Red Dot 2024

August 10, 2024

Texas Sculpts III

March 19, 2024

Borders & Boundaries Redefined

July 28, 2023

Wistful Wonderment – 24 Hours of Wonder Round 2

July 28, 2023

a transdisciplinary, global collaborative art project and traveling exhibition co-founded by Sabine Senft and Leticia Bajuyo, bringing together 36 international artists, poets and performers.

Norman Hall Art Gallery

Russellville, AR

Aug 14 – Sept 15, 2023

closing reception: Sept 14, 5-7pm

https://24hoursofwonder.wixsite.com/artists

Three Womxn Exhibition: Right Place, Right Time

June 12, 2023

Malleable Sculpture: Right Place, Right Time

with Susan Hensel, Susan Ferrari Rowley and Sabine Senft

Susan Hensel Gallery

Minneapolis

https://www.artsy.net/partner/susan-hensel-gallery/artists/sabine-senft

June  1 – December 31 2023

 

“Each of these mature women artists comes from a different process and geographical area and through their work they tell personal and political stories while continuing the generational transfer passing the gifts on without forgetting who paved the way for them”

Partition in the Modern World – Transdiasporic Perspectives

June 12, 2023

Evanston Art Center

1717 Central St. Evanston/Chicago, IL

July 8 – Aug 13, 2023

 

Opening Reception: Sunday, July 9, from 1-4pm. RSVP.

Curatorial Walkthrough: Sunday, July 23, 1-4pm. RSVP.

Artist Panel and Discussion 1-2:30pm and Closing Events 2:30-4pm: August 13 RSVP

 

The Evanston Art Center (EAC) is excited to present a new exhibition, Partition in the Modern World: Transdiasporic Art Perspectives, curated by 2022 / 2023 Curatorial Fellow, Pritika Chowdhry.

A partition is a change of political borders cutting through at least one territory, often dividing a homeland and fracturing communities along religious, ethnic, or other political lines. The 20th century saw over 25 countries partitioned worldwide, causing bloodshed, ethnic violence, and forced migrations of large segments of populations across the globe.

Partition in the Modern World: Transdiasporic Art Perspectives engages eleven different geopolitical partitions: the partitions of Palestine (1947, 1967, ongoing), Bosnia (1992), Cyprus (1974), Ireland (1921), Germany (1945), Mexico (1848), Native North America (1830-1850), India (1947), Pakistan/Bangladesh (1971), and Kashmir (1947, 1962, 1965).

 

The artists in this exhibition poetically probe the geopolitical phenomenon of partitioning a country and its aftermath through the dual lenses of cultural memories and multiple diasporic locations, laying bare the reverberations of partitions individually, locally, and globally. Examining, questioning, and protesting these partitions in the registers of human rights, political actors, and gendered fallout, the works engage partition as a political tool and its relevance now, in post-9/11 America and globally.

Group Exhibition in London

June 3, 2023

Group Exhibition

April 5, 2023

MSA Select,

City Gallery

141 E Main St, Lexington KY

April 7 – June 3, 2023

Group Exhibition

April 1, 2023

Unique by Nature

McKinney Performing Arts Center

111 N. Tennessee St., McKinney, TX 

April 1 – April 22, 2023

Group Exhibition – Red Dot

November 11, 2022

Red Dot, invitational, The Contemporary at Blue Star Art Museum, San Antonio 

Nov 11-Jan 8 2023

Opening party Nov 9, 7-10pm

Collectors preview at 6pm

Group Exhibition

October 4, 2022

MSA Select

Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN

Oct 4 -28,2022

Eisenwunderwelt

September 8, 2022

Eisenwunderwelt

Opening Sept 8 2022 @ “Eisenwunderwelt” (Iron Wonder World) in Berlin, Germany

24 HOURS OF WONDER
A perpetual, global art installation devised by Leticia Bajuyo and Sabine Senft

Our installation 24 Hours of Wonder will be part of the international exhibition “Eisenwunderwelt” in Berlin at Moving Poets NOVILLA during the 9th International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art. This is a cross-cultural collaborative exhibition that fosters the bridging of cultures and geo-political boundaries through shared creativity and passion across art disciplines. It sets the stage for artists to create interdisciplinary artworks together. The guiding theme is “Wunderkammer” or “Cabinet of Curiosities”, where collected disparate items form a new unity like our 24 Hours of Wonder.

