Sarika Goulatia (Saa-ree-kaa Goo-laa-tia)
Interdisciplinary Conceptual Artivist
www.sarika-goulatia.com IG: @sarika.goulatia.studio @sarika.goulatia.curated sarikagoulatia@gmail.com
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FORTHCOMING
2025 111th Annual/Associated Artists of Pittsburgh/Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA, Curated by Laura Domencic
ethereal sediment/ Fields of Color /Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY/ Curated by Judy Barrie
Tell all the truth but tell it slant, Bunker Projects, Pittsburgh, PA [solo]
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 a million marks of home / Associated Artists of Pittsburgh / Pittsburgh International Airport, Pittsburgh, PA
2017 prosecuterix / Chatham University / Pittsburgh, PA/Curated by Sylvia Rohr Samaniego
2016 where is the sky? / Pittsburgh Center for the Arts (PCA), Pittsburgh, PA / Curated by Laura Domencic
2015 a million marks of home / India in Focus / Gallery 709 / Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, PA /Curated by Murray Horne
untitled / Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA / Curated by Barbara Jones
GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES
2025 Collective Dreaming 2 / #notwhite collective and Los Fantasmas Arts Collective / Artist Image Resource, Pittsburgh, PA
/Co-curated by Sarika Goulatia (forthcoming: January - February 2025)
2024 Studio Break Pro Competition / Juried by Marc Mitchell
AAP 110th Annual / Space Gallery Downtown / Juried & curated by Anastasia James, Allison Hope Smith Hernandez, and
Dr. Sarah Spinner Liska
Sister Soul Spectrum / Kelly-Strayhorn Theater, Pittsburgh, PA / #notwhite collective
Everybody's Everything / Alto Gallery, Denver, CO / Pittsburgh, PA-based @notwhitecollective and Denver-based
@los_fantasmas_collective
Collective Dreaming / Yolia Art Gallery, Denver CO / #notwhite collective and Los Fantasmas Arts Collective
Voices in Liberation / City of Asylum/Pittsburgh, PA / spoken word performance
2023 Global Oppressions / #notwhite collective / Fall Literary Festival, Youngstown, OH
Celebrating the Global Majority / #notwhite collective / International Literary Festival, Alphabet City, Pittsburgh, PA
#notwhite collective exhibition / McDonough Museum of Art, YSU, Youngstown, OH / Curated by Claudia Berlinski
2022 Global Majority: redux / #notwhite collective exhibition / Harlan Gallery, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA
Twenty Twenty / #notwhite collective exhibition / Space Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Twenty Twenty / #notwhite collective exhibition / Tito Way Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2021 E/Merge, Art of the Indian Diaspora / National Indo-American Museum, Chicago, IL / Curated by Shaurya Kumar
Murmuration / #notwhite collective / Unsmoke Systems, Braddock, PA
We are the Global Majority / #notwhite collective / Space Gallery, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, PA
The Anthropology of Motherhood / McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown, OH
Decolonizing Intimate Portraiture / #notwhite collective / The Frick Art Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
Stories from Our Cultures and Kitchens: Instagram Live video streaming series / #notwhite collective / hosted by
The Frick Pittsburgh, PA
2020 SARAP: Khana kha lo. Food Garden y Comida: Instagram Live video streaming series/#notwhite collective
An exploration of textures and Interiors, Showfields, online live curation
2019 What deepest remains/Group A/Brew House Association, Pittsburgh, PA
Woman It Woman/#notwhite collective/Carlow University Art Gallery
Betwixt & Between: A Night of Poetry and Spoken Word/Buen Vivir Gallery/Buffalo, NY
Em-bod-i-ment/Group A/Spinning Plate Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
What Have we Done/The New Collective/Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA/Curated by Tina Dillman
107th Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Annual Exhibition/Westmoreland Museum of American Art/ Greensburg, PA/Juried
by Juana Williams
Sidewall: A Mural Exhibition/#notwhite collective, Pittsburgh, PA
2018 Rib of Man: The Culture of True Womanhood/#notwhite collective/Carlow University, Pittsburgh, PA
Repurposing/Society of Sculptors/Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA
In between the middle/#notwhite collective/Brew House Association, Pittsburgh, PA
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Annual/Southside, Pittsburgh, PA
unfolding: our blurred perceptions/Unsmoke Systems, Braddock, PA
106th Annual Exhibition/Pittsburgh, PA/Juried & curated by Taras Matla (University of Maryland Art Gallery)
Artistic License/Sift [online], Office of Public Art, Curated by José Diaz
2/Jesse Best Gallery, Homestead, PA
2017 Contemplating Others, FrameHouse & Jask Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA/Curated by Sean Beauford
Start with Art’s Retrospective/ Media Arts Gallery, Robert Morris University, Moon Township, PA
Contemporaneous/Associated Artists of Pittsburgh/The Alphabet City Development, East Liberty, Pittsburgh, PA/
Curated by Tara Fay
may you live in interesting times/Casey Droege Cultural Productions/937 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA/
Curated by Dr. Vicky Clark
Drap-Art International Festival of Sustainable Art/Three Rivers Arts Festival/803 Liberty, The Pittsburgh Cultural
Trust, Pittsburgh, PA
Dollar Bank Three Rivers Juried Art Exhibition/803 Liberty, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, PA
DIGS - Sexism in the Arts/Artist Image Resources, Pittsburgh, PA
Natural Flexibility/Cindy Lisica Gallery, Houston, TX
2016 Dollar Bank Three Rivers Juried Art Exhibition/803 Liberty, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, PA
John Riegert/Space, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, PA
Checks and Balances/Space, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, PA/Curated by Murray Horne
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Annual/Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
2015 Great Waves II/Revision Space/ Pittsburgh, PA/Jurors Eric Shiner (Director: The Andy Warhol Museum) and Chad Alligood
(Curator, Crystal Bridges Museum)
Past and Present/Society of Sculptors/Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA
Society of Sculptors Annual/Panza Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2014 Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Annual/Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA
2013 Welcoming the Future, Honoring the Present/Associated Artists of Pittsburgh New Member Show/Gallery 937,
Pittsburgh, PA
Potluck/The Mine Factory, Pittsburgh, PA
ArtBeat, Shadyside Academy, Pittsburgh, PA
2011 Contemporary Bulletin/Christine Frechard Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
They don’t keep this room so tidy as the other…/Zora Art Space, Brooklyn, NY/ Curated by Anthony Allen (Director,
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York City, NY)
2007 Double Consciousness/The Mattress Factory Museum, Pittsburgh, PA/Curated by Vicky Clark
2006 Pinch Hitters/Space, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, PA/ Curated by Murray Horne
Society of Sculptors Annual: Inside+Outside/Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA, Curated by Jeff Nathanson
Artscool/Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA
AWARDS & HONORS
2024 Foundation-Directed Grant, #notwhite collective, Pittsburgh, PA
Creative Capital Grant Quarter Finalist
2023 Elise H. Hillman Foundation, Programming, #notwhite collective, Pittsburgh, PA
2020 Creative Exposure Grant, Transformative Justice Award, #notwhite collective, Pittsburgh, PA
Arts and Equity grant for the in-dialogue series, #notwhite collective, Pittsburgh, PA
2018 Investing in Professional Artists, Pittsburgh, PA
“Keyword: International Symposium,” performance by grant recipients and presenters, Carnegie International and
Kelly Strayhorn Theater, Pittsburgh, PA/Curated by Ingrid Schaffner
Creator of the Year honoree/CREATEfestival/Pittsburgh Technology Council, Pittsburgh, PA
