Tara Sabharwal

Tara Sabharwal (born 1957, New Delhi ) is an Indian-born, US-based painter and printmaker. Known for her colorful, subtly layered paintings, Sabharwal has had 42 solo shows in the UK, US, India, among others. She has received several awards, including the Joan Mitchell CALL (Creating a Living Legacy), The British Council Scholarship, Her work is in the collection of The British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Peabody Essex Museum among others.

Education and career Sabharwal studied painting at M.S University (Baroda, India) from 1975 to 1980, and received her master's degree at the Royal College of Art (London, UK) from 1982 to 1984. Float, Wilmer Jennings gallery, New York (2018) The Open Window, Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi (2017) A PARTners, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Georgia US (2017) In Other Rooms, Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi (2013) Such Different Paths, Galerie Martina Janzen, Düsseldorf (2010) Light and the Labrynth, Center for International Cultural exchange, Katsuyama, Japan (2008) Life Journeys, V.M. gallery, Karachi, (2007) The Dream of Waking Consciousness, Art Heritage Gallery New Delhi (2005) Wandering, Michael Oess Galerie, Konstanz, Germany (2003) Gentle Shade, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, (London) (1994) Visions, Laing Art Gallery, (Newcastle UK) (1990)

Selected awards

1982 British Council Scholarship and travel grants (London, UK). 1988 Myles Meehan fellowship (Darlington, UK) 2018 Belt and Road Project, Guanlan printmaking base, (Shinzhen, China) 2019 Visiting Artist Vermont Studio Center, (Virginia, USA)

Selected collections

MONA, Museum of Nebraska Art (NE, USA) The British Museum (London, UK) Victoria and Albert Museum (UK, USA) Library of Congress (D.C, USA)

Videos

Another Kind of Space, Women's Studio Workshop, 2018 VoCa Talk, Voices of Contemporary Art, NYC, Nov 2017 at Fales Library, NYU. From Hishio: Tara Sabharwal, Artist Residency at Center for International Cultural Exchange, HISHIO, Japan, video by Tom Dean, 2008