Group Exhibition

August 19, 2022

sltx

Art Museum South Texas, Houston, TX

Aug 19- Oct 15, 2022

Artist Residency in Berlin

July 1, 2022

Art project in Berlin, Germany

May 16, 2022

Opening Sept 8 2022 @ “Eisenwunderwelt”  in Berlin, Germany

24 HOURS OF WONDER
A perpetual, global art installation devised by  Sabine Senft and  Leticia Bajuyo

Our installation “24 Hours of Wonder” will be part of the international exhibition “Eisenwunderwelt” in Berlin at Moving Poets NOVILLA during the 9th International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art. This is a cross-cultural collaborative exhibition that fosters the bridging of cultures and geo-political boundaries through shared creativity and passion across art disciplines. It sets the stage for artists to create interdisciplinary artworks together. The guiding theme is “Wunderkammer” or “Cabinet of Curiosities”, where collected disparate items form a new unity like our “24 Hours of Wonder”.

New public art display

January 21, 2022

NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program Exhibit

December 28, 2021

invitational

Centro De Artes Gallery

101 S. Santa Rosa

San Antonio, TX 78207

Jan 25 – Jul 2, 2022

opening reception Feb 22, 6-9pm

New Public Art Installation

October 27, 2021

Museum exhibit in Dallas

April 26, 2021

CELEBRATION

curated by Patricia B Meadows

Museum of Biblical Arts

7500 Park Lane, Dallas, TX

opening reception April 24, 2021

April 24- ongoing

Group exhibit and sale on ARTSY

March 3, 2021

Chapter Showcase on ARTSY

International Sculpture Center, NJ

(publishers of SCULPTURE MAGAZINE)

March 1 - April 30, 2021

Group Exhibit in San Angelo

December 18, 2020

The State of Sculpture

San Angelo Museum of Fine Art

July 8-September 12, 2021

Group Exhibit in Houston

December 18, 2020

On The Bayou

January 16 - February 23, 2021

Juror: Tanja Peterson, Berlin

Redbud Gallery

303 E 11th Street,

Houston, TX 77008

New Public Art Installation

December 18, 2020

by Sabine Senft

“It’s All About Connecting”,

San Antonio, TX, Medical Center

Group Exhibit in Chicago

September 9, 2020

LOSS (a virtual exhibition)

Sept 4-Sept 27, 2020

Woman Made Gallery, Chicago IL

Blue Star Red Dot

July 18, 2020

Press: Berlin Residency (SA Current)

July 18, 2020

Blue Star Contemporary Museum

PRESS: Berlin Residency (Glasstire)

July 18, 2020

Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum awards Berlin Residency to Sabine Senft, Jill Bedgood, Joe Harjo and Jayne Lawrence.

Berlin Residency

July 18, 2020

Sabine Senft is one of the recent awardees of the Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum's coveted Berlin Residency at the Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin, Germany.

Due to Covid-19 the residency has been postponed.

Panel talk

July 18, 2020

September 25 and 26th, 2020, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, 9.30-10.30am

Texas A&M Corpus Christi's Oso Bay Biennial XXI is culminating in a 2 day symposium with three panel discussions.