2017 prosecuterix/Carlow University Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA Grant: Pennsylvania Department of Education
Carol R. Brown Award for Creative Achievement, The Heinz Endowments and The Pittsburgh Foundations, Pittsburgh, PA
2016 Emerging Artist of the Year, 2016, Pittsburgh Center of the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Eben Demarest Trust Award Nomination, PA
2014 Jurors Award, Society of Sculptors, Pittsburgh, PA,
2006 Samuel Rosenberg Elizabeth Jones Sally Gehl Award in Humanities, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Keynote Speaker, College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
ARTIST TALKS & PANEL DISCUSSIONS
2023 McDonough Museum of Art, Artist Talk
2022 Seton Hill University, Artist Talk
2021 Understanding our Experiences Together/AAPI panel, Anthropology of Motherhood
2020 Embodied Dualities, panel discussion/Sarika Goulatia, Rit Premnath, and Kaveri Raina/
National Indo-American Museum/Moderated by Ambika Trasi
No Place for Neutrality: Moving from diversity and inclusion towards anti-racism, what does it take?:
panel discussion/#notwhite collective/Carlow University, Pittsburgh, PA
2018 prosecuterix: panel discussion/Pittsburgh Action Against Rape, Black Girls Equity Summit, Women in Art/
Carlow University, Pittsburgh PA
The Carrie Blast Furnaces National Historic Landmark, Artist Talk
PRESS & NEW MEDIA
2022 Pia Singh, “Being, Becoming, Belonging,” Art India Magazine
2021 Hilary Robinson, “Not White, Not Male and Not New York: Race, Feminism, and Artists in Pittsburgh,” in
Feminist Visual Activism and the Body, edited by Basia Sliwinska
Sarika Goulatia at SIX x ATE: Fruition, Casey Droege Cultural Productions
2020 Ann Arbor Art Center, “Historic Futures Artist Spotlight: Sarika Goulatia”
2019 Carnegie International, 57th Edition: The Dispatch Paperback, Ingrid Schaffner (Editor, Introduction),
Sophia Marisa Lucas & Larissa Harris (Interviewers)
2018 Pittsburgh Foundation, “Sparking Creativity and Diversity in The Pittsburgh Art Scene,” Forum
Seeing Color Podcast, Zhiwan Cheung, Episode 3: Who Gets To Be Called International
2017 Natalie Bencivenga, “Carol R. Brown Creative Achievement Awards Recognizes Pittsburgh Artists,” Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh Art Council, “Racial Equity and Arts Funding in Greater Pittsburgh”
Bill O'Driscoll, “Sarika Goulatia’s Interactive Art Project prosecuterix Aims to Break the Silence Around Sexual Assault,”
Pittsburgh City Paper
Lissa Brennan, “May You Live in Interesting Times: At 937 Liberty, Images of Beauty and Peril Cling to the Walls
Behind the Ravaged Books,” Pittsburgh City Paper
Rachel Jones, “Artist Spotlight: CSA PGH,” Whirl Magazine
Sarika Goulatia, Joshua Franzos Video for The Carol R. Brown Creative Achievement Award, The Investing In
Professional Artists Grants Program, The Heinz Endowments/The Pittsburgh Foundation
KDKA TV, Checks And Balances Exhibit Opens This Week/Artists Sarika Goulatia and Brandon Boan Stop by
to Talk About the Checks And Balances Exhibit
School Of Art, Carnegie Mellon University, “Sarika Goulatia BFA ‘06 Honored With the Carol R. Brown Creative
Achievement Award for a Pittsburgh Emerging Artist”
The RuggedAngel Cast, Kahmeela Friedson, No. 121: Sarika Goulatia
The Broadcast Podcast, Episode 25: Sarika Goulatia
2016 Lissa Brennan, “In Checks & Balances, Six Sculptors Explore Duality,” Pittsburgh City Paper
Veronica Corpus, “In Her Emerging Artist of the Year Show, Sarika Goulatia Revisits and Evokes a Physical Trauma,”
Pittsburgh City Paper
Bill O'Driscoll, “After Complaints, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts to Install Banner for Emerging Artist,” Pittsburgh
City Paper
Kurt Shaw, “Science Takes Center Stage At Shadyside Art Exhibit,” Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Kurt Shaw, “Review: Color, Imagination Run Wild At Center For The Arts,” Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Bill O'Driscoll, “A Review Of The 2016 Solo & Collaborative Exhibits At The PCA,” Pittsburgh City Paper
