The Open Studio / Shivam Aggarwal
Shivam Aggarwal
Comfort in quiet
The cat looks away. The boy holds on
A red room cut into a hundred small walls.
The cat hangs heavy and gold in the boy's arms.
His eyes are almost closed. Its eyes stay open.
A green lampshade hangs like a folded leaf.
The chair waits with its cushion of tiny triangles.
Nobody speaks. Stripes and angles hold still together.
The work
Shivam Aggarwal paints a boy holding a striped orange cat close to his chest. The cat looks off to one side. The boy keeps his face near it with his eyes half shut. Aggarwal breaks every surface into flat planes of colour. The red wall, green lamp, orange chair and wooden table all split into sharp shapes. The work is acrylic on canvas and measures 76.2 × 60.96 cm. Aggarwal studied Painting at the College of Art in Delhi. He likes to draw and paint from life. He studies form and light.
- Theme
- Quiet companionship
- Material
- Acrylic on canvas
- Size
- 76.2 × 60.96 × 2.54 cm
- Year
- 2026
- Edition
- 1
- Framed
- Yes
- About the artist
- College of art
- From
- New Delhi
- Code
- RC-367
In the artist’s words
I'm Shivam Aggarwal, an emerging visual artist based in Delhi, India. I am currently completed my Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Painting from College of Art, Delhi, (INDIA).Throughout my academic journey, I have actively participated in various art competitions, which have helped me strengthen my technical skills and deepen my understanding of visual arts. My artistic practice is multidisciplinary, and I work across painting, printmaking, sculpture, and clay modeling. I have a strong interest in observational and live-based drawing and painting, especially still life, portrait studies, and outdoor plein-air painting. Through these practices, I explore form, light, texture, and the relationship between objects and their surrounding environment. During my…