NETWORK MATTERS will feature

Sabine Senft, president Texas Sculpture Group

Matt Manalo, Filipinx Artists of Houston

Kristen Tordella-Williams, vice president Midsouth Sculpture Alliance

Keynote address by Beili Liu (UT Austin) and a talk by curator Dr. Volker Eisele (Sculpture Month Houston)

Group exhibit in San Antonio

March 17, 2020

NEW DECADE

Cinnabar Art Gallery

1420 S Alamo #147

San Antonio, TX78210

reception: March 6, 2020, 6.30pm - 9pm

Invitational in Houston: State Wide

July 30, 2019

"State Wide: the Texas Sculpture Group"

soft opening September 21, 2019 - December 6

curated by Jim Edwards, San Francisco/Houston

Houston Baptist University

closing reception and panel talk December 7, 2019

Group Exhibit in San Antonio

June 25, 2019

August 22 – October 5, 2019

Cinnabar Art Gallery

1420 S Alamo St., #147

San Antonio, TX78210

opening reception  August 22nd, 6.30pm

artist talk TBA

Group Show: The James Surls Invitational

June 10, 2019

Museum of Biblical Art

7500 Park Lane

Dallas, TX75225

opening reception September 15, 2pm

guest curator: James Surls

exhibit runs August 7 2019 through December 31  2019

Group Show: Terra Splendora

June 10, 2019

Texas Sculpture Group Member Show

Splendora Gardens (James Surls' and Charmaine Locke's former studio)

Splendora, TX

opening reception Sat. June 1 with a panel discussion at 11am

Last view reception: July 27, 2-5pm

exhibit runs through August 3, 2019

Blue Star RED DOT

April 30, 2019

Blue Star Contemporary’s 29th Annual Red Dot Sale

Wednesday, May 15, 2019, 7-10pm

116 Blue Star, San Antonio, TX78204

Public Art Tour San Antonio

April 3, 2019

Group Exhibit in Splendora

March 27, 2019

The 3rd Annual National Flower Show of Splendora (juried)

March 23 - May 18, 2019

Splendora Gardens (Studio gallery of James Surls and Charmaine Locke)

Splendora, TX

opening reception: March 24, 3-6pm

Group exhibit in Chicago

February 27, 2019

"Abstractly Speaking", April 5-April 27 2019

Woman Made Gallery

Chicago, IL

Opening Reception Friday, April 5, 6-8pm

Group exhibit in Colombia

January 9, 2019

Salon Internacional, juried exhibition

December 28, 2018 - January 12, 2019

El Socorro, Santander, Colombia

PRESS: Sculpture Magazine Review March 2018

March 6, 2018

Group exhibit in Chicago

March 4, 2018

"Is there a Mother in the House?"

April 13 - May 5, 2018

juried exhibition, Woman Made Gallery

2150 Canalport Ave, Suite 4A3

Chicago, IL 60608

opening reception: April 13, 2018 6-8pm

Press: Artpace addresses migration with timely exhibition

September 28, 2017

SA Current, please click on this link for full article

Press: San Antonio Express News article, 2017

September 28, 2017

SA Express News , please click on the link to read full article

Press: Arts+Culture review June 2017

September 28, 2017

2017 June arts+culture article Borderline Reality Artpace, please click on the link to read the article

Group exhibit in Dallas

August 28, 2017

Craighead Green Gallery

1011 Dragon Street

Dallas, TX 75207

opening reception: August 5th, 2017, 5-8pm

Exhibit runs through September 2nd

Group Exhibit in Chicago

April 24, 2017

GrassRoots

May 5 - June 17, 2017

Woman Made Gallery

685 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL60642

opening reception May 5, 6-8pm

closing reception June 17, 2-4pm

Solo exhibition

February 22, 2017

BORDERLINE REALITY

ArtPace San Antonio – Hudson Show Room

445  N Main Avenue

San Antonio, Tx 78205

Opening reception May 25th, 2017, 6-8.30pm

media preview: 10.30am-12pm

Exhibit runs through August 25th 2017

Group Exhibit

February 21, 2017

Brownsville Museum of Fine Art

45th International Art Show

660E Ringgold St.

