Tara Sabharwal


Tara Sabharwal 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, The British Council Scholarship, and the Gottlieb Foundation awards. 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 1975–1980, and received her master's degree at the Royal College of Art in 1982–1984. She returned to India from 1985 to 1988 and had shows in Delhi and Mumbai and London. From 1988 to 1990 she returned to UK for fellowships, teaching and solo shows. In 1990 Sabharwal visited New York and settled there, while continuing to work and show in the UK and India. She has taught at the Guggenheim museum, Rubin museum, CUNY, Studio in a school, and The Cooper Union in New York City.

Selected exhibitions