aparna sarkar

Aparna Sarkar

b. 1992, USA

EDUCATION

2021       MFA, Painting – Rhode Island School of Design – Providence, RI

2014       BA, Mathematics Major and Art Minor – Pomona College – Claremont, CA

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

SOLO* & TWO-PERSON

2025       Aparna Sarkar & Meena Hasan – Stowaway Gallery – Los Angeles, CA (upcoming)

2024       Into the Fold: Aparna Sarkar & Davis Arney – My Pet Ram Gallery – New York, NY

2023       *Tell me something I can touch – Tappeto Volante Gallery – Brooklyn, NY

      Dancing on Myth’s Stage: Aparna Sarkar and Zuhal Feraidon – Hawthorn Contemporary – Milwaukee, WI

Chitra Bichitra: Aparna Sarkar and Pallavi Sen – Peep Projects – Philadelphia, PA 

2022        *Aparna Sarkar – Elsa Lee Bruno – Los Angeles, CA               

GROUP

2024        Winter Blues – Stowaway Gallery – Los Angeles, CA

2023        Fiery Fodder – Bushel Gallery – Delhi, NY

      Solid Gold – Half Gallery – Los Angeles, CA

      Patterning – North Loop Gallery – Williamstown, MA

      Library – Tappeto Volante Gallery – Brooklyn, NY

              La Banda – Tappeto Volante Gallery ­– Brooklyn, NY

              The Bioelectric Self – The Pit L.A. ­– Los Angeles, CA

2022       Painting: New Approaches – Chan Gallery, Pomona College – Claremont, CA

               Broken Open – Museum of New Art – Portsmouth, NH

2021       Out – 1969 Gallery – New York, NY

               Forbidden Fruit – Piano Craft Gallery – Boston, MA

               If you surrender to the wind you can ride it – Peripheral Space – Online

               High Quality Final Hole – Asya Geisberg Gallery – New York, NY

               New Contemporaries – Gelman Gallery, RISD Museum – Providence, RI

RISD Grad Show 2021 – Chace Center Galleries, RISD – Providence, RI (upcoming)

               Feminized – Gelman Gallery, RISD – Providence, RI

2020       Seasonal Repression – Field Projects – New York, NY

               Not My First Rodeo –Sol Koffler Gallery, RISD – Providence, RI

               Congruency – Proto Capital Management – White Plains, NY

2019       Painting Triennial Exhibition – Woods-Gerry Gallery, RISD – Providence, RI

               Pool Party – C24 Gallery – New York, NY

               Future Ruins – California Institute of the Arts – Valencia, CA

               Almond Eyes & Curved Arms – Saint Ann’s School – Brooklyn, NY

               Speak, Muse – In/Passing Gallery – New York, NY

               Rosy-Fingered Dawn – Pace University Gallery – New York, NY

               Her Work: (Un)Real – Spring Break Art Show – New York, NY

2018       2018 Endless Biennial – EFA Project Space, New York – NY

               small/MIGHTY – La Bodega Gallery – Brooklyn, NY

               Members Show – Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop – New York, NY

               A1 Bazaar – Leslie-Lohman Museum – New York, NY

               Our Souls to Keep – Field Projects – Online

               Puro Color – La Bodega Gallery – Brooklyn, NY

2017       Unrestricted – Trestle Gallery – Brooklyn, NY

               Vitamin C –Abrons Art Center, NYC Crit Club – New York, NY

               SVA Fine Arts: Open Studios Exhibition – School of Visual Arts – New York, NY

2016       Flesh + Bone II – Hillyer Art Space – Washington, DC**

AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS

2022       Nomination for RHMF Emerging Artist Grant – Rema Hort Mann Foundation – New York, NY

2021       Nomination for MFA Fellowship in Painting & Sculpture – Dedalus Foundation – New York, NY

2020       Graduate Commons Grant – Rhode Island School of Design – Providence, RI

2019       Fully-funded Summer Residency – Obracadobra Artist Residency – Oaxaca, MX

               Spring Scholarship – Manhattan Graphics Center – New York, NY

2018       Meredith Morabito and Henrietta Mantooth Full Fellowship – Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild – Woodstock, NY

2016       Educational Assistance Program Grant – Saint Ann’s School – Brooklyn, NY

PRESS/PUBLICATIONS

2024        “Davis Arney and Aparna Sarkar: Into the Fold” – Brooklyn Rail – Online

2023        “Power Play in the Art Critique” – Co-authored with Kerry Downey – Teachers College Press, Cultivating Critical Conversations in Art Education

2022        Saatchi Art’s 2022 Rising Stars Report – Saatchi Art – Online

2020       “Aparna Sarkar: Talismans for Celebration” – VAST Art Magazine, Issue 1 – Online

2019       Editorial Selection – Art Maze Magazine, Issue 14 – London, UK

2018       “Spring/Break Art Show 2019” – Collective 131 – New York, NY

               Featured Artist – The Hunger, Issue 3 – Online

RESIDENCIES

2024        Atlantic Center for the Arts – New Smyrna Beach, FL

2023        Studios at MASS MoCA – North Adams, MA

2022        Jentel Artist Residency – Banner, WY

2019       Obracadobra Artist Residency – Oaxaca, MX

2018       Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild – Woodstock, NY

2017       Arts Letters & Numbers – Averill Park, NY  

               SVA Fine Arts: Residency in Contemporary Practices – New York, NY

2016       Trestle Gallery – Brooklyn, NY

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Contact for more info and inquiries.

Email: aparnasarkar92@gmail.com

Instagram: @parpo10