Sarah Sky
France - Guatemala
About Sarah Sky
Growing up transiting countries and cultures, I existed in a world of constant change - order made me feel safe. This need for order bordered on obsession - the tidiness of my room, a whispless ponytail. I took refuge not only in order, but in repetition: repeated sequences of events gave me security, what I could plan, I could know - and could manage/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 my freedom, afraid of a void that might swallow me.
My art practice stands in opposition to this fear. Painting in layers forces me to take pauses to reflect. I can never recreate a painting, which leaves no room for the safety of repetition. Abstract art helped me understand myself, it helped me accept every part of me, and helps me 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.
CV
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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)
