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GURUKIRN KAUR KHALSA
Tel 602-407-2878
| 1951 |
Born Redlands, CA |
| 1965 |
Ethel Walker School, Simbury CT |
| 1969 |
Entered Pomona College, Claremont, CA |
| 1972 |
Transferred to University of California, Santa Barbara |
| 1974 |
Ordained as Sikh Minister |
| 1974 |
B.A. Studio Art, University of California, Santa Barbara |
| 1975 |
K-8 Teacher's Certification, Graduate School of Education, UCSB. Juried member, Arizona Artist’s Guild |
| 1986 |
AAG show, Valley Bank Center, Teacher |
| 1987 |
Glendale Festival of Arts, Jetha. AAG show Gregg Gallery, Jetha |
| 1989 |
Glendale Festival of Arts, Teacher |
| 1990 |
Peoria Art Exhibition, Old Age. Published Sikh Tradition |
| 1994 |
Pure Longing painting and poem presented to Jathedar Prof. Manjit Singh, Acting Jathedar, Akal Takht, Amritsar, India |
| 1999 |
Published Pure Longing Fulfilled |
| 2000 |
Published Living with the Guru. Arizona State Fair, Princess Warrior |
| 2001 |
Glendale Festival of Arts, Purple Prickly Pear, Church of Beatitudes, Flower Dance, Gifts for the True King, finalist AZ Author’s Association short-story contest |
| 2002 |
Award of Achievement from Centennial Foundation, Toronto, Canada for artistic contributions to Sikhism. Arizona State Fair, Purple Prickly Pear |
| 2004 |
Arizona State Fair, 1st place, Elevation. Jamie Cat and Yogiji and Bibiji also accepted. |
| 2005 |
Arizona State Fair, 2nd place, Har Rai Singh and Peaches. Jodha Singh also accepted |
| 2006 |
Arizona State Fair, 2nd place, Out on Bishop’s Road. |
| 2007 |
Cahoon Museum of American Art, Tree-mendous Show, Northern Avenue Canal Eucalyptus, Glendale Festival of Arts, Tres Rios Shady Path, Gilbert Water Ranch, AWA Fall Show, Merchant’s Award, Son in the Andes. Master’s Gaze II also accepted. Arizona State Fair, Rio Salado at Central Avenue, Gods of Nambe, Ancients of Torrey Pines |
Juried member Arizona Artists Guild, Associate member Arizona Watercolor Association and Tucson Plein Air Painters Assocation. Studied with Cynthia Ganem at Cynthia’s Art Asylum and with Ted Nuttall, Julie Gilbert Pollard, Mary Deloyht-Arendt, Lew Lehrman, and Betsy Dillard Stroud at Scottsdale Artists School. Received SAS scholarship summer 2006.
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