Sara van Vliet’s large-scale paintings depict a banality of life and an absurdity of our existence. The everyday takes shape of the remains of conviviality and being together; what do left behind coffee cups and beer bottles say about these shared moments?
Having a background as a top athlete, Van Vliet puts her physical energy into her large canvases as she experiments with plaster, paint and glue. Contrasts build between the more raw plaster and soft overspray. Using her fingers, she quickly draws in drying plaster, in which used glasses and notes and a crooked table become textured and lively.
Education
Sara van Vliet born 1998, lives and works in Groningen
2022 – 2024
MA Painting, Frank mohr Institute, Groningen (NL)
2019 – 2022
BA Fine Art, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht, Utrecht (NL)
2024 started living and working in Antwerp
Solo exhibitions
2023 – Breaking my neck on the stairs, Allard Wildenberg Art Projects, Naarden
Group exhibitions
2023 – Yolo – Transience of life, Cees Krijnen en Tim Wunderink,
Unknown Art Projects, Zaandam
2023 – In the middle of my future and past 2023, Francis Henri (VanHee)
NQ Gallery, Antwerp
2023 – In het Diepe, koppelkerk bredervoort, Bredervoort
2023 – GEIST, NQ Gallery, Antwerp
2023 – Cold Outside, Gallery with Tsjalling, Groningen
2022 – BIG ART, Amsterdam
2022 – Figure it Out! , Groupsshow, Pictura Dordrecht
2022 – Royal Painting Price, Groupsshow, Paleis Amsterdam
2022 – Kloof United, Groupsshow, Kunsthal Kloof, Utrecht
2022 – Nose, Tail & Paw, Groupsshow, NQ Gallery, Antwerpen
2022 – ZigZag, Kunsthal Kloof with Emma Agterberg, Utrecht
2022 – Graduationshow, HKU Fine Art, Utrecht
2021 – Further not faster/faster not further, duoshow Sander Reijgers,
Artides, Utrecht
2021 – Hit the Curb, HKUfeesten, Utrecht
2020 – Skidmark, HKU groupshow, de Vegtvliet, Breukelen
2019 – Sportprize exhibition, Laren, Utrecht
Nominations
2022 Nominated for the Royal Painting Price
2022 Nominated for the Buning Brongers Price
Other
2022 – Gelauwerde jonge kunstenaars schilderen ‘woest aantrekkelijk’
– Trouw
2019 – ‘Soestse Sara van Vliet is marathonschaatster én kunstenares: ’Op de kunstacademie is het heel normaal om een jointje te nemen’
– NoordHollands dagblad
