Sagarika Sundaram Kolkata, West Bengal, India, b.1986
Sagarika Sundaram (b. 1986, Kolkata, India) is a New York–based artist whose practice investigates transformation, materiality, and the intersections of the human and natural worlds. Working primarily with wool, silk, and natural dyes, Sundaram creates textile sculptures, reliefs, and installations that merge bodily and botanical forms, exploring memory, geography, and cyclical time. Her labour-intensive, hand-crafted processes employ felt—a material with deep historical and geographic resonance— allowing her to examine form, space, and texture as carriers of thought, gesture, and narrative.
Sundaram has exhibited at institutions including the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds (upcoming, 2026); Bronx Museum, New York (2024); and Al Held Foundation & River Valley Arts Collective, New York (2023). Her work has been featured at Art Basel Miami Beach, UBS Lounge (2024). Solo exhibitions include Palo Gallery, New York (2023); Allison Jacques Gallery, London (2025); and Nature Morte, New Delhi (2025, Polyphony).
Her work is held in several public and private collections.
Selected Artworks
Solo Exhibitions
2025
Release, Alison Jacques, London
Polyphony, Nature Morte, New Delhi
2023
Source, Palo Gallery, New York, NY
Group Exhibitions
2025
Unlimited, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
2024
UBS Lounge, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, Florida, US
The Lady and the Unicorn: New Tapestry, Salon94, New York, NY
The Source of Everything, Manitoga / The Russel Wright Design Center, Garrison, NY
Calling: The Sixth AIM Biennial, Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY
2023
CAB 5: This is a Rehearsal, Chicago Architecture Biennale, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
On the Grounds, Al Held Foundation & River Valley Arts Collective, Boiceville, NY
British Textile Bienniale, The Whitaker Museum and Art Gallery, Lancashire, UK
Narrative Threads: Fiber Art Today, Moody Center, Rice University, Houston, TX
Provenance, Visitor Center Gallery, Newburgh, NY
New Explorations in Memoryscapes, Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI
A/Typical Now, Opening Gallery, New York, NY
2022
Anthem X, Malin Gallery, Miami, Florida
Color in Perspective, Studio Artego, Queens, NY
How to Love in Many Ways, Iron Velvet Gallery, New York, NY
New Forms of Thought, Nature Morte, New York, NY
Form/Symbol, Frestonian Gallery, London, UK
In/Between 2022, New York Live Arts, NYFA IAP Group show, New York, NY
2021
Materialistic, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ,
Textiles: A Group Show, Ace Hotel Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
Elements, West Harlem Art Fund, Governors Island, NY
Let’s Go Out and Play, Roulette Intermedium, Brooklyn, NY
Hanging Gardens, Nature Morte, New Delhi, India
Industrial Bodies, Urban Zen Gallery, New York, NY
2020
Hybrid, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
TEXTO, Casa Pedregal, Mexico City, MX
Awards
2022
The Hopper Prize
2020
Michael Kalil Endowment for Smart Design, Parsons School of Constructed Environments, New York, NY
Tishman Award for Excellence in Climate Justice & Sustainability, The New School, New York, NY
President’s Scholarship, The New School, New York, NY