Daras (Darshan Singh Grewal) is an interdisciplinary artist, designer, and spatial storyteller whose practice moves fluidly across visual art, architecture, immersive installations, photography, sound, poetry, film, craft, and community-based learning.
Rooted in architecture yet guided by intuition, he creates experiences where art is not merely observed but inhabited. His work transforms functional places into living cultural spaces, where sculptural installations invite participation, co-creation, & collective experience. His visual poetry and photographic narratives quietly reveal the unseen relationships between people, memory, ecology, and place.
Across festivals, public spaces, exhibitions, and community initiatives, Daras explores themes of celebration, belonging, impermanence, play, and our evolving relationship with the living Earth. Each project becomes an unfolding landscape where sound, image, light, material, and movement converge to awaken curiosity, reflection, and a shared presence.
Beyond physical spaces, his practice extends into experimental filmmaking, where he seeks to translate the metaphors of life into moving images inspired by his own poetry and original soundscapes. Rather than telling stories, his films seek to evoke states of presence, using layers of life, rhythm, silence, and visual flow to create contemplative experiences that invite audiences to pause, listen, and encounter the extraordinary within the ordinary.
Equally central to his practice is the cultivation of communities of care. Through workshops, collaborative making, and immersive learning environments, he aspires to create spaces where creativity becomes a pathway to dialogue, ecological awareness, healing, and collective imagination. These gatherings weave together art, craftsmanship, and insightful plays, nurturing meaningful relationships between people, culture, and the Earth.
His evolving vision is to cultivate a living ecology of creativity, one where art becomes a bridge between disciplines, generations, and ways of knowing; where cultural practice and ecological stewardship grow together; and where beauty is experienced not only as something to behold, but as something to participate in, care for, and carry forward.
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Workshops (Facilitation): E7: LTA WORKSHOP 2021 / Mera.Qi, Chandigarh 2019 / Arpana Fine Arts Gallery, New Delhi 2019 / ARCH College of Design & Business, Jaipur
Alternative Learning Program (Facilitation): 2017 / SHILP KHEL / Chirag School, Simayal, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India
Reflective Circles (Facilitation): 2020-2021 / SAWAL-E-SAFAR / Community Spaces in Bombay, Delhi & Chandigarh
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Sound, Songs & Stories:
Poems On The Move / Curated by Salil Chaturvedi x Thukral & Tagra 2024 & 2025 /A Poet/ Serendipity Art Festival, Goa
Daras x Jeevay Punjab 2023 / Kadar Kudrat / (Unreleased) / Live Performance 2021 / Heer Ranjha / Live Performance 2020 / Raahiya / Live Performance 2020 / Sikhan Da Silsila / Poetic SoundScapes 01. Mool | 02. Mohabbat | 03. Naad | 04. Sikhan Da Silsila | 05. Koi Aan Milaavai | 06. Chal Nanak Ghar | 07. Shukraan
PIND DA LANDMARK 2016 / Village Jaipura, Ludhiana, Punjab
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Exhibitions: 2016/ SAUDADE – A Photo Project / BHFTH / Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai, India
Art Stall: 2015 / Delhi Comic Con / NSIC Exhibition Ground, Okhla, Delhi.
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Projects: Events/Festivals/Exhibition Spaces & Set Design
The French Institute in India at Alliance Française de Delhi, India 2025 / FOI – WE ARE THE OCEAN 2024 / Pardon My French! Book Station
JASHN–E–REKHTA / Rekhta Foundation, Noida, India 2025 / Zabeel Park, Dubai + Baansera Park, New Delhi, India 2024 / JLN Stadium, New Delhi, India 2023 / Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi, India 2022 / Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi, India
AJAB GAJAB BAZAAR / Shabad Dhun Foundation 2026 / LLDC Bhuj, Gujarat, India 2025 / SAS Ashram, Sayla, Gujarat, India 2024 / Lokniketan, Ratanpur, Gujarat, India 2023 / Vidya Bhawan, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
VIVAAN – Handpan And World Music Festival 2026 / Bambolim Beach Resort, Goa, India 2025 / Aralea Beach Resort, Goa, India 2024 / Shoonya Farm Retreat, Belgaum, Karnataka, India 2020 / NIVAAN / Montego Bay Beach Village, Morjim, Goa, India
RAJASTHAN KABIR YATRA / India’s Longest Travelling Folk Music Festival 2022 / Udaipur, Salumbar, Phalasiya, Khumbhalgarh, Rajsamand and Bhim, Rajasthan, India 2022 / Sang Kabir Festival / JKK, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. 2018 / Bikaner, Jaisalmer & Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India 2016 / Bikaner, Sri Dungargarh, Rawwala, Sri Kolayat and Moolwas, Rajasthan, India
JEEVAY PUNJAB / A Punjab Origin Poetry & Music Platform 2023 / Guru Nanak Dev Bhawan, Ludhiana, Punjab, India 2021 / Guru Nanak Dev Bhawan, Ludhiana, Punjab, India 2019 / Tagore Theatre, Chandigarh, India
FERRO-FLUID / A Transcendental Music Set 2024 / An Odyssey / Tagore Theatre, Chandigarh, India
DESERT FESTIVAL JAISALMER 2023 / Shaheed Poonam Singh Stadium, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India
ANJAS MAHOTSAV / Rekhta Foundation, Noida, India 2022 / Garh Govind, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
SAGA HITS / A Film Promo Show 2022 / CHUR CHUR GALLAN WITH LEGENDS / ZED Ventures Film Studio, Kharar, Punjab, India.
Ba: Mu: Fab Installations / OSHO Festival 2020 / Osho Resort, Hisar, Haryana, India
ORGANIC MAHOTSAV / OFAI, India 2019 / Shilpgram, Udaipur, India
MAJHA HOUSE, Amritsar 2018 / Basant Festival / Majha House, Amritsar, Punjab, India 2018 / Syal Festival / Majha House, Amritsar, Punjab, India
SADA-E-TEHZEEB / A Mushaira Set 2018 / Indian Academy of Fine Arts, Amritsar, Punjab, India
CINE MANDAL / Art Installation at 4C Film Festival 2014 / Govt. Museum Auditorium, Sec10, Chandigarh
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2007–2012 / Bachelor of Architecture / DCRUST, Murthal, Haryana, India Thesis Project:Residential Care Institute for Children with Intellectual Disabilities
2006 / Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 2, DMW, Patiala, Punjab, India
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