Tara Sabharwal (b. 1957) lives and works between New York and New Delhi. She is a multidisciplinary artist whose colorful and multi-layered artworks evoke a dreamlike yet dynamic visual narrative. Her practice involves painting, drawing, and printmaking, employing collage, assemblage, and a blend of watercolors, crayon, and acrylics to create striking chromatic resonances and built-up effects that suggest intimacy.  

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She completed her studies in Painting at M.S. University, Baroda, before earning her Master’s at the Royal College of Art, London. After returning to India (1986-1989), she held solo exhibitions in Delhi and Mumbai before moving back to London on fellowships and for solo shows. In 1990, she emigrated to New York while continuing to work and exhibit in the UK and India.   

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Sabharwal has received several prestigious awards, including the British Council Study Scholarship, travel grants from the Durham Cathedral Fellowship and Myles Meehan Grant, the Royal Overseas League Award (UK), and the Henry Street Settlement, Joan Mitchell CALL (Creating a Living Legacy), and Gottlieb Individual Support Grants (USA).  

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Her works are part of notable collections, including the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum (London), The New York Public Library, Peabody Essex Museum (Boston), and The Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.). She has also taught at Cooper Union School of Art and The Guggenheim Museum in New York City.