Brownsville, TX 78520

March 22nd through April 5th, 2017

HOUSTON ART FAIR

October 25, 2016

Sept. 29th 2016 - Oct 2nd 2016

Booth 1B (AF)

Silver Street Event Space

2000 Edwards Street, Gate A

Houston, TX 77007

http://www.houstonartfair.com

Artist talk: BORDERLAND

October 25, 2016

Sunday, Sept. 25th 2016 3pm @ CINNABAR Art Gallery

1414 S. Alamo St., San Antonio

Art to the Power of Ten – Art Fair

October 25, 2016

Friday, September 16th 2006,  6.30-9.30pm (CINNABAR booth)

The McNay Art Museum | 6000 North New Braunfels | San Antonio, Texas 78209-0069

https://www.mcnayart.org/special-events/art-to-the-power-of-ten

solo exhibit: BORDERLAND

October 25, 2016

August 25th through October 9th 2016

CINNABAR Art Gallery

Blue Star Arts Complex

1414 S. Alamo St

San Antonio

opening reception Thursday, Sept 1st 2016, 6.30-9 pm

Group exhibit in Colombia

May 9, 2016

Realidades y Visiones

(Arte Solano & MAI)

opening reception June 2nd, 2016

Biblioteca Departamental

Cali, Colombia

Group Exhibit in Colombia

April 19, 2016

Presencia y Testimonio

opening reception April 16th, 2016, 6pm

Museo Historico El Penol

Antioquia/Colombia

Rick Liberto Award for Visual Arts

January 25, 2016

Sabine Senft has been selected by the Artist Foundation of San Antonio to win this year’s Rick Liberto Award for the Visual Arts.  The grant will pay for Sabine to develop a commission, based on a proposal she submitted as part of the entry process.

The award comes as an affirmation of the high quality of Sabine’s work and inspiration to continue in her artistic practice. AF judging is done by a panel of diverse  curators and arts professionals located across the United States and abroad.

http://www.artistfound.org/awards/2015.cfm

Group exhibit in Dallas

January 16, 2016

El Corazon 2016

Bath House Cultural Center

521 E Lawther Dr, Dallas TX 75218

opening reception Sat., Feb 6th, 7-9pm, show runs through March 5th, 2015

Group exhibit in Chile

December 7, 2015

Los Colores del Sonido

opening reception 13th January 2016, 7.30pm

Centro Cultural Casona Nemesio Antunez| Fernando Castillo Velasco 8580| La Reina, Santiago, Chile

Group exhibit in Santander

December 7, 2015

opening reception Dec 26th 2015

Instituto Municipal de Cultura y Turismo (MAI)

Bucaramanga- Santander, Colombia

Group Exhibit in Austin, TX

October 16, 2015

"Speaking Silence" (via TSG)| juried, Nov. 1st through December 3rd 2015

Gallery Shoal Creek

2832 E MLK Jr. Blvd,  Austin, TX 78702

opening reception November 14, 6-8pm

Group Exhibit in Bogota

October 16, 2015

"Espacios y Signos", invitational

Zona L Galeria

Carrera 15 #86a-24

Bogota, Colombia

opening reception Thursday, October 1st 2015, 7pm

Mc Nay Art Museum: Art to the Power of 10

August 28, 2015

Friday, September 11th, 6.30-9.30 pm

Leeper Auditorium, McNay Art Museum

6000 N New Braunfels, San Antonio, TX78209

Biennial Exhibit

August 28, 2015

AMoA BIENNIAL-600 SCULPTURE

juror: LeighArnold from the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas

August 14th- October, 9th, 2015

opening reception August 14, 6.30-8.30pm, 7pm Gallery juror talk

Group exhibit in Ecuador

June 22, 2015

Exposición colectiva Latino America!

