Welcome!

I'm Sarah.

 

Bio

Cleveland-based multidisciplinary artist, Sarah Raban (she/her), spends her favorite moments joyously exploring her world in as many colors as possible.  Oil paint is her truest love, but Sarah’s full creative expression will not be confined to one medium, so you can also find her sculpting in wood and stone, drawing, painting in other media, and even silversmithing.

Sarah is inspired by the many facets of the idea of “home” – from objects she has chosen to surround herself with, to the landscapes of past and present, to being “at home” in her body, her place in history, her place in the world. 

From Colorado Springs to Cleveland, Sarah has had five solo shows, and individual pieces have been part of several gallery shows.  In addition to her own practice, she also owns and runs Pinwheel Gallery in Cleveland Ohio.

 

Statement

My art is my expression of essential curiosity about how the world works.  I use the creative process to communicate with and through the materials I use, and my worldview evolves through this dialogue.  The world I know through art is a beautiful place; intricate and absurd, swimming in color, sensually curved, full of delicate machinery capable of anything.

For me, art is the vehicle to most thoroughly and consciously engage with, explore and decipher the universe.  Like lucid dreaming, creating art allows me to reframe my relationship with the world and communicate that new relationship with the viewer. 

These are my love notes.  Sometimes to subjects not known or understood even after completion.  To the feel of the materials.  To the tools in my hand.  To the images blessing my eyes.  My love notes start and sometimes end as questions, often with a smile and/or a wink. 

These are my conversations with the world, and I invite you to join.