Pooja Pawaskar is an Indian-Canadian artist whose practice bridges sculpture and drawing to explore themes of intimacy, identity, and emotional presence. Working primarily with wood, plaster, and exploring alternative materials, her work captures gestures and internal states in forms that feel simultaneously raw and tender. Pooja’s perspective is shaped by the complexities of migration, gender, and cultural translation. Her earlier works were rooted in reclaiming visibility, taking up space as a woman and immigrant artist. Her current trajectory moves toward a quieter, more intimate language: one that invites viewers into a softer, slower space of emotional closeness. Her recent work focuses on extimacy, the externalization of deeply personal inner experiences, often expressed through sketch-like forms, unfinished lines, and material experimentation that preserve the immediacy of process.

She has exhibited internationally, including at NYCxDESIGN, the London Festival of Architecture, DesignTO, and in a solo exhibition in Lacoste, France. Pooja’s work continues to evolve at the intersection of vulnerability, embodiment, and transformation.