b. 1957, England, United Kindom. Lives and works in Naarm/Melbourne
b. 1957, England, United Kindom. Lives and works in Naarm/Melbourne
Sarah CrowEST operates across contemporary art, design, craft and performance. Underpinned by a deep appreciation for sound and architectural forms, her recent output combines painting, working apparel, diagrammatic scores and the graphic qualities of text.
CrowEST has an extensive exhibition practice, exhibiting in major institutions and art galleries across Australia including LON Gallery, Gallery 9, Melbourne Now at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), CAVES, Shepparton Art Museum, McClelland Gallery, TAMA, the Australian Tapestry Workshop, Tarrawarra Museum of Art, Heide MOMA, and the Ian Potter Museum of Art. Recent residencies include the Megalo Print Studio, Fremantle Arts Centre and the Lottozero Textile Laboratory in Italy. In addition, she has undertaken studio residencies at Bililla Mansion, Shakespeare Grove Artist Studio and Gertrude Contemporary. CrowEST’s work is held in some of the most important cultural institutions in the country including, the National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of South Australia, TAMA, Museum and Art Gallery of Northern Territory (MAGNT), Artbank, City of Port Phillip Visual Art Collection, University of South Australia Library Art Collection, Epworth Hospital Collection, Justin Art House Museum, the Joyce Nissan Art Collection and Okayama Prefectural Government Collection (Japan).