SARAH IRVIN

In this work, I write cursive text on a smooth surface with ink and then use a squeegee to destroy the marks I have created. The ink spreads across surface into a new composition. The resulting marks are the remnant of the written word, but the meaning has been confused and hidden. I use phrases and words my daughter has said as she learns to talk as well as my own memories of a family member who suffered from Alzheimer’s Disease.
The series is an effort to represent the acquisition and subsequent potential loss of language.
Where You Left Me, 2022 Ink on yupo
26 x 40 inches
$2,500 unframed
26 x 40 inches
Assumption, 2019
44 x 57 inches
$4,800 framed
Ink on yupo22 x 34 inches
40 x 26 inches
$2,500 unframed
Involved, 2022 Ink on yupo2016 Master of Fine Arts, Painting, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
2008 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2023 POLLINATE, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2021 A Group of Related Things, Culture House DC, Washington, DC
2020 plus or minus, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2019 1708 Gallery satellite exhibit, Richmond, VA
2018 In and Out of Weeks, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
Allan Myers, Chesapeake, VA
Capital One, Plano, TX; McClean, VA; Richmond, VA
Dominion Energy, Richmond, VA
Federal Reserve Bank, Richmond, VA
Four Seasons Hotel, San Francisco, CA
Quirk Hotel, Richmond, VA
Roanoke College, Roanoke, VA
University of Richmond, Richmond, VA
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA