Born 1958, at Bareta, District Mansa (previously Bathinda), Punjab, India.

EXHIBITIONS OF PHOTOPRINTS (INDIVIDUAL)

• Ages of Separation-Exhibition of Photographs, Curator Dr. Alka Pande, presented by Art Room, at Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Center, New Delhi September 2006, and at Gallery Art Room, New Delhi, Oct 2006
• After The Turmoil, Exhibition of photographs, International Art Centre, Paszkowka Palace. Krakow, Poland 2003-2004
• Exhibition of Photographs, Barga, Italy, 2003
• Window on Time, Galerie Bateau Lavoir, Paris, 2001
• Wheel of Time, Alliance Francaise Le Corbusier de Chandigarh, 2000
• Photographs of Series: Alienation, Violence, Dhaba, Goat's Eye and Shores of the Unknown at The Museum of Indian Art, Berlin, Germany, 2000
• Shores Of the Unknown, Galerie Bellevue, Berlin, Germany, 2000
• ?Rooh Punjab Di?, Photographic Documentation of Rare Folk Musical Instruments and their players in Punjab, Central Plaza, Sector 17, Chandigarh, 1999
• Shropshire County Council, Shrewsbury, U.K., 1997
• Galleries, Sprout Farm, Telford, U.K., 1997
• Rowley's Museum, Shrewsbury, U.K., 1997
• AIFACS Galleries, New Delhi, 1997
• Dewsbury Museum, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, U.K., 1996
• Exhibition of photographs on Taj Mahal, Le Route des Indes, Paris, France, 1994
• Galleries of West Midlands Art, Birmingham, U.K., 1994
• Traveling Show organized in U.K. by Light House Media Center, Wolverhampton,1993-2000
• Light House Media Center, Wolverhampton, U.K., 1993 as part of South Asian Visual Arts Festival
• Modern Art Gallery, Sheesh Mahal, Patiala, 1993
• Museum of Fine Arts, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 1992
• Museum of Fine Arts, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 1986

EXHIBITIONS (GROUP)

• The Wonder that is India - A Visual Map: Group exhibition of 8 photographers, Curated by Dr. Alka Pande, at Instituto Cervantes Nueva Delhi, (Spanish Cultural Center) as part of India Art Summit 2009
• Annual Art Exhibition 2009, by Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi (State Academy of Academy of Fine Art, Chandigarh) Invited Artist
• Click! Contemporary Photography in India, presented by Vadehra Art Gallery and Fotomedia, at Grosvenor Gallery, London, 27th February - 27th March 2008 and Vadehra Art Gallery, Delhi, 1st - 31st March 2008
• Regards Croises Franco - Indien (Indo - French Glances), Firminy-Chandigarh, Le Corbusier by two photographers - Diwan Manna and Michel Dieudonne, Art Gallery Alliance Francaise de Chandigarh, Oct. 2008; Apparao Gallery, Chennai, Feb 2008; Alliance Francaise Gallery, Bangalore, March 2008; Gallerie Romaine Rolland, Alliance Francaise de Delhi, April 2008
• Brasilia-Chandigarh-Le Havre, Portraits De Villes, Photographs, Documentary Films, Musee Malraux, Le Havre, France, June-Sept 2007
• Regards Croises Franco-Indiens, Exhibition of photographs of Le Corbusier creations by two photographers, Diwan Manna from India and Michel Dieudonne from France, at Unite de la Habitation, Firminy, Saint-Etienne, France, Nov 2006 to Jan 2007
• Le Corbusier a Chandigarh 1951-2006, Exhibition of photographs by three photographers: Diwan Manna from India, Stephane Couturier and Lucien Harve from France, Curator: Yannick Courbes at Musee des Beaux-Arts Tourcoing, France, Oct 2006-Jan 2007
• Decisive Moment, Exhibition of India's largest photography collection, by PFA, New Delhi, September 2005
• Singular Identities, Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, December 2004
• Group show of five artists at Alliance Francaise Le Corbusier de Chandigarh, June 2000
• Inaugural show by the Gallery Art Folio, Chandigarh (including artists from all over India) 1998
• Five Artists from Punjab, Galleries of English Bridge Workshop Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, U.K., 1997
• Annual Art Exhibition, Punjab Lalit Kala Academy, Chandigarh (as an invited artist), 1997
• 50 Years of Independence Show, ?Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow?, Government Museum & Art Gallery, Chandigarh, 1997
• 3^rd All India Photography Exhibition, AIFACS, New Delhi and Chandigarh, 1996
• National Exhibition of Photography, Central Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi, 1996
• 2^nd All India Photography Exhibition, AIFACS, New Delhi and Chandigarh, 1995
• Exhibition of Photographs of ?Project Punjab? (30 photographers from all over India were invited to photograph the Punjab State for six days: sponsored by Kodak India and NZCC) at National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, Mumbai (Bombay), Chandigarh, 1995 and UK
• South Asian Visual Arts Festival, Wolverhampton Museum, U.K., 1993
• All India Photo Exhibition, North Zone Cultural Center (NZCC), at New Delhi, Jaipur, Patiala and Chandigarh, 1991
• International Exhibition of Graphic Art & Photography, AIFACS (All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society), New Delhi, 1988
• National Exhibition of Art, Central Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi, 1982

