JAMMU, Nov 12: O.P. Sharma, Director of the Jammu & Kashmir Centre for Creative Arts (JKCCA), Jammu, has been invited as the Chief Guest to inaugurate the 6th All India Contemporary Art Exhibition being organised by Anand Art Mission, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, on November 22, 2026.
The exhibition will be held at the Art Gallery, T-47, Shivalik Nagar, Haridwar, and will showcase artworks by 50 senior and young artists from different states and Union Territories across the country. Sharma will inaugurate the exhibition and present awards to artists whose creations are selected for recognition for their outstanding artistic contributions.
The exhibition is being organised by senior artist and national award-winning teacher Ashok Gupta, Secretary of Anand Art Mission, Dehradun. Gupta has been actively associated with the field of art for more than four decades. Anand Art Mission has been working towards the promotion of contemporary art in Uttarakhand and has organised numerous artistic activities to provide a platform to both established and emerging artists from across the country.
O.P. Sharma, Founder Director of JKCCA, is a renowned painter and photographer from Jammu and Kashmir. He has been actively promoting art and culture for the past 43 years and has participated in numerous national and international art exhibitions, camps and seminars. He has received several state- and national-level awards from different organisations in recognition of his contribution to the field of visual arts.
Sharma has also served as Exhibition Officer and Special Officer Grade-I in the J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages. With extensive experience in the visual arts, he has curated numerous state, national and international art exhibitions and camps across different parts of the country. He has also served as a jury member at several national-level art exhibitions.
Under his directorship, JKCCA has organised hundreds of artistic and cultural activities at state, national and international levels. These initiatives include art exhibitions and camps, cultural programmes, seminars, musical concerts, book release functions, felicitation ceremonies for artists and writers, talent hunt events and demonstrations of various art forms.
The 6th All India Contemporary Art Exhibition will remain open to visitors until November 30, 2026, at the Art Gallery, T-47, Shivalik Nagar, Haridwar. The exhibition can be visited daily between 4:30 PM and 7:30 PM, providing art enthusiasts and visitors an opportunity to appreciate contemporary artistic expressions from across India.