Sandra Levis, “Artist Profile: Sarika Goulatia Energized,” Shady Ave
The Glassblock, Sam Laffey & Nathan J. Shaulis, Studio Visit: Sarika Goulatia
Pittsburgh Women MAKE It, Saul Rebekah, Meet Sarika Goulatia
2015 Mary Thomas & Nate Guidry, “Squirrel Hill Artist Contributes 'A Million Marks' To India In Focus Program,” Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette
Bill O'Driscoll, “India In Focus Artists Explore the Interplay Between Traditional and Contemporary Cultures,”
Pittsburgh City Paper
John Wilmes, “In The Shadow Of Rusting Steel, Art Engages A City's Post-Industrial Legacy,” Artslant
Kurt Shaw, “Art Review: Sarika Goulatia and Gauri Gill At Penn Galleries, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Kurt Shaw, “Art Review: ‘Great Waves II’ at Revision Space,” Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
2007 Savannah Guz, “We're Seeing Double Consciousness, with Art Of The Indian Diaspora, at The Mattress Factory,”
Pittsburgh City Paper
2006 Kurt Shaw, “Center For The Arts Finds Talent 'Inside+Out' Pittsburgh,” Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
RESIDENCIES
2024 Bunker Projects Artist Residency, Pittsburgh, PA (ongoing)
Contemporary Craft Artist Residency, Pittsburgh, PA
2023 Rishi Gurukulum Artist Residency, Katarkhadak Hills, Pune, India
2021 Culture Jam & Workshops Online Artist Residency, grades 8-12/Ellis School, Pittsburgh, PA
2020 Facebook Open Arts, Artist in Residence, Pittsburgh, PA
2015 Alloy Pittsburgh Residency, Carrie Blast Furnaces Site, Pittsburgh, PA
Neu Kirche Residency, Food City Community Garden, Pittsburgh, PA
COLLECTIONS
2020 Facebook, Pittsburgh, PA
2018 The Heinz Endowments, Pittsburgh, PA
TRYP Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA
PUBLICATIONS
2022 #notwhite collective 2016 - 2022, #notwhite collective
2016 Sarika Goulatia, telling it slant, 2016
EDUCATION
2020 Masters of Design (Bridge Course: Enhancing NIFT Diplomas to Degrees
National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), New Delhi, India
2006 Bachelor of Fine Arts: Sculpture/Installation
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
1996 Post Graduate Diploma: Textile Design and Development
National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), New Delhi, India
1994 Bachelor of Science, Specialization in Textiles
Lady Irwin College, Delhi University
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2024 First Leap, Bridgeway Capital, Pittsburgh, PA (ongoing)
2014 Artist as Entrepreneur Boot Camp, New York Foundation for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2023 Nominations reviewer, Emerging Artists/Carol R. Brown Creative Achievement Awards
2022 Pittsburgh Foundation Exposure Grant Advisory Committee
Group critique, Radiant Hall
2021 Panelist, Project Coordinator selection/City of Pittsburgh Art in Parks project
Panelist, Public Art selection/ City of Pittsburgh Art in Parks project
Interviewer, in-Dialogue live stream and podcast series/City of Asylum, Pittsburgh, PA/local and national BIPOC,
AALANA, Indigenous, and immigrant artists and arts administrators
2020 Pittsburgh Art Commission (2018-2020)
2018 Juror, Belonging Community Art Project/The Sprout Fund
Judge, Art submissions/Critical Point/Carlow University
2016 Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Board (2016-PRESENT)
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
2024 Collective Healing workshops, Tell All the Truth but Tell it Slant project, Pittsburgh, PA
Facilitator, Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit, Pittsburgh, PA
Intergenerational Celebration & Youth Empowerment/#notwhite collective/Irma Freeman Center, Garfield, PA
CURRENT MEMBERSHIPS, BOARDS & AFFILIATIONS
2022-2024 Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition Board
Brew House Association [artist collective]
2018-current Group A
2016-current Founding member, #notwhite collective
2013-current Associated Artists of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Print Group
2006-current Society of Sculptors
Pittsburgh Society of Artists