Contact: sarasigurdard(at)gmail.com

Sara’s practice focuses on the ‘Mystical Experience’ and the search for wholeness. On the

boundaries between outer and inner and the fluidity of being. She is interested in the

crossover of natural sciences and spiritual practices and in the limits of human

consciousness, selfhood and individualization.

Sara’s paintings have a surreal, dream like quality and float between figuration

and abstraction. She utilizes dream symbols, visions and fragmented memories in order to

conjure a version of reality which resonates with her personal experience.

Radiant light beams, tunnels and openings guide the viewer into a hidden realm

that exists alongside our own. A timeless state, in contrast to the worldly chaos.

CV

Sara Sigurðardóttir

Born Iceland 1993

Lives and works in East London.

Education

Royal College of Art, 2019.

Cumbria Institute of the Arts, 2016.

Reykjavik School of Visual Arts, 2015. 

Glassworks vfx, London, 3D apprentice, 2019.

Selected Shows

Billboard, 2022, Kingsgate Project Space, London.

Secondhand Daylight, 2022, Thameside Gallery Space, London.

Journeyman, 2021, solo show @ Xxijrahii Gallery, London.

Degree Show, 2019, Royal College of Art, London. 

Hide and Seek, 2019, Fitzrovia Gallery, London. 

Meshes of the afternoon, 2019, Courtyard Gallery, London. 

Surge, 2018, The Courtauld Institute, Somerset House, London.

Thumbnails, 2018. The Hockney Gallery, London. 

Work in Progress Show, 2018. The Royal College of Art, London. 

Órói, 2016, Kaktus, Akureyri, Iceland. 

Comma, 2016, Vallum Gallery, Cumbria, UK. 

Ephemera, 2015, Cumbria Institute of the Arts, UK.

Nip Slip, 2015, Open Mind, Cumbria, UK. 

Dream Bodies, 2015, Vallm Gallery, Cumbria, UK.

Graduate Show, 2014, Þjóðmenningarhúsið, Reykjavik, Iceland. 

Awards

2023. Artist Salary Fund, Iceland.

2020. A-n Artist Bursary, Uk.

2019. Shortlisted for Chadwell graduate award, London, UK. 

2015. Residency award from Cumbria Institute of the Arts, UK.

2014. International Scholarship from University of Cumbria, UK. 

2014. Student award from the Reykjavik School of Visual Arts, Iceland.  

Publications

Attacking the Surface, 2019, Self published in limited supply, London. 

Featured in https://www.saintmaison.world/pages/archive00

Visiting Artist

2020. Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK.

2015. Cumbria Institute of the Arts, UK.