Biography | Pooja Pawaskar

Artist & Sculptor

Pooja Pawaskar is an Indian-born artist based in Arles, France. Her practice spans sculpture, drawing, and material-based exploration, shaped by her experiences living and working across India, the United States, Canada, and Europe.

She holds a Master’s degree in Furniture Design from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) and an undergraduate degree in Architecture from Mumbai University. Pawaskar previously worked in the United States before establishing her independent art practice in Canada in 2019.

In 2025, she completed an artist residency with SCAD in Lacoste, France, an experience that deeply influenced her decision to return and base herself in Provence for an extended period. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at NYCxDESIGN, the London Festival of Architecture, DesignTO, and in a solo exhibition in Lacoste, France.

Pawaskar’s current practice in Arles centers on sculpture and ceramics, continuing her long-standing investigation into form, presence, and the evolving self through material constraint and transformation.

Artist Statement

Artist Statement

I am an Indian-born artist currently based in Arles, France. My practice has evolved across India, the United States, Canada, and now Europe, shaped by repeated migration and the necessity to rebuild a sense of self through material and form.

Working primarily through sculpture, wall-based reliefs, and ceramics, my work investigates how identity is constructed under conditions of displacement, constraint, and adaptation. While my materials have shifted over time, from wood and plaster to clay due to access and context, the conceptual core of my practice remains consistent. I approach material not as a medium of expression alone, but as a site of resistance: something that pushes back, requires negotiation, and demands clarity of intention.

In 2026, my focus is on ceramics and relief-based sculpture, exploring balance, containment, weight, and surface. I am interested in how form carries presence without excess, and how repeated acts of making mirror the ongoing process of becoming, personally, culturally, and spatially. My work does not seek resolution; it asserts continuity through change, holding space for transformation without erasure.

CV

Pooja Pawaskar

b. 1990, Mumbai, India
Now a Canadian, living and working in Arles, France

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Education

2016
M.A. in Furniture Design, Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), Savannah, GA, U.S.A.

2012
Bachelor's in Architecture, Mumbai University, Mumbai, India

Exhibitions

2025

Solo Exhibit in Lacoste, France. March to May 2025
The Shape I’m In, Group Exhibition, All Ours Studio & Art Vessel, DesignTO, Toronto, Canada

2024

Building Bridges, Group Exhibition, Axeneo7 Gallery, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
Grounding, Group Show, Ki Smith Gallery, New York City, U.S.A.
J2 Summer Show, Group Exhibition, J2 Gallery + Studio, Gananoque, Thousand Islands, Canada
Artist Project, Toronto, Canada
Conversations with Trees (with Lori Harrison), DesignTO, Toronto, Canada

2023