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.