Museo Nicolas Herrera | Ibarra, Ecuador

opening July 25th, 2015 , 6pm

McNay Art Museum: exhibit and talk

May 27, 2015

In conversation with chief curator Rene Paul Barilleaux for “Artists Looking at Art”, a series of talks about contemporary art and studio practice

Thursday, June 11th 2015, 6.30 pm

wine reception at 6.00 pm

McNay Art Museum, Chiego Lecture Hall, 6000 N. New Braunfels Ave, San Antonio TX78209

Two works, “Corona Borealis” and the brand new sculpture “Uprooted” will be on exhibit at the McNay until August 2nd.

http://www.mcnayart.org/events/event/artists-looking-at-art-sabine-senft/

Blue Star Red Dot

April 20, 2015

Red Dot 2015 fundraiser| invitational

Wed. May 20th, 2015 6-10pm

Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, 116 Blue Star, San Antonio TX 78204

Group exhibits in Italy and Argentina

April 6, 2015

Exhibit in Colombia

February 6, 2015

Los Ojos del Arte

opening reception March 12th, 2015 7pm

Museo de Arte Contemporaneo MACH

Neiva Huila, Colombia

(in conjunction with MAI, Galeria Mirarte)

PRESS: San Antonio Woman – Art that heals

February 6, 2015

art-heals

Please  click on link  above to read the full article

Thank you San Antonio Woman for the kind mention. It is an honor to work with Allison and to be part of the UHS public collection with several pieces!

Group exhibit in Dallas

February 6, 2015

El Corazon 2015

#5 Flaming (see flyer) is on exhibit

Bath House Cultural Center

521 E Lawther Dr, Dallas TX 75218

opening reception Feb 7th, 7-9pm, show runs through March 7th, 2015

Art Night

November 17, 2014

curated by Arturo Infante Almeida| UTSA

opening reception Wed., December 3rd 2014, 4-8pm, program begin at 6.30pm

Marriott Spring Hill Suites, Downtown San Antonio, 524  S St. Mary's St., TX 78205

Dec 3rd through January 29th 2015

Group Exhibition

September 8, 2014

Invitational  " A Panoramic View" Curated by James Surls: Selected Works| curated by Dr. Laura Petican

Islander Gallery

4024 Weber Road, Corpus Christie TX 78412

October 10th through November 7th, 2014

closing reception Nov. 7th 6-8pm

Exhibition in Dallas

July 15, 2014

Rachel Nash Gallery| 2646 Main Street, #110, Dallas TX 75226

Opening reception: Sat. July 26th 2014, 8-10pm

Exhibit runs through Sept. 1st, 2014

Group exhibit in Bogota

May 30, 2014

Encuentros y Visiones|invitational| Museum of Contemporary Art of Bogota, Columbia

opening reception August, 15th 2014

Group Exhibition in Houston

May 29, 2014

"A Panoramic View"

Curated by James Surls

Lawndale Art Center| 4912 Main St., Houston, TX 77002

opening reception and curator talk Fri. August 22nd, 2014, 6-8.30pm

exhibit runs through September 27th, 2014 (catalogue)

PRESS: Public Art Collection

April 7, 2014

SA Express News article, please click on this link to read

Sabine Senft’s 2000 lbs limestone sculpture “Embrace” is now part of the University Health System’s permanent collection in the UHS Sky Tower, Medical Center, San Antonio.

Here is an article by Steve Bennett from the San Antonio Express-News: please click on PRESS above…

https://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/arts-culture/article/1-200-pieces-of-artwork-fill-University-Health-5374756.php#photo-6115319

Public Art Commissions

January 24, 2014

Sabine was awarded a major sculpture commission by the University Health System for their new Sky Tower in the Medical Center, 4502 Medical Drive,  San Antonio TX 78229. Four further smaller works for the patient rooms have also been commissioned along with 12 pieces for staff lounges. In addition, more sculptural pieces are on their way for the UHS Foundation. It is an honor to be featured in this outstanding public collection of over 1200 works by international artists of high standing.

