Born
1968 Mumbai
Education
1989 (Painting) Bachelor of Fine Arts, Goa College of Art, Goa
Biography
Sonia Rodrigues Sabharwal was born in Mumbai in 1968. She successfully obtained her Bachelors degree in Fine Art from the Goa College of Arts, Mumbai University in 1989 and even during her stint at college exhibited her works every year at the annual State Art Exhibitions that were hosted by the Government of Goa. Soon after her graduation, her work as an artist came to be noticed nationally, and in 1992 and 1993 she was awarded with a research grant from the Lalit Kala Academy in New Delhi to further her work and study of the history of Indian paintings.
In what is only a very short career, Rodrigues Sabharwal has prolifically exhibited her work in group shows across the country every year, except 1999, when she took a short hiatus from painting. She held her first solo show at Gallery Steps in New Delhi, 1995, and there has been no looking back for this young artist since then.
Now, having number of individual and group shows to her credit, Sabharwal is basking in the recognition she has deservedly won. This artist also spent some time occupying the post of a designer for the Office of Development Commissioner of Handicrafts, New Delhi, where she assisted in conducting workshops organized by the ministry to design and manufacture toys in Mumbai and New Delhi. The artist lives and works in Goa.
