Sara Anstis (Stockholm, 1991) was raised on a small island off the Canadian west coast and draws and lives wherever she finds good light. Her images, installations and collaborative projects take shape through an intuitive exploration of memories and desires. In her soft pastel drawings, her unruly figures can be found engaging in scenes of revelry and living tender moments within landscapes built from imagination. In this world of their own, much of their mischievousness comes from the possibility of being caught by a look. Anstis received her BFA in Studio Art and Sociology at Concordia University (Montreal, CA) in 2013 and her MFA in Fine Art from Valand Academy (Gothenburg, SE) in 2016. In 2018, she completed the Drawing Year Postgraduate Programme at the Royal Drawing School (London, UK). She has received grants from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation (CA), Jerwood Arts (UK), and the Anna-Lisa Thomson foundation (SE) amongst others.
Sara Anstis’s Discrete
The Editorial Magazine — Mar 18, 2020
Sara Anstis at Nevven Gallery
Art Mirror — Mar 17, 2020
Discrete: Sara Anstis's Solo @ Nevven Gallery in Göteborg
Juxtapoz — Mar 16, 2020