Sarah-Joy Zwarts
2025
This kitchen is for dancing (Pt. 2)
On-site studio and installation try-out,
De Meldkamer Maastricht
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
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
