Simran KS Lamba is a mixed media visual artist, sculptor and installation artist based out of New Delhi, India. Simran’s work in mixed media genre comprises of a trans disciplinary approach towards using variable media such as tar, lead, tarmac, industrial scrap metal and glass to bring to the fore latent contexts and subjects that constantly affect an individual’s private space and simultaneously the conventional artist space: a space which is also fraught with its interjections within the public sphere, offering vantage points of expression to the artist and of perspective to the viewer alike.

Simran’s work in the public sphere, follows this thought trajectory with multiple media being employed whether to create commissioned work or certain site specific projects. Several of his projects showcase the use of kaantha, terracotta, copper, brass and aluminum sheets, and wire mesh which are employed at times to create symbolic icons of festivity or other projects involving 14 feet metal plates fused together and duly inlayed with tar and copper wire treatments to form a unison of nature and city architecture. Simran’s commissioned work within the public sphere has involved the use of expansive coal tar filled iron woks which take center stage with frayed metal pipes forming the appendages of quintessential deities of Hindu mythology, most of his projects and commissioned work being undertaken for the country’s leading hospitality groups like the Taj Hotel Group and the ITC Hotel Group and individual private collectors.

Patinated copper and wood come to the fore with Lamba’s body of work within the sculptural sphere, with victims of abject deforestation being the subject of his research. Natural formations of adeneum roots are extolled through the use of copper, generating a juxtaposition of the innate beauty of a natural formation with the usage of an industrial deep earth element, in this series of work.

Simran has been working with tar and allied media since 2006, after he accidentally stumbled upon the latent potential that lay within the confines of this dark, viscous, non pliant industrial agent whilst waterproofing his studio’s terrace and debuted with “Genesis” his first body of work of mixed media paintings using tar in 2010 to wide critical acclaim. Simran’s complex oeuvre and its expositions have been numerous in count with each body of study underlying a nuanced expression of his multi faceted practice and thought trajectory, each body of work displaying the novelty and intrinsic beauty of not just the medium but also the ramifications of content and thematic resonances explored through his mediums of choice and the innate parallels that Simran brings into focus with tar and everyday objects like discarded scrap and recyclable materials like nails, wax, fabric and filigree to mention a few.

Simran continues to work independently on his artwork, sculptures and installations in New Delhi wherein he constantly seeks to push the boundaries of his technique and constantly evolving expression through his many current endeavors. His work titled ‘Gandhi and Industry’ was also part of the 61^st National Exhibition of Art at the Lalit Kala Akademi (National Academy of Art) in New Delhi 2020.

Simran has also been granted a patent by the Government of India recognizing his unique and experimental techniques in 2023.