“Hi my name is Pooja Pawaskar. I’m an artist and a sculptor based in Ottawa. My work talks about traditional Japanese aesthetic wabi-sabi (わび・さび), body positivity and embracing your sexuality.
I’m South Asian by heritage. Growing up in Mumbai, India, I really struggled with embracing myself, my authentic self. And I would always try to be a wallflower growing up. And since becoming an artist, I’ve come to embrace myself and celebrate myself. And that’s something that I really aspire that people take away from my work.
I want people to not just see my work and love it, but also learn from it, learn to almost use it as a metaphor to embrace their own authentic selves.
In 2023, I did a film documentary with Francois Mittins, and we did a screening for it at Studio 20/20 in Centretown.
I feel like that documentary and just watching people watch and see themselves in that documentary really meant a lot for me, because that’s something that I truly wish I can do in the long run from my work.”
Pooja Pawaskar
@poojapawaskar_artist
Sculptor & Designer