AWARDS

• National Academy Award in Photography, Central Lalit Kala Academy (National Fine Arts Academy), New Delhi, India 1996
• All India Photography Award, AIFACS, New Delhi, 1996
• All India Photography Award, AIFACS, New Delhi, 1995
• All India Photography Award, North Zone Cultural Center, India 1991
• All India Exhibition of Photo prints & Graphics, State Department of Language, Art & Culture, Himachal Pradesh, Shimla, India 1984

HONOUR

• Photo Artist of the Year Honor, on the occasion of 19 th Biennial Convention of Federation of Indian Photography (FIP), 1998
• State Lalit Kala Academy, Punjab, India 1996

ARTIST in RESIDENCE

• Artist in Residence as part of cultural exchange to photograph people and La Corbusier Buildings, May-June 2006, Firminy, Saint-Etienne, France.
• Conducted Multimedia Workshops for children below 3 years, parents and teachers at Sure Start, Birmingham County, UK Sep 2003
• Conducted Photography Workshop at Rhyn Park Secondary School, U.K., 2001
• Conducted Photography Workshop at Rhyn Park Secondary School, U.K, 1998
• Conducted Multimedia Workshop in two schools in Shropshire, U.K., 1997
• Conducted Multimedia Workshop for Community Center, Wolverhampton, U.K., July, 1997
• Conducted Photography Workshop at Rhyn Park Secondary School, U.K., September ? October, 1996
• Conducted Multimedia Workshops with women and children at Dewsbury Museum, West Yorkshire, U.K., 1996
• Conducted Multimedia Workshops (on Painting, Acting and Photography) in schools of 10 towns in Shropshire, U.K., February - April, 1993
• Conducted Multimedia Workshops in schools of two towns in Shropshire, U.K., October - November, 1993
• Conducted Multimedia Workshop for children (4 ? 18 years) at Chandigarh Press Club, 1993

SHOWS OF WORK DONE IN WORKSHOPS

• An exhibition of work done by students from U.K. (during the workshops conducted by Diwan Manna) at Rhyn Park, Telford, Oswestry and other places, 1993-96
• An exhibition of work done by workshop students from Chandigarh and U.K., at Punjab Arts Council, Chandigarh, 1994

AUDIO-VISUAL LECTURE

• Discussion/lecture at Photography School in Galeria OKO, Krakow, Poland 2003
• An audio-visual lecture on my photographic experience, Alliance Francaise, Chandigarh, 2001

COLLECTION

• Museum Of Indian Art (Museum Fur Indische Kunst) Berlin, Germany
• Govt. Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh
• Fine Arts Museum, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
• Deutsche Bank
• Rhyn Park Secondary School, UK, 20 works (One of 25 best Schools in UK)
• Shropshire County Council, UK
• Private Collections in USA, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, France, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy, Holland, UK, Spain, Poland, Taiwan, Indonesia, Singapore and India
• Governor House, Punjab, Chandigarh

Display

• Solo Display of photographs at HSBC Bank Gallery, Chandigarh, India 2001-2004

CO-ORDINATION

• Chief Coordinator of All India Seminar for Photography, Chandigarh, 1987
• Chief Coordinator of All India Photography Competition in Chandigarh Festival, 1987
• Coordinator of All India Seminar on Art & Culture, Chail, Himachal Pradesh, India 1987

COMMISSIONS

• Photographic documentation of rare folk music instruments and their players in Punjab for a coffee-table book and a traveling exhibition, 1998-99
• Chief Photographer for Apna Utsav for NZCC at Mumbai (Bombay), 1990
• Photographic documentation of Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan (117 year old Classical Music Festival) at Jalandhar, 1990-92
• Photographic documentation of folk theatre forms of North India, 1989-92
• Photographic documentation of folk music forms and musical instruments of North India, 1989-92
• Photographic documentation of Indian classical music and dance concerts for NZCC, 1989-91
• Photographic documentation of life, handicrafts, costumes, jewelry, food and architecture in Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh for NZCC, 1986-91
• Chief Photographer for Apna Utsav (an all-India cultural extravaganza having approximately 5,000 artists as participants) for NZCC at New Delhi, 1986

TELEVISION AND THEATRE

• Researched, scripted and presented a TV documentary on painter Raj Jain for Doordarshan, 1986
• Co-directed and scripted a street play ?Satta Ke Jangal? with Navtej Singh Johar (Indian classical dancer), 1982
• Participated in a theatre workshop on Body Language conducted by Badal Sircar, 1979
• Directed and acted in street plays and TV plays, 1978-82
• Acted in a film ?Disturbed Area? made by Khwaja Ahmed Abbas and Imtiaz Khan, based on a play directed by Gurcharan Channi, 1978-79

PUBLICATION

• ?From Mustard Fields to Disco Lights: Folk Music and Musical Instruments of Punjab? by Dr. Alka Pande, photographs by Diwan Manna, published by MAPINS

PARTICIPATION

• Participated in I ? LAN International Folklore, Folk games and Folk music festival, Taiwan, in July- August 2000

CURRENT INVOLVEMENTS

• Chairman, Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi (State Academy of Fine Art, Chandigarh) since June 2008