He studied fine arts at the College of Art, New Delhi between 1958 and 1963, where his professors included Somnath Hore, Rakesh Mehra, Dhanaraj Bhagat and B.C. Sanyal. He did his diploma at the London School of Printing, Essex in Silk Screen-Printing.
From 1967 to'71 he worked in London as a silk screen printer.
Exhibitions
During 1967-7 1, Manjit had one-man shows in London and St.Sebastian in Spain. He returned to India in 1972, and was for some time on the visiting faculty of the College of Art, Delhi. Later he had a number of solo shows in India and abroad and participated in 'Contemporary Indian Art' at the Royal Academy of Arts, London in 1982, "Modem Indian Painting' at Hirschom Museum, Washington D.C in 1982, 'Contemporary Indian Art' at the Grey Art Gallery, New York, in 1986, and 'Coup de Coeur' at Halles de Ulle, Geneva, 1987.
Awards and Honours
2002 ‘Meeting Manjit’, film on Manjit Bawa directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta, received the National Award for Best Documentary
1986 1st Bharat Bhawan Biennale, Bhopal
1981 All India Exhibitions of Prints and Drawings, Chandigarh
1980 National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1963 Sailoz Prize, New Delhi