpana since her birth, but she adopted it at the age of fifteen, as an expression of a personal development process.{{Citation needed\|date=August 2021}}

	Her exposure to art, music and literature happened early in her life. She learnt the Sitar, wrote poetry, but enjoyed painting the most. At the age of nine, she made her first oil painting, 'Mother & Daughter' inspired by the works of [[Amrita Sher-Gil\|Amrita Shergil.]]		Her exposure to art, music and literature happened early in her life. She learnt the Sitar, wrote poetry, but enjoyed painting the most. At the age of nine, she made her first oil painting, 'Mother & Daughter' inspired by the works of [[Amrita Sher-Gil\|Amrita Shergil.]]
	Arpana graduated from the [[University of Delhi]] with a [[Master of Arts]] degree in ~~Literature~~. She never received formal training in painting, and was largely self taught. She proceeded to receive training in the [[etching]] technique at the Garhi Studios in New Delhi, completing it in 1982.~~<ref name=":1" />~~<ref>{{Cite book\|title=KG Saur\|publisher=General Artist's Encyclopedia\|year=1997\|volume=~~Volume~~ 17\|location=Munich\|pages=342}}</ref>		Arpana graduated from the [[University of Delhi]] with a [[Master of Arts]] degree in literature. She never received formal training in painting, and was largely self taught. She proceeded to receive training in the [[etching]] technique at the Garhi Studios in New Delhi, completing it in 1982.<ref>{{Cite book\|title=KG Saur\|publisher=General Artist's Encyclopedia\|year=1997\|volume=17\|location=Munich\|pages=342}}</ref>

	In an interview with Yashodhara Dalmia, when asked if she called herself a 'feminist', Caur immediately replied with a resounding 'no' because the themes she incorporates or is curious about, go beyond gender and ones that every human is faced with.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite book\|last=Dalmia\|first=Yashodhara\|title=Arpana Caur- Abstract Figuration (Conversations)\|publisher=Academy of Fine Arts and Literature\|year=2011\|isbn=81-88703-15-X\|location=New Delhi\|pages=15}}</ref>		In an interview with Yashodhara Dalmia, when asked if she called herself a 'feminist', Caur immediately replied with a resounding 'no' because the themes she incorporates or is curious about, go beyond gender and ones that every human is faced with.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite book\|last=Dalmia\|first=Yashodhara\|title=Arpana Caur- Abstract Figuration (Conversations)\|publisher=Academy of Fine Arts and Literature\|year=2011\|isbn=81-88703-15-X\|location=New Delhi\|pages=15}}</ref>
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	One will notice that Caur's works encompass paintings with watercolour, gauche and sculptures that are layered with motifs, myths and stories that the artist purposefully references. It is important to point out that she used the 'scissors' motif so often that it earned her the pet name ''kainchi.''<ref>{{Cite book\|title=Arpana Caur- Abstract Figuration\|publisher=Academy of Fine Arts and Literature\|year=2011\|isbn=81-88703-15-X\|location=New Delhi\|pages=82}}</ref>		One will notice that Caur's works encompass paintings with watercolour, gauche and sculptures that are layered with motifs, myths and stories that the artist purposefully references. It is important to point out that she used the 'scissors' motif so often that it earned her the pet name ''kainchi.''<ref>{{Cite book\|title=Arpana Caur- Abstract Figuration\|publisher=Academy of Fine Arts and Literature\|year=2011\|isbn=81-88703-15-X\|location=New Delhi\|pages=82}}</ref>

	'Spirituality' , and 'Time' are recurring themes in her works. In conduction with that, she is also intrigued by the themes of 'Life' and 'Death'. Nature and figures play a vital role in the stories she tells through her works.<ref name="auto1"/>		'Spirituality', and 'Time' are recurring themes in her works. In conduction with that, she is also intrigued by the themes of 'Life' and 'Death'. Nature and figures play a vital role in the stories she tells through her works.<ref name="auto1"/>

	In the 1990s, Caur created a series of collaborations with Indian folk artists from the indigenous ethnic groups of [[Warli]] and Godna, who lived in the [[Madhubani district\|Madhubani]] region of the Indian state of [[Bihar]].<ref>{{Cite book\|title=A Guide to 101 Modern & Contemporary Indian Artists\|last=Jhaveri\|first=Amrita\|publisher=India Book House\|year=2005\|isbn=81-7508-423-5\|location=Mumbai\|pages=101}}</ref> She is one of the first contemporary artists to have collaborated with folk artisans.		In the 1990s, Caur created a series of collaborations with Indian folk artists from the indigenous ethnic groups of [[Warli]] and Godna, who lived in the [[Madhubani district\|Madhubani]] region of the Indian state of [[Bihar]].<ref>{{Cite book\|title=A Guide to 101 Modern & Contemporary Indian Artists\|last=Jhaveri\|first=Amrita\|publisher=India Book House\|year=2005\|isbn=81-7508-423-5\|location=Mumbai\|pages=101}}</ref> She is one of the first contemporary artists to have collaborated with folk artisans.

