Tara Sabharwal
| Tara Sabharwal | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1957 Delhi, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Known for | painter |
Tara Sabharwal is an Indian painter and artist. She lives between India, UK and New York making paintings and prints and continuing to show internationally.[1]
Early life
Tara Sabharwal was born in Delhi in 1957.[1][2]
Education
Sabharwal is a graduate in Fine Arts and completed B.A. from MS University, Baroda in 1980. She completed her Masters from the Royal College of Art in London with tutors Peter de Francia, Ken Kiff and YehudaSafran, on a British Council scholarship in 1984.[2] As a student in London, the Victoria and Albert Museum bought her work and she showed at Bernard Jacobson and Christopher Hull galleries.[1][3]
Career
Sabharwal tells her own life stories through colorful etchings and prints. She doesn’t do very big work. She does small pieces and puts them together. It’s a narrative work. Her work consists of etchings with nature as the theme. She created a portfolio of 15 drawings of rain after the death of her husband. “Through the theme of nature, I am saying something about grief and the idea of renewal. Rain represents an outpouring of grief, but also cleansing that leads to a new tomorrow,” she said.[4]
She has been serving on the Board of Governors at Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York City since 2005. She merges personal contemplations with childlike, lyrical paintings in bright hues. Her introspective side about her personal situations finds its way on to the canvases in form of buildings, airplanes and other object seen as homes."I like to play with ideas of intensity that exude a lyrical symbolism", said Sabharwal. She confesses to being a colourist giving her works a bright palette. "I meditate on the colours I'll use," she says, adding, "They reflect my emotional temperature."[5] In Sabharwal's words, “I go to India to meet my friends and sometimes to showcase my artwork. ‘Tara the artist’ has no start or end. Art is my whole life’s purpose. It’s all the in between spaces; like looking through the corner of my eye while talking and noticing light and colors from which I make connections and find meaning.”[4]
Teaching career
- 2004 - 2011 -Teaching artist with Creative Classrooms, New York City
- 2005 - 2007 - Adjunct Professor, John Jay College. CUNY, New York City
- 2004 - 2005 - Adjunct Professor, Cooper Union School of Art, New York City
- 2003 - 2005 - Teaching Artist with Art in General, New York City
- 2000 - 2002 - Teaching Artist Residency with the Guggenheim Museum, New York City
- 1989-90 - BFA Painting course in Sunderland Polytechnic, Sunderland, UK
- 1988-89 - BFA Painting course in Newcastle Polytechnic, Newcastle, UK.[2]
- Art at the Guggenheim Museum, Cooper Union, Studio in a school, City University (CUNY) and the Rubin Museum of Art.[1]
Awards and Recognition
- 2015 - One among six artists to be selected for New York City Creating A Living Legacy (CALL) Program[6]
- 2008 - Artist in residence, Center for International cultural exchange, HISHIO, Katsuyama, Japan
- 2004 - Cooper Union School of Art, New York City. Artist-Teacher Summer residency
- 2003 - New York Artists Online, New York City. Award
- 2001 - 2002 - International Cultural Collaborations fellowship, New York City
- 1992 - 1993 - Henry Street Fellowship / Residency at Henry Street Settlement, New York City
- 1989 - 1990 - Durham Cathedral Fellowship / Artist in Residence at Durham Cathedral, Durham, UK
- 1988 - 1989 - Myles Meehan Fellowship / Artist in Residence at Darlington Arts Center, UK
- 1989 - Royal Overseas League, London
- 1982 - 1984 - British Council Scholarship, Study grant[1][3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Art Alive Gallery -Artist Biography". Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Janzen Art Consulting". Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- 1 2 "Mojarto Artist Profile". Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- 1 2 http://www.littleindia.com/arts-entertainment/16888-i-them-differently.html
- ↑ "The Wanderer - Business Standard". Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ↑ http://joanmitchellfoundation.org/news/six-artists-selected-for-the-2015-2016-new-york-city-creating-a-living-lega