About
Tarini Agarwal
Solo Shows
2017
3rd Solo Exhibition “Daar”, Al Mouj, Muscat
2nd Solo Exhibition ‘ Colordiescope’, City Seasons
2016
Solo Exhibition, City Seasons, Muscat
Group Shows
2019
27th Annual Art Exhibition, OSFA
Christmas Art Show, Matti Sirvio Art Galleria, Muscat
Small Artworks - Ministry of Heritage & Culture, OSFA
Oman India Art Exhibition, Embassy of India and Sultanate of Oman
‘Less is More’ Group Show, Matti Sirvio Art Galleria, Muscat
Rangrez Group Show, Embassy of India, Oman
Oman International Art Fair, Muscat Convention Center
Let’s Read Charity Art Fair, Muscat Intercontinental
Solo Show at Hormuz Grand Hotel, Muscat
Group Show, Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
2018
26th Annual Art Exhibition, OSFA Oman Art Fair, Muscat Al Mouj Group Show, Al Mouj, Muscat Tales of Arabia, Group Show, Dubai Ramadan Exhibition, Dubai Firdous - Group Show, City Seasons, Muscat Glimpses of Mind- Group Show. Oman Anunue Mall World Art Dubai, World Trade Center, Dubai
2017
25th Annual Art Exhibition, OSFA
3rd Solo Exhibition “Daar”, Al Mouj, Muscat
2nd Solo Exhibition ‘ Colordiescope’, City Seasons
2016
24th Annual Art Exhibition, OSFA
Solo Exhibition, City Seasons, Muscat
Sultan School Auction, Stal Gallery and The Sultan School
2015
23rd Annual Art Exhibition, OSFA
Small Artworks - Minisrty of Hertiage & Culture, OSFA
Paragon Art, IDF, Muscat
2014
Art Walk@Shatti - American Women’s Group Show (AWG)
22nd Annual Art Exhibition-OSFA
Small Artworks - Ministry of Heritage & Culture, OSFA
Art 100 x 100 Vol 2
Al Fianan Souk – American Women’s Group Show (AWG)
2013
21st Annual Art Exhibition -OSFA
Rebuild the Visayas - A Silent Auction
Latitude (Art beyond borders)
Art Beat - American Women’s Group Show (AWG)
Women’s Art Symposium, Omani Society of Fine Art (OSFA)
Art 100 x 100
Twitter Art Exhibit, Los Angeles
2012
Painting auctioned to raise funds for Ladies Charity Wing for Low Income Workers Medical Fund Ghaliya’ Museum Wall Painting
Muscat Mosaic -American Women’s Group (AWG) Show
Painting auctioned to raise funds for SML - Mobile Library Art for Para Equestrian Therapeutic Riding Association (PERTA)
Dar Al Atta, Bait Zubair, Muscat
2011
Dar Al Atta, Bait Zubair, Muscat
Artist Statement
Working on a series of paintings concurrently allows me to build up the surface and each painting develops its own unique history. This process allows me to bring freedom of my sketchbook and exploratory work into my art; this keeps an element of surprise.
I don’t have a roadmap of how my paintings will complete. I start with a few colors without overthinking the expected result; this choice is mostly intuitive and sometimes accidental. I love paint - the texture and viscosity are a tactile stimulus for me and it shows up in my work. I am almost always lost in the creative process, time and space become intangible and immaterial and they recede into the background.
Abstraction is my way to share my inner sense of place and time, my first emotional response to the world around me. As I think, observe the virtual, spacial and auditory world around me. Exploring the lost and found; the opposites that exist around and within me. Then working out the connections that get made. It is in this space that I explore the juxtaposition of my surroundings, the relationships of things, thoughts and emotions.
Bio
Soon after my post graduation, I went back to school to become a teacher. I worked as teacher/ trainer for over 24 years, teaching across ages of 3 years to young adults. After semi-retiring, I have now followed a childhood dream to reinvent myself as an artist.
In my childhood, I was constantly on the move, living in different cities across India. This constant change and the uncertainties have forged in me an ability to distance myself from my surroundings.
As places and people were coming in and out of my life, I was learning to grow, change and accept the new rhythms and patterns that were being thrown at me. Growing roots and feeling of attachment was something I did not dwell upon. Very early on I accepted ‘it is what it is’. Through the various moves growing up, my fascination for art continued to grow. I was fortunate enough to live in cities that had a growing art scene back in the 70s and 80s.
The single connecting thread that runs through my life is my need to find a creative outlet - be it teaching or painting. To be creative has always been very important to me. This space allows me to be authentic to my self, my way of seeing, feeling and experiencing my surroundings and relationships.
Awards
Oct 2019
Second prize for Expat Resident Artists, ‘Small Artworks’- Ministry of Heritage & Culture, Muscat, Oman
Nov 2017
The Honorary Award of Distinction for Expatriate Artist, Diwan of Royal Court, Muscat, Oman
