Sarah Kolker, currently completing the last year of her BA at Sarah Lawrence College, was born and raised in Philadelphia and has studied in Jamaica, Pennsylvania and New York. Sarah has worked with well-known mosaic tile artist Isaiah Zagar, the Philadelphia Mural Arts program, Groundswell Community Mural Projects and has completed a Create Change Artist in Residency with The Laundromat Project. Her work has been displayed at The Protest Space in New York’s Chelsea art district and at the Infusion Gallery in Philadelphia.

Artist Statement

Constructing art, I feel, is the only way I can comfortably express myself. One medium alone cannot express what I feel. Colors are music to my eyes; and music feeds my body. Since nothing is actually concrete and everything is in constant change, so must my work be as well. More layers added and textures created; a piece may only be considered done because of others opinions. I pay attention to the little things in the world and I force the viewer to conceptualize this. I take things out of context, which may make my art seem
surreal; however, it is the everyday realities and experiences that give meaning to my art.

Press

• “Harlem Youth’s Wisdom Captured on Bench“, Laundromat Project, January 8, 2008.

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Website
www.36kolks.com