Known to be a figurative artist and a modernist, she made her canvases to have both a story line and a carnival of images arranged in a curiously subversive manner.

[1] She brings her inner vision of emotions to the art inspired by her own background and what she sees around the society that mainly affects women.

She was a founder member of the artists' group 'The Unknown', along with other alumni of the Department of Fine Arts of Delhi Polytechnic in the 1960s.

[7] Arpita Singh's first exhibition was held at Kunika Chemould Gallery, organised by Roshan Alkazi, New Delhi in 1972.

[8][9] From 1987-89, Arpita organised and participated in the exhibition titled 'Through The Looking Glass' with her contemporaries, the women artists Nalini Malani, Nilima Sheikh, and Madhvi Parekh.

[12] Her recent and select solo exhibitions include Work on Paper at Vadehra Art Gallery, 2016.

Child Bride with Swan (1985) and Girl Smoking Cigarette (1985) are examples of her protagonists, leading uncomplicated lives and deaths.

[4] Arpita's paintings spoke a lot about wars and situation of turmoil at the national and international level.

Women would continue to find the center stage in her art and are shown at the receiving end.

The White Chair (1983), The series on Ayesha Kidwai, Durga (1993), My Mother (1993) and A Dead Man on the Street: is It You, Krishna (1994) are some of her paintings echoing this mood.