http://www.universityhealthsystem.com/our-vision/

Private Preview Party by invitation only

Public Ribbon Cutting Ceremony March 29th, 2014, 10am-2pm

Group exhibit in Austin

January 24, 2014

TSG exhibit| Julia C. Butridge Gallery| 1110 Barton Springs Rd| Austin, Tx
March 13th through April 5th, 2014
opening reception: March 17th, 6-9pm

CAM: The Color of Blind 2014

January 24, 2014

group exhibit for the visually impaired| Mercury Project, San Antonio
opening reception March 29th, 2014 6-10pm

http://contemporaryartmonth.com/exhibit/2014/color-blind

PRESS: German newspaper article

October 16, 2013

publication July 2013: please click on the link to read the whole article;

German newspaper article

Fotoseptiembre Exhibit II

September 23, 2013

"Layers of Light"- opening reception September 26th, 5-8pm

North West Vista College|3535 N Ellison Drive| San Antonio, TX

exhibit will be on display through November 2nd

Fotoseptiembre exhibit I

September 11, 2013

"Photos in Translation" - opening reception September 14th, 6-10pm

ZaZa Gardens Gallery|743 S. Flores| San Antonio, TX

exhibit will be on display through October 4th, 10-5pm or by appointment

Art to the Power of Ten

September 2, 2013

Friday, September 6th, 7-10pm

The McNay Art Museum|6000 North New Braunfels | San Antonio, Texas 78209-0069

http://www.mcnayart.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=194&Itemid=248

Texas Biennial 2013 exhibition in Houston

August 17, 2013

 "In-DEPTH", opening reception September 7th, 2013, 7-10pm

Art Car Museum| 140 Heights Blvd| Houston, TX77007

http://www.artcarmuseum.com/

TSG member show

Exhibit will be on display through November 15th, 2013.

Artist-in-residence in Germany

July 15, 2013

Working and visiting with Master stone masons, gilders and artists in and around Munich & Regensburg/Germany.

July-August 2013

Group Exhibition in Dallas

May 28, 2013

Opening reception September 28th, 2013, (4-6.30pm)

GCV Gallery| 636 S. Main|Dallas-Grapevine| TX 76051

Exhibit will be on display September 23rd  through October 31st, 2013

Pop-up exhibitions 2013

May 28, 2013

• 5.31.2013   "3rd International Contemporary Art Exhibit", Cultural Center - 4337 Vance Jackson, San Antonio, TX78230, 6.30-9.30pm
• 4.20.2013 "Noah's Ark" at ArtEast Studios, opening reception  5-9pm
• 3.29.2013 "International Artists in Residence" at ArtEast Studios, opening reception 6-9pm

Featured Image

March 14, 2013

Exhibition in Dallas, Dragon Street

March 14, 2013

opening reception April 6th, 2013

"30th Anniversary TSA Exhibit", juried by Cohn Drennan Gallery

Cohn Drennan Contemporary|1107 Dragon Street|Dallas, TX 75207

http://cohndrennancontemporary.com/exhibitions

Exhibition will run through May 11th, 2013

Exhibition in Austin

February 8, 2013

March 2013 until August 23rd, 2013

Religious Art Gallery| Austin TX|
6225 Hwy 290 E

Opening reception Thursday, March 7th 2013, 5.30-7.30pm

Featured for February 2013

February 5, 2013

Exhibition in Dallas

January 29, 2013

opening reception Saturday, Feb. 2 2013, 7-9pm

"El Corazon" curated by Jose Vargas at

 Bath House Cultural Center|521 E Lawther Drive| Dallas, TX75218

Exhibition runs through March 2nd, 2013

Public Art San Antonio

January 21, 2013

January 2013 through July 2013

Seven paintings are now featured at City Hall San Antonio
(Mayor's/City Manager's & City Attorney's office, meeting room)

Private reception by invitation only on January 22nd, 2013.

