Tara Sabharwal

Tara Sabharwal (New Delhi, 1957) is a painter and printmaker born in India and based in the United States. Her work, known for its colorful surfaces and subtly layered paintings, has been shown in the UK, the US, India and elsewhere, with forty-two solo shows to her name according to the available references.

She studied painting at M.S. University in Baroda, India, from 1975 to 1980, and then earned her master's degree at the Royal College of Art in London between 1982 and 1984. During the 1980s she moved between India and the UK, exhibiting in Delhi, Mumbai and London and taking up fellowships and teaching posts. In 1990 she settled in New York, from where she has continued to work and exhibit in Britain and India.

In New York she has taught at the Guggenheim Museum, the Rubin Museum, CUNY, and The Cooper Union. Recent exhibitions include An Ocean of Galaxies (2019) and Float (2018). Her awards include the Joan Mitchell CALL (Creating a Living Legacy) award in 2015 and an individual support grant from the Gottlieb Foundation in 2016.

Her work is held in collections including the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Peabody Essex Museum. Her career reflects the movement of Indian artists between Asia, Europe and North America over recent decades.