Tara’s colorful and multi- layered artworks evokes a dreamlike yet dynamic visual narrative. In her paintings, drawings, and prints, she uses a variety of mediums and techniques such as collage and assemblage, blending mediums such as watercolors, crayon, and acrylics to achieve striking chromatic resonances and built-up effects that suggest intimacy.

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Tara Sabharwal was born in India. After studying Painting at M.S University

(Baroda, India) she completed her Masters at the Royal College of Art in London. On returning to India (1986-89) she had solo shows in Delhi and Mumbai then returned to London for three years on fellowships and solo shows. In 1990 Tara emigrated to New York, while continuing to work and show in the UK and India.

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She received the British Council Study Scholarship, travel grants from Durham Cathedral fellowship and Myles Meehan grant, the Royal Overseas League award in the UK and the Henry Street Settlement, Joan Mitchell CALL (Creating a living legacy) and Gottlieb Individual support grants in the United States.

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Her work is in the British Museum collection, Victoria and Albert Museum

(London), The New York Public Library, Peabody Essex Museum (Boston) and at The Library of Congress in Washington D.C. She has taught at Cooper Union school of Art and The Guggenheim Museum in New York City.