Kyra Sacks
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Artist-anthropologist Kyra Sacks (Amsterdam, NL, 1989) is drawn to contradictions: by how both infinite possibilities, beauty and resilience can exist side by side with uncertainty, injustice and destruction. In an attempt not to be numbed by such contrasts, she explores how they are perceived and connected. She searches for images and words that uncover the grey area between them. Between text and image, between looking outwards and inwards, between small stories and large structures. By mixing ethnographic research with the practice of drawing and vice versa, a tangible trace emerges; a web of meanings, questions and interactions.
In recent years Kyra has explored a variety of topics in her art, such as the romantic projections of man on nature in the Peruvian jungle; improvised shelters in the streets of Athens; the chair without a seat as a symbol for intergenerational trauma. In addition, she has studied the consequences of forced migration: how life takes shape in the formless time of waiting in refugee camps, confrontations between different groups on the Greek island of Lesbos emerge, how Afghan youths find their way in Europe and give shape to love and relationships. And in the field of rituals: how morticians in the Netherlands search for new rituals during the pandemic, what a sense of belonging means for employees in a time of hybrid and remote work. In all her projects she combines her artistic skills with an anthropological lens.
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CV | Kyra Sacks
Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1989
Education
Social and Cultural Anthropology (Ma), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 2019
Fine Art and Education (Ba), Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht, 2010
Publications
Winner Beeldmakers 2020, Het Parool & van de Jong.
Drawn in the field, 2020, Entanglements Journal, 3(1):7-30
Prayers, 2020, Illustrating Anthropology
Exhibitions
2024
Traverse, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam
2023
AkzoNobel Art Foundation - group exhibition eARTh
Commissie voor de Tekeningen, het Stadsarchief Amsterdam – thematische tekenopdracht ‘Een Levensvatbare stad’
2022
Valley of the Possible – artist in residence, Chile
Solastalgia, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam (solo)
2019
De grote Fleur en Wouter Show, Galerie Fleur en Wouter, Amsterdam
2018
Revolt, Galerie Fleur en Wouter, VoxPop, Amsterdam
Fata Morgana, Galerie Fleur en Wouter, Amsterdam
2017
Overzichtstentoonstelling, de Grunerie, Oegstgeest
Art Trade, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Sociëteit Sexyland, Amsterdam
‘Multiversum’, Academie Galerie, Utrecht
‘Jubileum expositie’, Galerie Joghem, Sanquin Amsterdam
2014
Open’, SeenSeen Gallery, Amsterdam
2013
‘Just wait a touch longer’, Internationaal Danstheater, Amsterdam (solo)
‘Kyra Sacks & Merijn Kavelaars', The Secret 7 Clubhouse, Shanghai
No Mans Art Gallery Exhibition, Shanghai, China
‘Begrensd door ruimte’, Galerie P&E, Doesburg
Open studio’, No Man's Art exhibition night, Amsterdam
2011
‘Playtime!Festival’, Het Veem theater, Amsterdam
‘Opening show’, Museum Art Land, Nibbixwoud
‘Heb ik mij vandaag bewogen?’ Galerie Joghem, Amsterdam (solo)
‘Heb ik mij vandaag bewogen? II’, Radboud University, Nijmegen (solo
‘Kyra Sacks en Benita Mylius', De Grunerie, Oegstgeest
‘Live build’, Galerie De Artillerie, Utrecht
‘Geslaagde kunst’, galerie STAA, Alphen aan de Rijn
2010
‘Afstudeerders expositie’, Galerie Joghem, Sanquin, Amsterdam
‘Exposure’, HKU graduates, Utrecht
