Sarupa Sidaarth "Prana"

Sarupa Sidaarth "Prana" 2023

Painting, Oil on Panel
Dimensions 14 x 14 x 1.5 in
Unique
Signed on Recto and Verso, includes certificate of authenticity.

"Prana is life-force energy, often referred to as breath. As humanity stands on the threshold of the unknown, it is a gateway to our higher consciousness. Prana reveals our inner world, which reflects the cosmos. It is the creative breath that leads to light and the cosmic energy that binds us together."

Born in India, Sarupa Sidaarth studied at Sir J.J. School of Art and received her MFA at Academy of Art University in USA. Her work was selected for group exhibitions at RJD Gallery, JanKossen Contemporary, Untitled Space and Site:Brooklyn in New York. In 2014 she was chosen for the Golden Foundation Residency in New York and NordArt in Germany. She won the K.K. Modi Fellowship and Pasca scholarship to France in 2011. Her achievements include NCWCA Mentorship Program, First prize at Brea Gallery's MICA, Frey Foundation grant and multiple awards at the Academy of Art Annual Exhibition. She has participated in a number of solo and group exhibitions in India, France and United States. Currently represented by SFMOMA Artists Gallery, she works from her studio in Belvedere Tiburon, California in the United States.

Through the artistic process, I create an imaginative response to conflict by transforming images that reference social and environmental issues into moments of transcendence on the canvas. In pursuit of a language that is less borrowed, I experiment with techniques of painting on compositions that hover between abstraction and representation. Through mark-making and the power of ornament my work expresses a need for change and explores the possibility of the new.