Sarasvathy Tk

Sarasvathy TK paints hyperrealistic still lifes that infuse the European still life tradition with new global flavors. Starting each piece in her New Jersey kitchen, she prepares recipes from her native India and beyond. Then in her studio, she renders each dish in oil on canvas, from the distinctive puff of the Chola bhatture to the glistening oil fritter, Onion Pakora. Each mouthwatering painting becomes a vessel for the artist to honor her ancestral traditions, channeling the influence of British and American Pop with a brash energy that is very much contemporary.

Drawing on her background in computer science, Sarasvathy creates her eye-tricking works with a process that involves cooking, plating and lighting– followed by hundreds of photographs and sketches, where each component requires extensive detailing and exactitude. At first, she cooked recipes from her family in her native Chennai, and then from many other places in India. Before she serves each meal to her family, she documents the food. Using her photos, along with other images she finds in magazines and the internet, she renders the dishes using the same techniques that Baroque painters brought to the traditional vanitas. Each canvas invites intimate engagement...

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer's Technology

2021 "Finalist " International Guild of Realism Fall Salon Online Exhibition, Arizona.

2021 "Bonds Beyond Time" Exhibition, Alfa Art Gallery, New Jersey.

2021 ICC virtual Art show - A group art exhibition , New York.

2021"Finalist "International Guild of Realism Spring Salon Online Exhibition, Arizona.

2020 "Award of Merit" - 2020 Spring Online Show, American Women Artists, California.

2020 "Finalist " International Guild of Realism Spring Salon Online Exhibition, Arizona.

2019 41st Salmagundi Annual Open Exhibition in Painting, Sculpture & Graphics, New York.

2019 WWAC juried “Cultural Heritage Show” and artwork featured in the invite, New Jersey.

2018 Juried Art exhibition, Monmouth Museum, New Jersey.

2018 Grand Salon show ,Greenpoint gallery , New York.

2017 Affordable Art Fair – Let Art Speak, Singapore.

2014 Art Expo, New York.

2013 KPY Arts festival, Singapore.

2012 Affordable Art Fair, Singapore.

2012 Passion Arts C - District Arts Festival, Singapore.

2012 Noise Singapore Festival Showcase, Singapore.

2012 “Art Fair” in Fort Canning centre, Singapore.

2011 “Canvas of India” Exhibition, India.

2010 “Black and White” Fill-your-walls gallery,Singa...