Sarika Goulatia

The work of Sarika Goulatia seems an accidental realization through experimentation and exploration of different mediums; techniques and styles; and adapting them as a means to express her emotions. In the realm of painting, she works with both conventional and unconventional materials to express her beliefs and ideas.

Goulatia approaches her art practice from a 3-D sculptural perspective. The act of applying color for her is interchangeable with hammering nails, drilling holes and building layers and often incorporating recycled material.

Goulatia's work is often defined by the emotions she feels and wants to evoke. Her subject matter is extensively researched based upon historical events, landmarks and the indomitable spirit of the people. On a personal level Goulatia lost her father to Lou Gehrig's disease and the experience developed within her a fascination with the juxtaposition of the frailty of the
human body and the strength of the human mind. These concepts constantly construct and deconstruct to influence her artistic endeavors.

In some of Goulatia's works recognizable forms from nature fuse with the abstract in the hope of provoking a poetic sense of visual abundance that is simultaneously unsettling, surre...

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A. 2004 - 2006
Bachelor of Fine Arts, August 
Cumulative QPA: 4.0

National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), New Delhi, India,
1994 - 1996
(Affiliated with the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York)

Masters: Textile Design and Development

Lady Irwin College, New Delhi, India 1991 - 1994

Bachelor of Science, Specialization: Textiles

Samuel Rosenberg Award Senior Award for significant development and promise in Art
Carnegie Mellon University, 2006
Elizabeth Jones Award in Humanities and Art 
Carnegie Mellon University, 2006
Keynote Speaker for the College of Fine Arts class of 2006
Sally Gehl Award – Non-Traditional Undergraduate Student,
Carnegie Mellon University, 2005
Student of the year 1996 – Textile Design and Development
Department, NIFT, 1996
Saree Print Design Award – National Juried selection, Indian Airlines, 1995
Grants Contrasting Metaphors, Small Undergraduate Research Grant, November 2005

The Mine Factory, Pittsburgh PA
2013 Mixed Media Installation
“The war’s go on with brainwashed pride by bloody hands time can’t deny”

ArtBeat; Pittsburgh PA
2013 Wall Installation, “Mappings”
2013 Mixed Media Painting, “Clean Slate”
2013 Mixed Media Painting, ”Topsy Turvy”

Christine Frechard Gallery, Pittsburgh PA
2011 Mixed Media Paintings” Contemporary Bulletin”

Zora Art Space; Brooklyn, New York curated by Anthony Allen
2010 Mixed Media Installation “The war’s go on with brainwashed pride by bloody hands time can’t deny”
2010 Mixed Media Installation “The Magic Within”

Manchester Craftsman’s Guild, Pittsburgh PA 
2008 Sound Installation “Reverberations”

The Mattress Factory Museum, Pittsburgh PA
 2007 curated by Vicky Clark Mixed Media Installation “Untitled”
Space, Pittsburgh, PA
2006 Mixed Media Installation “Contrasting Metaphors”

"Inside+Out/Big&Smal," Pittsburgh Centre for the Arts,Pittsburgh, PA 
2006
Mixed Media Installation “Amorphous Humanorphous”

The Miller Gallery, Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 
2006
Mixed Media Installation “Contrasting Metaphors”

The Frame Gallery, Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA
2006
Mixed Media Installation “Hostilities”

University Centre Gallery, C...