Sarah Sky
France - Guatemala
ARTIST STATEMENT
BIOGRAPHY
Growing up transiting countries and cultures, I existed in a world of constant change. I took refuge in order and repetition: sequences of events gave me security, what I could plan, I could handle. Chaos scared me. But as I grew up, I realized my need for order was robbing me of my own voice. I was afraid to step into a void that might swallow me.
My art practice stands in opposition to this. Painting in layers forces me to take pauses to reflect. I can never recreate a painting, which leaves no room for repetition. Abstract art helped me understand myself and let go of the need to be in control. It helps me embrace who I am - a person full of contrasts who is more beautiful for them.
For me, the experience of creation is both raw and physical. My art practice demands reinvention: meeting myself every day in front of the canvas and using it as a mirror, begging the question: Who am I today? Am I the same as yesterday? If not, then how have I changed?
I am never the same person looking back. Each brush stroke is an exploration of me in that precise moment, a vehicle for the emotions inside, a set of experiences laid down in color and movement. A record of a moment that only I have lived and will never live again.
As time passes, new techniques arise, some are left in the past, but the essence, my essence, is the same. A sense of identity that is both fixed and transitive. An interior world thrown with force onto a canvas, and sometimes poured lightly. A mirror into my soul.
Sarah Sky (1986) is a visual artist who was born in France, grew up in Morocco, studied Literature in New York, and now lives and has her studio in Guatemala.
The places where she has lived have shaped her as an artist and continue to influence her work. She paints to express herself and to know herself. Her works are made up of contrasts - between exuberant, grey, and pastel tones, between organic and geometric forms, between opaque brush strokes and translucent forms. Her style relies heavily on water stain techniques, which allows the viewer a glimpse into the history of each piece, where layers interpose but do not cover each other - a synonym for the transience and fluidity of time.
Her body of work, as a whole, explores the themes of detachment, transitory identities, and the chaos of being alive.
Among her notable achievements are her participation in international art fairs BADA Mexico and World Art Dubai. She has been selected to be awarded the médaille d’argent from the Académie d’Arts-Sciences-Lettres in Paris. Her work has been shown and collected on 4 continents, and her pieces are part of a private royal collection.
Some of Sarah Sky’s works are now in private collections around the world, as well as part of a Royal family private art collection in Morocco.
CV
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2025 - Silver Medal Award, Société Académique des Arts-Sciences-Lettres, Paris, France
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2025 - Montblanc collaboration with D'Agency Art - Guatemala City, Guatemala
2025 - Supernova Exhibition, Mercedes-Benz Brand Center Dubai, Dubai, UAE
2025-“World Art Dubai Art Fair”, selected artist, Dubai, UAE
2025 - “BADA Art Fair”, selected & participating artist, Mexico City, Mexico
2024 - Art Workshop by Sarah Sky, Bassam Freiha Art Foundation, Abu Dhabi UAE
2024 - “Formula Exhibition”, (Group Show), Etihad Modern Art Gallery, Abu Dhabi UAE
2024 - Representation by Salt Fine Art Gallery, California, United States
2024 - “November Gardens” (Group show), Etihad Modern Art Gallery, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2024 - “Arte Abstracto y Geométrico” (Group Show), Fundación Rozas Botrán, Guatemala
2024 - Open Studio - (Solo Show), Studio Sarah Sky, Guatemala
2024 - “Summer and Women”, (Group Show), Etihad Modern Art Gallery, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2024 - “Latidos” (Group Show), Fundación Rozas Botrán, Guatemala
2023 - "Latin American Galleries Now 2023", Artsy
2023 - "Kaleidoscope", D'Agency, Centro Gerencial Las Margaritas, Guatemala
2023 - Open Studio - The Blue Period (Solo Show), Studio Sarah Sky, Guatemala
2023 - "Arte en Mayo" (Expo Colectiva), Fundación Rozas Botrán, Guatemala
2022 - Open Studio - Memories of Glass (Solo Show), Studio Sarah Sky, Guatemala
200 - “Mixtape” (Solo Show), Hector’s Antigua, Guatemala
2022 - "Arte en Mayo" (Expo Colectiva), Fundación Rozas Botrán, Guatemala
2021 - “FEMENINA” (Solo Show), La Sastreria de Muebles, Guatemala
2021 - "Arte en Mayo" (Expo Colectiva), Fundación Rozas Botrán, Guatemala
2021 - "Entre Siglos" (Expo Colectiva), Fundación Rozas Botrán, Guatemala
2020 - JUANNIO, Subasta Latinoamericana, Artista Seleccionada, Guatemala
2019 - “COSMOPOP” (Solo Show), Galeria Robles, AVIA, Guatemala
2019 - Expo-Venta Meraki, Fontabella, Guatemala
2018 – “Slow Drip” (Solo Show), 1001 Noches, Guatemala
2018 – Expo-Venta Meraki, Fontabella, Guatemala
2018 – “Art Sale” (Solo Expo), Sugar Bar, Guatemala
2018 – “Iqos Art Edition”, Fontabella, Guatemala
2018 – Galería El Túnel, Guatemala
2017 – Galería Sol del Río, Guatemala
2017 – Featured Artist, Naranja Store (online)
2017: "The Meister" (Expo Colectiva), Café Caminito, Guatemala
2017: "Vidas" (Expo Colectiva), Galería77, Guatemala
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2009-2011 | Hunter College, cuny, NEW YORK Bachelor of Arts, Literature, Language and Criticism (Summa Cum Laude)
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2024 - Exhibition Press Release, by Minister of Tolerance & Coexistance, Office of the Minister, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2024 - “Sarah Sky” Interview by Scuro Magazine
2018 - “31 - Sarah Sky Art - Arte en Pintar” Mi Media Biografia Podcast
2019 - “Slow Drip, de Sarah Sky”, Habitart Magazine
2019 - “An Explosion of Color”, Scuro Magazine