Group Exhibition in Dallas

January 10, 2013

Opening reception September 28th 2013

GVC|636 S Main St|Dallas-Grapevine

Exhibition will be on display September 23rd through October 31st, 2013.

Public Art San Antonio

January 2, 2013

City Hall San Antonio is now featuring seven of Sabine Senft’s paintings from the “LUMINESSENCE” series in the City Manager’s office.

Reception to be announced.

Press release: Art Lovers’ Cookbook

November 29, 2012

SAN ANTONIO, TX, OCTOBER 25, 2012:  Thirty-six prominent San Antonio area visual artists are showcased in a unique volume presented by art writers and educators Suzy Casey, Rita Goldberg and artist-curator-educator Claire Rhodes Stevenson.  A “Meet the Artists” signing event is being held Monday, November 19, at Gallery Nord in Castle Hills to introduce the handsome full-color book which is equally at home on the coffee table or in the kitchen. Cookbook publisher Casey and curator Stevenson will be on hand, along with many of the participating artists, to mingle with guests and personalize copies of the book.  Attendees will be treated to tastes of food from the book and can purchase the $24.95 hardcover volume at the reception or online.

note: Sabine's artwork and recipe is featured on pp.14-15

Book Signing Reception

November 9, 2012

Monday, November 19, 4-8pm,

Gallery Nord, 2009 NW Military Hwy, Castle Hills, San Antonio

Launch of The Art Lovers' Cookbook - San Antonio Edition -  with book signing by the artists, featuring some of San Antonio's finest artists,  their work and fine cuisine.

"Calculus/Corvus" is featured on page 14

Awarded 1st prize for best professional sculpture

September 18, 2012

"Untitled" has been selected by Juror Jack Downey, former executive director of the National Western Art Foundation/Briscoe Western Art Museum,  as the best professional sculpture in the Inspire Fine Art  Exhibition and Gala in San  Antonio. It will be on exhibition at the Public Library Gallery through October 31st, 2012.

Exhibition in Houston, TX

August 21, 2012

 "Time Warp" (stone sculpture) and  "Untitled" (bronze) were selected for the juried group exhibition "Back from Loveland"

Opening Reception: Sept. 1st, 6-9pm

@Betz Gallery, 1208 W. Gray St., Houston (River Oaks area), through Sept. 15th

Juried exhibition

August 21, 2012

Saturday, September 15th, 6:30-9:30pm, gala reception at the Ruble Center, 419 East Magnolia, San Antonio, Texas.

Two of Sabine's art pieces were selected and will be available at this juried group exhibition.

Group Exhibition

July 4, 2012

Opening reception Thursday July 12th, 2012, 7-10pm
Bismarck Studios Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, 930 Proton, Ste 202, San Antonio TX http://www.bismarckartgallery.com/

"Celebrating the participating artists from the 2012 Parade of Homes at the Dominion"

(Best Furniture and Interior Design Award)

TSA exhibit in Dallas

May 3, 2012

Texas Sculpture Association Group show featuring two of Sabine's sculptures.

 Opening reception: Friday, May 18th 2012, 6.30-9pm.

Venue: Aloft Hotel, Downtown Dallas, 1033 Young St., Dallas TX75202.
Exhibit will be on display until June 7th.

Press

April 5, 2012

A recent article on the "LUMINESSENCE" exhibition:

http://www.bismarckartgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Sabine-Senft..pdf

Featured for March

March 14, 2012

Group show at the SAAL Museum

March 9, 2012

82nd Annual Artists exhibition, April 15th to May 26th 2012.
Juried by Peter Trippi.
Opening reception: Sunday, April 15th, 3-5pm
at SAAL&M, 130 King William Street, San Antonio, TX78204
www.saalm.org

THE MEMENTO UNIVERSI

February 29, 2012

The memento universi© is of my own invention and one of the signature trademarks of my artwork. A star constellation frequently features in my titles and the works themselves. I invented this "memento universi©" to reference art history,  personal and cultural philosophies. Unlike the traditional memento mori, a reminder of life's transient nature used by artists throughout history, my memento universi© is a life-affirming encouragement to look beyond the surface and find balance in life - with all its contrasts and shimmering nuances.

