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Kiran Rai-Bhullar

Portfolio · Series of 8

Kisaan Collection

Digital paintings made in solidarity with the farmers’ protest in India. Shared online as free posters, and printed on hoodies for a fundraiser for Khalsa Aid.

Digital painting · 2020–2021

Shown

  • Ontario Sikh Heritage Month, virtual gallery, April 2021
  • Project Projekt, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, during Chinook Blast, February 2021
Long Live Women Farmers projected onto the Glenbow Museum at night, the Calgary Tower lit red behind it
Long Live Women Farmers, projected onto the Glenbow Museum for Project Projekt during Chinook Blast, February 2021. Photograph by Carlos Santos, Pictures Taken.

Side by side

  • Long Live Women Farmers, a pattern of women farmers with raised fists in yellow, teal, navy and tan
  • Kisaan, a farmer dressed in white raising an orange flag with the Khanda against a turquoise ground
  • Made in Punjab, a woman carrying a basket on her head inside a pink arch, with the words Made in Punjab, on grey
  • No Farmers No Food, an elder farmer in a turban raising his fist in front of the words No Farmers No Food repeated in white on navy
  • Long Live Farmers, rows of turbaned farmers with raised fists in red, navy, orange and white
  • Chardi Kala, two figures raising their arms inside a white circle ringed by the words Chardi Kala and Rising Optimism, on green
  • Tractor Union, a round green badge with a line drawing of a tractor and the words No Farmers No Food in English and Punjabi, on black
  • The Tractor, a green farm tractor with a white canopy flying saffron and yellow flags, on orange

The works

Long Live Women Farmers, a pattern of women farmers with raised fists in yellow, teal, navy and tan

Teal · 1 of 2

1 of 8

Long Live Women Farmers

2020
Digital painting

Women farmers are the force that fuels the world. No farmers, no food. Projected onto the Glenbow Museum for Project Projekt during Chinook Blast, February 2021.

Details: Long Live Women Farmers
Kisaan, a farmer dressed in white raising an orange flag with the Khanda against a turquoise ground

Teal · 1 of 4

2 of 8

Kisaan

2020
Digital painting

It is the people’s duty to rise and resist against corruption.

Details: Kisaan
Made in Punjab, a woman carrying a basket on her head inside a pink arch, with the words Made in Punjab, on grey

Grey · 1 of 4

3 of 8

Made in Punjab

2021
Digital painting

As children of farmers, our khethi is our pride. Our roots are fed from the five rivers, as Punjab is our motherland.

Details: Made in Punjab
No Farmers No Food, an elder farmer in a turban raising his fist in front of the words No Farmers No Food repeated in white on navy

Navy · 1 of 4

4 of 8

No Farmers No Food

2020
Digital painting

A protest poster for the Kisaans’ movement. No farmers, no food. Printed on the back of hoodies for an awareness fundraiser; all profits went to Khalsa Aid.

Details: No Farmers No Food
Protesters riding on a car at a farmers’ rally with flags and a megaphone, one wearing the No Farmers No Food hoodie
The No Farmers No Food hoodie, worn at a rally.
Long Live Farmers, rows of turbaned farmers with raised fists in red, navy, orange and white

Red and navy · 1 of 3

5 of 8

Long Live Farmers

2020
Digital painting

Farmers are the backbone of society. Protect their livelihoods.

Details: Long Live Farmers
A woman seen from behind in a black hoodie printed with the Long Live Farmers design
The Long Live Farmers hoodie.
Chardi Kala, two figures raising their arms inside a white circle ringed by the words Chardi Kala and Rising Optimism, on green

Green · 1 of 4

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Chardi Kala

2021
Digital painting

Chardi Kala is the integral grain of our community. Through adversity we are united through our rising energy, our unbreakable spirit.

Details: Chardi Kala
Tractor Union, a round green badge with a line drawing of a tractor and the words No Farmers No Food in English and Punjabi, on black

Black · 1 of 2

7 of 8

Tractor Union

2021
Digital painting

Inspired by the Kisaans’ Union flags seen all over the protest sites in India. No farmers, no food, in English and Punjabi: ਕਿਸਾਨ ਨਹੀਂ ਤਾਂ ਖਾਣਾ ਨਹੀਂ. Printed on apparel, with all proceeds donated to the farmers’ protests.

Details: Tractor Union
The Tractor, a green farm tractor with a white canopy flying saffron and yellow flags, on orange

Orange · 1 of 5

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The Tractor

2021
Digital painting

A symbol of working class resistance. On 26 January 2021, India’s Republic Day, more than 100,000 tractors joined the farmers’ Historic Tractor Rally against unjust farm laws.

Details: The Tractor

In the world

A collage of news and social posts about the farmers’ protest from early 2021, including a British Vogue headline, a Rihanna tweet and a Human Rights Watch post
The protest in the world’s news, early 2021. Collage by @house.of.kaur.

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