Shiv Singh was born at Bassi Gulam Hussain village near Hoshiarpur in Punjab, India.
It was later shifted to Chandigarh with a new name as Government College of Art and Craft, from where he finished his five-year degree course in 1962.
Upon his return he joined Government Home Science College in Chandigarh in 1971 continuing to work on commissioned and personal basis.
He held a total of 66 one-man shows in India, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Scotland, Canada, England and other parts of Europe, besides participating in numerous national and international group exhibitions and festivals of art.
[5] Shiv Singh died of heart attack in a private hospital at Panchkula, Haryana on 25 June 2015.