Saar Scheerlings 1990

Lives in Le Maupas, Sussey (FR). Works in Le Maupas, Sussey (FR).

Represented by:

Galerie Fleur & Wouter

Unfolding a tea box provided Saar Scheerlings (Eindhoven, 1990) a form. She decided to paint it the way she saw at a weavers' village in the Himalayas. These forms took on a life of their own they led to sculptures and most recently to thrones. Saar builds the material culture of a fictitious civilization. Inspired by ethnographic collections in museums, textile crafts and building methods the work is a search for a sense of inspiration and meaning such as we know from ancient cultures and religious artifacts like Talismans. In doing so, Saar looks at traditional ways of making. She works with second-hand materials such as mattresses from a bankrupt holiday park, fabrics from old theaters and from fashion brands or clothes from thrift stores. In contrast to the speed and technologization of today's society, Saar's sculptures are a plea for craftsmanship and durability. The special fabrics in her sculptures get where they are straight to have a life as a work of art.

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Artworks by Saar Scheerlings

Talisman Night Mirror II

Articles on Saar Scheerlings

Summer in the City

It is already scorching hot and the school year is drawing to a close. In other words, the summer holiday is just around the corner. Traditionally, this is the time of year when galleries schedule group exhibitions. In this first overview of the summer shows, three galleries are taking advantage of the summer to debut new artists.

Wouter van den Eijkel

Three-dimensional weaving with fabric and foam - The joy of making is evident with Saar Scheerlings' talismans

“Oh, you look like this one!” Artist Saar Scheerlings regularly hears viewers telling each other this when encountering one of her talismans. The colourful sculptures of stacked and crocheted polyurethane foam instantly pull you into Saar Scheerlings' universe. A world that she compares to a port city: a place where cultures merge from which something new emerges.

Wouter van den Eijkel

The studio of... Saar Scheerlings

What does the ideal artist’s studio look like? How much time does an artist spend there? Is it a sacred place? This week in 'The Artist’s studio' series: Saar Scheerlings (Galerie Fleur & Wouter)

Oscar van Gelderen

The gallery of… Fleur Feringa & Wouter van Herwaarden (Galerie Fleur & Wouter)

This week with Fleur Feringa & Wouter van Herwaarden (Galerie Fleur & Wouter)

Oscar van Gelderen

Media

Saar Scheerlings, Residence: Saar Scheerlings, Stoffen stapelen. Read full article:
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Residence: Saar Scheerlings, Stoffen stapelen. Read full article: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586511354402433488183ed9/t/61794d9025addd66197965b3/1635339666825/Saar+Scheerlings+Residence.pdf

Shows

PAN Amsterdam

Koos Buster, Dodi Espinosa, Warre Mulder, Tom Volkaert, Carmen Schabracq, Saar Scheerlings

24 nov - 1 dec 2024, Amsterdam, Nederland

Castlemania

Saar Scheerlings, Koos Buster, Erik Mattijssen, Mai van Oers, Castlemania

13 apr - 12 may 2024, Amsterdam, Nederland

Art Rotterdam 2024

Mirjam Vreeswijk, Natacha Mankowski, Erik Mattijssen, Saar Scheerlings

31 jan - 4 feb 2024, Rotterdam, Nederland

Saar Scheerlings, SWAB Barcelona

Saar Scheerlings

5 oct - 8 oct 2023, Barcelona, Spain

Sources of Wonder

Sharon van Overmeiren, Warre Mulder, Carmen Schabracq, Saar Scheerlings, Dodi Espinosa

24 jun - 29 jul 2023, Amsterdam, Nederland

Unfolding

Saar Scheerlings

7 jan - 29 jan 2023, Amsterdam, Nederland

Art Rotterdam 2021

Saar Scheerlings

1 jul - 4 jul 2021, Rotterdam, Nederland

Sight by Sight

Johan Kleinjan, Saar Scheerlings

2 oct - 1 nov 2020, Amsterdam, Nederland

In corporate collection:

Ministerie van Binnenlandse zaken

Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken

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After graduating from Design Academy Eindhoven, Saar Scheerlings (NL, 1990) set out on a path that has led to the creation of visual art. Her art is an endless mill of production, constantly susceptible to outside influences. It is a process like a trade route or port where all kinds of previously unknown things can influence each other. Her work has been shown in various international museum shows, such as Zuiderzeemuseum, Fries Museum, Design Museum Gent and Dutch Parade, Hanwha Galleria Seoul, South Korea. Saar lives and works in the remote village of Le Maupas, France.

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Eindhoven, Netherlands, 1990

Education

Design Academy Eindhoven, graduated 2014

Awards

LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2024, nominated

Exhibitions
 
2024
Pan Art Fair, with Galerie Fleur & Wouter (group)
Sugar Rush, duo with Mario Picardo, Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg (duo)
CAN Art Ibiza, with HAGD Contemporary, Ibiza, Spain (group)
Art Rotterdam, with Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Rotterdam (group)
White, HAGD Contemporary, Denmark (solo)
LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2024, Paris

2023
Révélations Paris with World Craft Council Europe
Museum JAN Amstelveen (group)
Sources of Wonder, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam (group)
Unfolding at Galerie Fleur en Wouter, Amsterdam (solo)

2022
AMC Amsterdam
Textile Totems (Masterclass) at Textielmuseum Tilburg De Kliuw Heeze 

2021 
Pan Amsterdam, group, Residence 
Art Rotterdam, Solo, Galerie Fleur & Wouter  KunstRAI, group, Galerie Fleur & Wouter  Colors, etc. Tripostal, Lille
World Trade Center, Amsterdam

2020  
Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg
Sight by Sight, Johan Kleinjan & Saar Scheerlings, Galerie Fleur & Wouter Kleureyck, Design Museum Gent
Dutch Parade, Hanwha Galleria Seoul

2019
How&Wow Crafts Council NL, Dutch Design Week Key Figures, NR8 Arnhem
Rumours Rotterdam

2018
Sitstentoonstelling, Fries Museum
Ambacht in Dracht, Zuiderzeemuseum Designkwartier Den Haag
Between Bars, de Sociale Dienst Eindhoven   

Collections
Ministerie van Binnenlandse zaken
Ministerie van Buitenlandse zaken

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