About

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“A drawing is like a shooting star. A meteoroid becomes visible to our eyes after it enters the atmosphere at high speed. We don’t see the meteoroid itself, we see a glowing streak of light when the meteor is already gone. What I draw arises on a physical level, translates into movement and thus enters our perceptible world. It leaves a trail of energy. The lines on paper are a linear side effect of something that is fundamentally non-linear.” Sara Vermeylen, 2022

“Sara Vermeylen’s latest paintings represent a change in style in her oeuvre. They are more aggressive and more pictorial than her previous work. Something has also shifted in content. They originated during a period of forced isolation due to an operated foot and were inspired by the life and work of Andy Warhol. Graphic elements appear in the paintings, coming from the packaging of medicines. Autobiographical events and portraits of her family members are processed, but also scenes from films, body parts and banal daily activities such as waiting in a waiting room. Despite the scarce use of color, the result are bursting with color and appear neurotic. The paintings are a testimony of contemporary life and its inner turmoil.” Herman van Ingelgem (about the exhibits “All is pretty” and “Poetical representations”), 2022

Sara Vermeylen °1983

Living – Sint Katelijne Waver, BE
Working – Mechelen, BE
Email – vermeylensara@gmail.com 

Exhibitions

2023 – The triangle in the cube group to be decided
2022 – All is pretty solo Lumière, Mechelen
2022 – Poetical representations group stadhuis/ABK, Mechelen
2020 – Virtual Vitrine solo Galerie Raf van Severen, Antwerpen
2020 – Salon de l’Avenir group Avenirsite, lier
2018 – REM Sleep of Reason solo CC ’t Blikveld, Bonheiden
2018 – Little Drawings solo LO Pétillante, Ranst 
2017 – Between the Lines solo Oude Beurs, Antwerpen
2017 – AIR group MEATPACK, Antwerpen
2014 – The White Picket Fence duo Gallery NavArt, Sint-Niklaas
2013 – It’s a metaphor solo Gallery Karin Beterams, Rijmenam
2013 – Pièce Unique group H30, Mechelen
2013 – Prijzen voor tekenkunst group Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerpen

Performances

2022 – Back to zero Expo PRIMA, Cultureel centrum, Mechelen
2019 – A Girl is a Gun Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerpen
2019 – Skin Memory ARSENAAL/LAZARUS, Mechelen
2018 – The Cover Enira, Mechelen
2018 – The Mural Zennelab, Vilvoorde
2013 – Cabin Art Yes art gallery, St-Idesbald
2013 – Pièce Unique H30, Mechelen

Publications

2018 – Ajuin book
2014 – White Picket Fence catalogue

Education

since 2022 – Grafiek atelier ABK Mechelen
since 2020 – Project & Multidisciplinair atelier ABK Mechelen
2011-2014 – Tekenkunst atelier ABK Mechelen
2013 – Model drawing sessions London Atelier of Representational Art, UK
2012 – Contemporary Drawing Bootcamp Toronto School of Art, Canada