Sagarika Sundaram creates sculpture, relief works, and installation using raw natural fiber and dyes. Drawing on natural imagery, the work meditates on the impossibility of separating the human from the natural, suggesting the intertwined nature of reality. Sundaram’s work has been exhibited at the Bronx Museum of the Art, NY; Al Held Foundation with River Valley Arts Collective, Boiceville NY; the Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University, Houston, TX; British Textile Biennial, Liverpool, UK; the Chicago Architecture Biennial and Nature Morte gallery, New Delhi, India. Her work has been reviewed in the New York Times (Roberta Smith, Martha Schwendener) ARTnews (Alex Greenberger) and been featured on PBS and Artnet News. Sundaram graduated with an MFA in Textiles from Parsons / The New School, NY. She studied at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, and at MICA in Baltimore. She is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Pratt Institute. Sundaram lives and works in New York City.
Sagarika Sundaram (b. 1986 Kolkata, India)
Education
Selected Group Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
Parsons School of Design, The New School, New York, NY – MFA Textiles
National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, India – B.Des, Visual Communication
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD – Exchange Semester in Graphic Design
Nature Morte, New Delhi, India
Palo Gallery, ‘Source’, New York, NY
Manitoga / The Russel Wright Design Center, ‘The Source of Everything’, Garrison, NY
Bronx Museum, “Bronx Calling: The Sixth AIM Biennial”, Bronx, NY
Salon 94, New York, NY
UBS VIP Lounge, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, FL
Al Held Foundation & River Valley Arts Collective, ‘On the Grounds’, in dialogue with Anina Major, Boiceville, NY
Chicago Architecture Biennale, ‘CAB 5: This is a Rehearsal’, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
British Textile Bienniale, The Whitaker Museum and Art Gallery, Lancashire, UK
Moody Center, Rice University, ‘Narrative Threads: Fiber Art Today’, Houston, TX
Visitor Center Gallery, ‘Provenance’, Newburgh, NY
Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, New Explorations in Memoryscapes, Providence, RI
Opening Gallery, ‘A/Typical Now’, New York, NY
Frestonian Gallery, ‘Form/Symbol’, in dialogue with Sonia Deluaney and Eddy Austin, London, UK
Iron Velvet Gallery, ‘How to Love in Many Ways’, New York, NY
Nature Morte Gallery, ‘New Forms of Thought’, New York, NY
New York Live Arts, NYFA IAP Group show, ‘In/Between 2022’, New York, NY
Mana Contemporary, ‘Materialistic’, Jersey City, NJ,
Ace Hotel Brooklyn, ‘Textiles’: A Group Show, Brooklyn, NY
West Harlem Art Fund, ‘Elements’, Governors Island, NY
Roulette Intermedium, ‘Let’s Go Out and Play’, Brooklyn, NY
Nature Morte Gallery, ‘Hanging Gardens’, New Delhi, India
Mana Contemporary, ‘Hybrid’, Jersey City, NJ
Casa Pedregal, ‘TEXTO’, Mexico City, MX
2018 – 2020
2004 – 2008
2007
2025
2023
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
Fellowships & Residencies
Sharpe Walentas Studio Program, New York, NY
Fountainhead Residency, Miami, FL
Senior Fellow, Silver Arts Residency, New York, NY
Silver Arts Residency, New York, NY
Art Omi Residency, Ghent, NY
Bronx Museum AIM Fellow, Bronx, NY
New York Foundation for the Arts IAP Program: Visual and Multidisciplinary Arts Fellow, NY
Walkin Studios Residency, Bangalore, India
2024-25
2024
2023
2022
2022
2022
2022
2017
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