The Open Studio / Shivam Aggarwal
Shivam Aggarwal
Childhood friendship
Five friends on one wall, a paper boat at their feet
Green and pale yellow, the field goes soft behind them.
Five pairs of bare feet hang above the wet earth.
One arm rests across two shoulders.
A paper boat turns slowly in a ring of ripples.
At the end of the wall a boy hugs his knees and a dog leans in.
The knife has left every blade of grass standing.
The work
Shivam Aggarwal cuts this scene into wood and prints it on paper. Five children sit in a row on a low wall. Their bare feet hang over wet ground. A paper boat floats on the water below. A dog leans on the last boy at the end. Aggarwal has just finished his BFA in Painting at the College of Art in Delhi. He also paints, makes sculpture and models clay. Here the cut lines of the block give the grass, hair and skin their texture.
- Theme
- Childhood and friendship
- Material
- Woodcut print on paper
- Size
- 40.64 × 60.96 × 0.055 cm
- Year
- 2026
- Edition
- 1 of 2
- Framed
- No
- About the artist
- College of art
- From
- New Delhi
- Code
- RC-369
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…
