Sohan Qadri (born 2 November 1932, in
Punjab, India – died 2 March 2011, in Toronto, Canada) was a
yogi, poet and a painter from India who lived in
Copenhagen for 30 years. During his life, Qadri interacted with a number of well-known cultural figures including Surrealist painter
René Magritte, Nobel laureate
Heinrich Böll, and architect
Le Corbusier. His paintings result from states of deep
meditation, and are influenced by the colors of India: luminous, dye-infused works on serrated paper. He had more than 70 exhibitions in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Africa.