Sabine Senft

ART EXPERIENCE

February 28, 2012

"My art works on three levels. Firstly the pieces are a visual experience: the play of proportions, shades and shapes along with textures combined to a balanced, harmonious composition that hopefully caught your eye. Then there is what I call the visceral experience: where one feels the balance of the composition, where one experiences the luminosity, color and shapes on a deeper level, where the light and glow of polish or gold leaf resonate within one. Finally there is  the cognitive experience: the contemplation of shapes and colors, the discovery and interpretation of details, like the memento universi* and suggested forms that invite the viewer to enter the piece, experience it and interact with it, thus connecting the circle to the visual and visceral aspects of my art where the beholder started out from."

SABINE SENFT

*the memento universi is part of my personal philosophy and my invention, more on this to follow

LUMINESSENCE — LIGHT reveals what is underneath, the ESSENCE.

February 22, 2012

LUMINESSENCE= LIGHT & ESSENCE

LIGHT reveals what is underneath, the ESSENCE. 

In my work I explore contrasts.  As one kind and very observing reviewer once put it, my art consists of “… an element of structure within a certain free play. Shiny-dull, rough-smooth, warm-cool, hard-soft, linear-flowing. Juxtapositions of disparate elements […] seem to speak powerfully”.

Contrasts call our attention, focus our gaze and mind on a detail and bring us into the presence of the work of art. The contrast that caught the eye will become a gateway  for the onlooker to explore the rest of the piece close up with the eye being guided by a strong composition, from juxtaposition to juxtaposition, while sensing the underlying stability and balance.

The process of getting to the ESSENCE of things  is conveyed in my art through a multilayered process of revealing colors and textures buried beneath the surface. My pictures and sculptures allow and invite you to look below the surface –  literally and metaphorically.

A combination of additive and subtractive processes lead often  to an archaic quality in the appearance of my work. The incisions in my paintings reveal an abstract mixed media painting in its own right, onto which a fragile gold leaf composition is superimposed skin-like. At times several layers and formats of gold leaf are required to achieve the desired effect.

My body of work acts on more levels than is immediately apparent:

To me gold leaf is like skin on a person: it covers the being. On a visual level gold leaf covers my abstract paintings; we cannot look at the underlying colorful composition directly, just like we cannot see a person’s character from looking at their skin or appearance. We have to go deeper to see their ESSENCE.

And as we might do with a person who we get to know better after looking beyond the appearances, we may continue to analyze and interpret my pieces on a cognitive level; put a mental label on shapes, textures, patterns, colors or discover the memento universi ©. By seeing how they are all connected we are invited to experience the energetic flow and depth of the artwork on a visceral level. Visually, we are still perceiving a skin of gold leaf – but we can now recognize from a visceral experience what lies underneath…Go deep and enjoy!

LUMINESSENCE

January 30, 2012

LUMINESSENCE

January 30, 2012

New solo exhibit "LUMINESSENCE" with elaborate opening reception on Thursday, Feb. 9th 2012, 7-10pm at Bismarck Studios Fine Art Gallery, 930 Proton Rd, San Antonio TX78258. http://www.bismarckartgallery.com/sabine-senft/

Show will run through March 1st, 2012.

Solo Exhibition LUMINESSENCE

January 30, 2012

New solo exhibit "LUMINESSENCE",

opening reception on February 9th, 7-10pm

Bismarck Studios Contemporary Fine Art Gallery

930 Proton Rd, San Antonio TX78258.

Show will run through March 1st, 2012.