Sara Sonas


Website: www.sarasonas.com/


Statement


True inspiration comes to me through self-exploration and analysis of my thought process, questioning and experimenting with different techniques, materials and textures, trying to find a solid solution within a given space; reducing and simplifying - to produce a clear and minimalist composition which radiates with harmony in each work, as a way of escapism from the complex and unbalanced modern world.


Biography


I am Glasgow based visual artist, graduated 2019 from Glasgow School of Art.

 

 Education and Training

2018 - 2019    MLitt of Fine Arts, Painting - Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland

2018  - 2018       Erasmus+ Entrepreneurship for European Creative Industries, Restauration and Conservation, Seville, Spain

2013 - 2017        BA of Painting (univ. bacc. art.), Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb, Croatia

 

 

Group exhibitions                                                               

2021   - ‘Email art: Inner Movement’, Multimedial Culture                Centre, Split, Croatia

              - ‘Sculpture Now’, Society of Scottish Artists                             digital exhibition

2020  - ‘Restricted View’, Komplex Gallery, Glasgow,                     Scotland

- ‘Nostalgia: The Storm of Time’, Kazamat Gallery, HDLU Osijek, Croatia

- ‘Materiality’, International online group show, London, UK

- ‘Uig Open 2020: Re-imagined Online’,

Hulabhaig

-  ‘RSA 194th Annual Exhibition’, online at Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland

-  ‘The Challenge of Freedom’, online at HDLU Croatian Association of Artists, Zagreb, Croatia

-  ‘GRADCURATE’, Bloc Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland

-  ‘I Wasn’t Here’, Rogart Street Campus, Glasgow, Scotland

-  ‘Personal Gravity - What weighs us down’, The Old Hairdresser’s, Glasgow, Scotland

2019  -  SSA I  VAS OPEN, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland

-  D Contemporary Painting Prize Show, D Contemporary, Mayfair, London, UK

-  Showcase Group Show, Six Foot Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland

 -  ‘Chapter I’, Thissio, Athens, Greece

-  ‘Graduate Degree Show’, Tontine Building, Glasgow, Scotland

2018  -  ‘Identities’, Juraj Sporer Art Pavillion, Opatija, Croatia

-  ‘Era of emptiness’, Knap Art Centre, Zagreb, Croatia

-  ‘Quedamos en el Arco - Meet you at the Arch’, Gallo Rojo, Seville, Spain

-  ‘PICASSO: An influence on Contemporary Artists’, 508 King’s Road Gallery, London, UK

-  ‘Beyond’, 126 Gallery, Galway, Ireland

2017 -   ‘Young European Art’, Juraj Sporer Art Pavillion, Opatija, Croatia

2016 –  'The right for a mistake', Student Centre Gallery Zagreb, Croatia

–   'ArtiParti', Exhibition of Students Work, Klovicevi dvori Gallery, Croatia

2015 –  'Science is feminine', Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Rijeka, Croatia

2014 –   APURI Exhibition, Laurus Gallery, Lovran, Croatia

 

Solo exhibitions 

2023 -  ‘Igloo - Temple of Sami’, in situ at Arteles, Hämeenkyrö, Finland 
2022 -  ‘Lost’  in situ at Arteles, Hämeenkyrö, Finland                               

2019 -   ‘Unknown Path’, Project Spaces, Glasgow, Scotland

2017 –  'Construction of a dream', Museum of Heritage, Buzet, Croatia

2016 –   'Mental form',  Erste Club Gallery, Rijeka, Croatia

 

 

Awards                                                                                      

2017 -  ‘Antwerp drawing contest’, exhibitions in Belgium, Russia, Italy and Switzerland

         -  ‘Red Carpet Art Award’ , exhibitions in Opatija /  Zagreb, Croatia and Vienna, Austria

-  ‘Patterns’ Art Exhibition, Light Time and Space Online Art Gallery, Special Merit Category

2016  -  31st International Painting Competition 'Mandrac', student award, Opatija, Croatia

 

 

Press                                                                                     

2019 -   Average Art Magazine, artwork published in March edition

A5 Magazine, artwork published in February edition

2018  -  ‘WOTISART?’ Magazine, artwork published in June edition

 

Residencies     

2023 -     Arteles, Haukijärvi, Finland (January-June)

2022 -     Arteles, Haukijärvi, Finland (August)

2020 -     Fish Factory, the Creative Center of Stöðvarfjörður, Iceland (November)

2019 -     Dumfries House Residency (May), Scotland

2018 -     Dumfries House Residency ( December), Scotland

2018  -    126 Artist-run Gallery, Galway, Ireland

          -    HDLU Croatian Association of Artist, Zagreb, Croatia