Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Sarah Boris. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Sarah , appreciate you joining us today. Can you talk to us about a project that’s meant a lot to you?

There are several projects that have marked a turning point in my journey.

I like to bring a performative and participatory dimension into my artworks. For my first solo exhibition ‘Le Théâtre Graphique’ in Le Havre, France in 2015, I created a fictional studio in which I based myself for the duration of the exhibition. Each part of the workshop space presented different tools as well as references and artworks. To attract visitors, I placed an ad in the local newspaper inviting them to send me queries and come in for consultations. I’d love to repeat the experience sometime. It was inspiring to be on site and interact with visitors. Alongside this I installed a confessional where people could talk about their creative doubts. There was a theatrical dimension to the exhibition which was filmed by Arte TV.

For a more recent exhibition in 2021 as part of ‘Les Temps d’Art’ a contemporary art festival in France, I imagined a narrative which included a collaboration with a Saumur based winemaker. I also created an edition of heart-shaped benches which were exhibited in the city. I’d love to manufacture the ‘lovers’ bench’ so they could be installed in other cities and parks. Love is an endless subject I like to explore, you can see one my typographic love artwork here: https://www.nellyduff.com/gallery/sarah-boris/love-ultra

I love experimenting during artist residencies. These are moments where I am completely removed from my day to day life and it allows me to focus completely on making new artworks. Being in a different space means that you can also start to envision new ways of making, moving and creating. I made my first modular artworks series at a residency in 2022 at a contemporary art space in the French Pyrénées, Le Bel Ordinaire. I hope to do more residencies in the future in order to develop my artworks.

I also make flip books, one of which is part of the New York Book Art Center Fine Art Collection and the other one which was acquired by the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. I am currently working on a new edition of Le Theatre Graphique which you can see here [https://www.instagram.com/p/CTzHZx3A4sw/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link] and hoping to find a publisher for the new edition.

Some of my artworks can be political such as my Fragile UK flag which, ended being exhibited at the Design Museum in London and is now available as a limited art edition signed and numbered at https://www.nellyduff.com/gallery/sarah-boris/fragile-uk

All these projects have had a significant impact in shaping the next stages of my art practice.

Sarah , before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

’m a multi-disciplinary artist and designer. I grew up in the US until the age of 6 where I loved the arts and craft classes. Whenever I paint, I can get caught smiling at the same time. It’s my happy state and place. I think from then on it was a given I would pursue a creative career. It was first out of passion and progressively passion and work came together. I am really grateful that both can sit well together in my everyday practice.

There are endless possibilities in a creative career and a lot of the skills learned along the way are transferable to other areas of work. For that reason I always admire/praise companies which value artists and creative teams. It’s about feeding each other different outlooks and ways of looking at the world. It’s also about having courage to show your vision, visualising it and expressing ideas you find are of importance. With each of my artworks I try to express a view. With some artworks I strive to spread positivity such with the typographic artwork LOVE ULTRA currently available here: https://www.nellyduff.com/gallery/sarah-boris/love-ultra

At the moment I am working with a Japanese Paper supplier, a Korean publisher, and an English Gallery. A creative career can be truly international and to some extent borderless. I dream of exhibiting in the US at some point. I’ve not been back in a while and it’s the home to my early childhood memories so I think it would be quite a magical and inspiring experience.

I pursued a creative career and still to this day, as no two days are the same. You never know what tomorrow will bring, from public speaking which I never expected I would have done should have told me when I was a teenager to art residencies where I can grow and create. I enjoy that every year is filled with new adventures and is devoid from routines.

My output is varied from paintings, sculpture, screen printed editions, textile art, benches and a lot more. I find it important to not limit myself to one artform and I am keen to explore further textile and sculpture alongside my paper and canvas based artworks. I would love to make more public artworks in the coming years.

What do you think is the goal or mission that drives your creative journey?

Here are some of the missions that drive my journey: — Spread positivity
— Enhance public spaces with art
— Strive for creative freedom
— Find my happy space and spread optimism
— Self-expression
— Create vessels for solidarity and empathy
— Make art
— Put dialogue at the heart of my work
— Imagine new worlds

What’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative in your experience?

Feeling complete freedom

Contact Info:

• Website: sarahboris.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahboris_ldn/
• Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/sarahboris_ldn/

Image Credits
All artworks © Sarah Boris