Sarah Michel
It‘s not seldom I wander the shore of the Baltic Sea, paths only feet, paws and hooves have touched, accompanied by wind fleeing trees or crows and butterflies in the heathlands of the tiny German island Hiddensee, where I live. Enchanted by the hereby Nordic myths and folklore, the portion of my hesitations, pondering and the things which are alluring to me, conjure up the drawings I share.
Like Life, I don`t give myself the opportunity to erase anything. Mistakes remain included and become simply darker by using only very fine ink pigment liner on paper. Which leaves my dialogue with the subconscious exposed.
With that I hope to achieve what I think AI can`t so far,
Vulnerability and Resilience.
I’d love if the seemingly unused space resonates within the viewer, to be filled in with own imaginations, maybe of the things left unsaid. Or maybe a moment of stilness to pick up a line that leads to memory lane.
2023 Awarded with the International Donatello Art Prize in Florence Italy
2022 Works On Paper, The Bricklane Gallery in London
2022 Sagenhaftes Hiddensee, Henni Lehmann Haus in Vitte Island Hiddensee Germany
2021 Summer Salon, Van Der Plas Gallery in Manhattan’s Lower Eastside,New York
2015 ’The Selfie Show: An Art Exhibition of Self- Portraits'Museum Of New Art in Detroit USA