	In 1994, she was commissioned to do a large work 'Tears from Hiroshima' by the Hiroshima Museum of Modern Art to create a mural to mark the 50th anniversary of the bombings.<ref name=":2" />This work was also shown at the Documenta at Kassel. Interestingly, the artist was afraid of the temporary aspect of this installation and decided to add in pots brimming with water signifying tears within the context of the man-made tragedy.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Dalmia\|first=Yashodhara\|title=Arpana Caur- Abstracting Figuration\|publisher=[[Academy of Fine Arts and Literature]]\|year=2011\|isbn=81-88703-15-X\|location=New Delhi\|pages=11}}</ref>		In 1994, she was commissioned to do a large work 'Tears from Hiroshima' by the Hiroshima Museum of Modern Art to create a mural to mark the 50th anniversary of the bombings.<ref name=":2" /> This work was also shown at the Documenta at Kassel. Interestingly, the artist was afraid of the temporary aspect of this installation and decided to add in pots brimming with water signifying tears within the context of the man-made tragedy.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Dalmia\|first=Yashodhara\|title=Arpana Caur- Abstracting Figuration\|publisher=[[Academy of Fine Arts and Literature]]\|year=2011\|isbn=81-88703-15-X\|location=New Delhi\|pages=11}}</ref>

	=== Solo ~~Exhibitions~~ ===		=== Solo exhibitions ===
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	==== Reviews, articles texts ====		==== Reviews, articles texts ====
	Eddie Chambers, 'Inside Out: Contemporary Women Artists of India', ''Art Monthly'' no193, (February1996) 35-37.<ref name=":3" />Besides this, her work has been covered extensively in newspapers, magazines, art books and International Herald Tribune, Arts Review London, Citizen Ottawa, Die Welt and Dagens Nhyter Stockholm.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite book\|title=Arpana Caur- Abstract Figuration\|publisher=Academy of Fine Arts and Literature\|year=2011\|isbn=81-88703-15-X\|location=New Delhi\|pages=215}}</ref>		Eddie Chambers, 'Inside Out: Contemporary Women Artists of India', ''Art Monthly'' no193, (February1996) 35-37.<ref name=":3" /> Besides this, her work has been covered extensively in newspapers, magazines, art books and International Herald Tribune, Arts Review London, Citizen Ottawa, Die Welt and Dagens Nhyter Stockholm.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite book\|title=Arpana Caur- Abstract Figuration\|publisher=Academy of Fine Arts and Literature\|year=2011\|isbn=81-88703-15-X\|location=New Delhi\|pages=215}}</ref>

	Caur has also been cinematically covered with numerous films and biopics by BBC London, Sidharth Tagore, Chandermani, Doordarshan and Raqs Media.<ref name="auto2"/>		Caur has also been cinematically covered with numerous films and biopics by BBC London, Sidharth Tagore, Chandermani, Doordarshan and Raqs Media.<ref name="auto2"/>

	== Awards and honours ==		== Awards and honours ==
	2011 Rotary Club of Delhi: The Lifetime Achievement Award for Vocational Excellence		2011 Rotary Club of Delhi: The Lifetime Achievement Award for Vocational Excellence

	2010 Sikh Art and Film Foundation, New York: The Lifetime Achievement Award		2010 Sikh Art and Film Foundation, New York: The Lifetime Achievement Award
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	2001 Advisory Committee Member: National Gallery of Modern Art Delhi, Lalit Kala Academy, and Sahitya Kala Parishad		2001 Advisory Committee Member: National Gallery of Modern Art Delhi, Lalit Kala Academy, and Sahitya Kala Parishad

	~~1995-98~~ Selection Committee member, Republic Day Pageants for Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India		1995–98 Selection Committee member, Republic Day Pageants for Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India

	1995 Commissioned by Hiroshima Museum to excite a large work for its permanent collection on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Holocaust		1995 Commissioned by Hiroshima Museum to excite a large work for its permanent collection on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Holocaust

	~~1991-92~~ Purchase Committee Member, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi		1991–92 Purchase Committee Member, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi

	~~1990-2000~~ Collaborated with Gonna artist Sat Narain Pandey and for the first time in India, co-signed works with him		1990–2000 Collaborated with Gonna artist Sat Narain Pandey and for the first time in India, co-signed works with him

	~~1990-02~~ Jury Member, Republic Day Pageants New Delhi Nominated Eminent Artist by Lalit Kala Academy		1990–02 Jury Member, Republic Day Pageants New Delhi Nominated Eminent Artist by Lalit Kala Academy

	1989 Jury Member, National Exhibition, New Delhi		1989 Jury Member, National Exhibition, New Delhi
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			== External links ==
			{{Commons category\|Arpana Caur}}

			* [https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/arpana-caur/g11dyj6yxm?categoryid=artist Profile on Google Arts & Culture]
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