Aparna Sarkar
Aparna Sarkar is an oil painter living in Brooklyn, NY. She holds an MFA in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design (2021) and a BA in Mathematics from Pomona College (2014). Awards include selection for the 2022 Saatchi Art Rising Stars Report, inclusion in the 2019 editorial selection of Art Maze Magazine, and the 2018 Meredith Morabito and Henrietta Mantooth Full Fellowship to attend Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild. Aparna has also attended residencies at MASS MoCA and the Jentel Foundation, among other places. Recently, Aparna has been making still life paintings that deal in abstraction and pattern, from observation of Indian family textiles and other objects. Her practice also encompasses drawing, printmaking, and ceramics. She is a new member of the curatorial collective and Manhattan gallery, Below Grand. For more information, visit aparnasarkar.us.
Aparna Sarkar, "I am a Strange Loop", 2021, Oil on board, 14 × 11 in
Aparna Sarkar, "Smoke Break", 2021, Oil on board,12 × 9 in
Aparna Sarkar, "Pattern Study", 2023, Oil on board, 16 × 12 in
Aparna Sarkar, "Incantation for Drowning", 2022, Oil on canvas, 60 × 48 in
Aparna Sarkar, "Sari I (Double Ikat)", 2023, Oil on canvas, 24 × 22 in
Aparna Sarkar, "Moon Lickers III", 2023, Oil on board, 12 × 16 in
Aparna Sarkar, "Tablecloth", 2023, Oil on canvas, 18 × 24 in
Aparna Sarkar, "Tell me something I can touch", 2023, Oil on canvas, 72 × 96 in
Aparna Sarkar, "Back II", 2022, Oil on board, 14 × 11 in
Aparna Sarkar, "Backyard Sunflowers", 2022, Oil on board, 16 × 12 in
Aparna Sarkar, "Pool Diver II", 2023, Oil on canvas, 20 × 16 in
Aparna Sarkar, "Divers III", 2022, Oil on board, 12 × 16 in