Distinctions

Featured on Agora Gallery

Times of India - Sunday January 20, 2008

- "Look out for .... the two Abu Ghraib paintings by the Indo-Canadian painter Kiran Sainani - muscular works of naked bodies taut with oppression but in sunlit shades to express hope"

Mumbai Festival - Sunday January 20, 2008

Invited by the Mumbai Festival curated by New York based Pooja Ranavat, at the convocation hall of Mumbai University.
My paintings were exhibited with International names such as Akbar Padamsee, M.F Husain and Suhas Roy, Jehangir Sabavala to Sudhir Patwardhan, Gieve Patel & Shibu Natesan. Along with Bendre, Bawa and Bhagwan D Rampure.

Exhibited at the Design Exchange in Toronto at 234 Bay Street

Exhibited at the Toronto Reference Library at the opening of author Raheel Raza's book

Creative Cultural Communications, in the multicultural calendar - photographed my painting

Exhibited at CMOHC. Richmond Hill

August 20, 2005 - Recognized as a prominent South Asian Artist by Swaminarayan Mandir

While I have lived in Canada for many years, my Indian roots have remained as strong as ever, and I have committed my work to ensure there is awareness of the culture of the subcontinent in Canada. To this end, in addition to my personal art, I served as a Director and curator at CMOHC. Curated the first of its kind in North America, exhibt of "the indus valley civilization''.

NDTV - Curator Pooja Ranavat talked about my paintings

Watch Kiran on Omni Television
Kiran in the Toronto Star
The Indian Express (North American Edition)