Sarah-Joy Zwarts















2024

wat er al is
Group exhibition
Projectspace Mariastraat Maastricht 

Plateaukunst
Group exhibition, various locations
Plateau van Margraten 

Echoes | Gestures | Threads - guest lecture Academy of Architecture Maastricht

Reversed archeology
Hoekpresentatie, Bureau Europa Maastricht


2023

A missing kind of orange
In-situ group exhibition, Antwerp

Jardins coulés / Gestures #1 (draft)
Artist Books, De Meldkamer Maastricht 

Super books fair
Represented by The Artist and The Others, Haus der Kunst, München

STEK #1
Billboard project, CC De Kimpel and surroundings of Bilzen

Lines of flight vol.2
Artist’s group zine published by KIOSK, Ghent


2022

Lines of flight vol.1
Artist’s group zine published by KIOSK, Ghent

Books by artists
Group presentation, De Meldkamer Maastricht

Super books fair
Represented by The Artist and The Others, Haus der Kunst, München


2020

Chasing flowers
Group exhibition, Coup de Ville St. Niklaas


2019

Embracing exchange
Group exhibition, St. Andrieskapel Maastricht

Come closer
Group exhibition by Forum Triangulare, Kasteel d’Aspremont-Lynden Oud-Rekem



2018

The secret life of materials
Group exhibition, Make Eindhoven x Warp Art x Pennings Foundation, Eindhoven

Vitrine jeune artiste
Solo presentation, Les Brasseurs, Luik

Anonyme Zeichner
Group exhibition, Gallery Körnerpark, Berlijn


2017

Perhaps maybe in spring
Solo presentation, SEAS CC Scharpoord, Knokke-Heist

The autonomous life of things #1
Group exhibition, Beeldenstorm/Daglight, Eindhoven

Birds of passage
Solo presentation, WARP Art, St. Niklaas

Embracing exchange
Group exhibition, Sphinx, Maastricht

Jardins coulés
Solo presentation, Greylight projects, Hoensbroek

Individuele ontwikkelingsbeurs, Vlaamse overheid


2016

Open studio’s
Individual presentation, FLACC, Genk

Artist in residence
FLACC, Genk

Drawing front
Group exhibition, Drawing Centre, Diepenheim

Stroom Projectbeurs, Provincie Limburg (BE)


2015

Preludium V
Group exhibition, Drawing Centre, Diepenheim


2014

Graduation
Group exhibition, KASK, Gent

Black room, blank wall
Group exhibition, Bijloke, Gent

Masterclass Arno Kramer
Drawing Centre, Diepenheim


2013

Endline
Group exhibition, Technicum, Gent

In-situ project tekenkunst
Group exhibition, Voorkamer, Lier

I could have lived here
Group exhibition, M-Museum, Leuven


2012

Prijs Tekenkunst
Group exhibition, CC Zwaneberg, Heist-op-den-berg

Masterclass botanisch tekenen
Teylers Museum, Haarlem

Sarah-Joy Zwarts


      

2024





Untitled (leveled imprints) at the vernissage of wat er al is. Photo by Joris Hilterman.



Untitled (leveled imprints)
Sarah-Joy Zwarts, 2024
Red pigment, plaster, dirt, fabric, thread, own casting tools

For wat er al is, Sarah-Joy continued working on a remote spot at the slope of the Albertcanal. Somehow connecting it to a feeling of home, she wondered what the preliminary spatial conditions would be for someone to coexist with this landscape. This question led to realizing a humble platform: a patchwork of tiles, made with site-specific red pigment. Cast on site, they are shown here topsy-turvy, allowing the landscape to speak up in this predominantly man-made context.

As the canal slope is directly connected to the Kempisch Plateau, (rain)water finds it way down easily, leaving relief imprints frequently. Each visitor is invited to respond to this characteristic: just step onto the platform (shoes removed) and let the material leave a temporary imprint on your heels.



Featured artists: Merlin Kater, elli ott, Isolde Venrooy, Sarah-Joy Zwarts.
Curated by Milena Dahl, project leader Ronja Terwindt. With kind support from Gemeente Maastricht and SAM Stichting Ateliers Maastricht.







Untitled (Shadow veil), 2024. Site-specific installation shown at Plateaukunst, consisting of Typha Latifolia, pigment, clay, cement, found wood, cardboard, plastic sheeting, old shower curtain. 






Guest lecture Echoes | Gestures | Threads, Academy of Architecture, Maastricht






Installation views of Reversed archeology, individual presentation at Bureau Europa, Maastricht





2023






Untitled, installation with hand-dyed textile, clay model try-outs (pigments from site), studio table and tools, approx. 200x120 cm at the lovely in-situ exhibition A missing kind of orange, curated by Elisa Verkoelen, Antwerp. Pictures by Elvis Federico.






Fragments of Untitled (Dorian), walldrawings, white chalk on dark coated wall
Kindly facilitated by SAM Ateliers, Maastricht









Untitled, charcoal and pastel on paper, mounted on cardboard and framed, each ± 35x40 cm







Scale and material sample with imprints of vegetation (various types), each ± 15x15 cm








Stek #1 (on-site, Albert Canal)  
With many, many thanks to CC de Kimpel / Jean-Pierre, Roel, Jonas for the initiative, installation and the amount of care taken








Build-up for Stek #1 (inverted), charcoal and tape mounted on paper, ±87x66 cm 







February pt. 2, charcoal on paper, each ±40 cm in height






February pt. 1, charcoal on paper, each ±40 cm in height






Untitled (Teardrop/Halo), charcoal and tape on paper, ±40x30 cm





2022





December pt. 3, charcoal on paper, each ±40 cm in height






December pt. 2, pencil on paper, each ±40 cm in height






December pt. 1, pencil on paper, each ±40 cm in height






Untitled (Dorian), pencil and watercolor on paper, ±35x30 cm






Selection of first prototypes (clay, red dirt from site and concrete), each ± 15 cm in height







Untitled (Ventura), watercolor on paper, ±200x152 cm





2021










First explorations of the theme, mixed media, sizes varying between 15x20 - 30x40 cm





Site (postcard from 1990s)



2020 and before