The Open Studio / Shivam Aggarwal
Shivam Aggarwal
Shared moments
No faces, yet every hand reaches for someone
Blue hands rest on a shoulder, on an arm, on a lap.
No eyes, no mouths. Only small dark marks, like rain on a window.
Behind each body a brown shadow waits, taller and older.
A red bird lands where two hands meet.
On the table sit a pink bowl and a green cup, nothing poured yet.
The yellow wall holds everyone in.
The work
Shivam Aggarwal has completed his BFA in Painting at the College of Art in Delhi. He works across painting, printmaking, sculpture and clay modelling. Here three figures sit close together behind a brown table. Their faces have no features. Their blue skin is covered in short dark marks. Brown shadows of the same shapes rise behind them. Aggarwal has a strong interest in still life. It shows in the pink bowl and the green cup at the front of the canvas.
- Theme
- Family and closeness
- Material
- Acrylic on canvas
- Size
- 91.44 × 76.2 × 5.08 cm
- Year
- 2026
- Edition
- 1
- Framed
- Yes
- About the artist
- College of art
- From
- New Delhi
- Code
- RC-370
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…
