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SARAH WESTPHAL

(born 1981 in Wermelskirchen, Germany)
Lives and works in Belgium and Germany

2009
Laureate of the Higher Institute for Fine Arts (HISK), Ghent (BE)
Higher Degree of Photography, Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent (BE)

2007
Master’s Degree in Fine Arts (MFA), 3D /Multimedia, Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK), Ghent (BE)

2005
Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts (BFA), 3D/Multimedia, Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK), Ghent (BE)


AWARDS/GRANTS/RESIDENCIES

2011
Winner of the Input/Output Award, Brugge (BE)
Artist in residence at Be-Part: Platform for Contemporary Art, Waregem (BE)

2010
Winner of the AON Award, Ghent (BE)
Artist Grant from the Flemish Community, Belgium

2008
Artist Grant from the Flemish Community, Belgium

2007
Winner of the Franciscus Pycke Legacy Award, Ghent (BE)


SELECTION OF SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011
‘Sarah Westphal’ at Rossi Contemporary, Brussels (BE)
‘Sarah Westphal: Palimpsest’, Museum of Fine Arts (MSK), Ghent (BE)
‘Sarah Westphal: (Un)folding’, Cultural Centre de Bogaard, Sint-Truiden (BE)

2009
‘Sarah Westphal: Interventions and Manipulations. Structure, Texture and Space’,
De Garage, Mechelen (BE)

2008
‘Sarah Westphal: Spiegelbild’, Croxhapox: Experimental Art Space for
Contemporary Art, Ghent (BE)

2007
‘Sarah Westphal: Heimsuchen (The House)’, private mansion, Ghent (BE)


SELECTION OF GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011
‘Input/Output’, De Bond, Brugge (BE)
‘Ename Actueel 2011 – Sediment’, Provinciaal Archeologisch Museum (PAM), Velzeke (BE)

2010
‘Huiselijkheid’, Roger Raveel Museum, Machelen, Zulte (BE)
‘In Situ (Open Studios)’, Nucleo, Ghent (BE)‘Watou 2010. Collected Stories # 02/
Between Language and Image (Past in Present)’, Watou (BE)
‘After the Fact’, Galerie Sans Titre, Brussels (BE)‘From Memory.
About Knowing and Forgetting’, Museum Dr. Guislain, Ghent (BE)

2009
‘La Conquête de l’Espace’, Higher Institute for Fine Arts (HISK), Ghent (BE)
‘Cabinet d’Artistes’, Galerie Sans Titre, Brussels (BE)‘Watou 2009. Collected Stories #1
(Polyphony)’, Watou (BE)
‘Temporary City/Berlin’, Kunst in Kreuzberg e.V, Berlin (DE)
‘Open Studios’, Higher Institute for Fine Arts (HISK), Ghent (BE)

2008
‘Open Studios’, Higher Institute for Fine Arts (HISK), Ghent (BE)

2007
‘Coming People’, S.M.A.K, Ghent (BE)
‘Fin’, Netwerk: Centre for Contemporary Art, Aalst (BE)
‘Heimsuchen (Slide projection)’, Croxhapox: Experimental Art Space for Contemporary Art,
Ghent (BE)



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