Madhu Powar Garg understands abstraction not as departure from reality, but as expansion of the visual and emotional aspects that experience and perception evoke. Her move from India to New York, and multitude of global cultural and natural experiences, have afforded her a rich portfolio from which to create.

Her methodology is to create “snapshots” of these inspiring moments: fleeting plays of light, unexpected color relationships through bold hues and soft tones, depths created with strong innovative brushwork with layering and texturing. 

The “inherent tension” in her paintings maintains conflict, mirroring nature’s complex balances rather than seeking resolution. Her mediums vary depending on what each painting demands—oils, oil sticks, acrylics, pastels, interference, iridescence.

Through this synthesis of technical accomplishment, cultural perspective, and emotional truth, Powar Garg invites viewers’ shared contemplation and own interpretation, rather than singular meanings.

A painting from Madhu Powar Garg’s Theory of Dynamism series won the Red Dot for Best Painting at the Art Students League in 2023. She has exhibited at the Hamptons Fine Art Fair in 2024 and 2025 with her own booth, Madhu+Co. New York City and Hamptons based, Madhu has painted for over 25 years, beginning with portraiture at the National Academy Museum School and transitioning, twelve years ago, to abstraction at the Art Students League, NYC and Old Art School, Delray Beach.