Sarah Schleich
b.1982 FR , LU
2001 - 2009
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (Prof. Tal R, Prof. Rissa)
residencies & scholarship
2007
- Kö-Galerie, Düsseldorf, 2. Kunstförderpreis
- Stipendium der Friedrich J. H. Schneider-Stiftung
2008
- Stipendium Rotary Deutschland
2010
- Stipendium Cité des Arts, Paris, by the Ministry of Culture Luxembourg
collections
- Musée National de l’histoire et de l’art (MNHA), Luxembourg
- Wirtschaftsministerium NRW, Germany
- Ministère de la Culture, Luxembourg
"The topic of motherhood is as old as humanity itself. While the forms of family and motherhood have changed over time, the image of motherhood and care, care work and dedication has always remained the same. The combination of motherhood and career or creativity is still something that is difficult to reconcile in society and does not receive enough positive feedback on the job market. Even and especially in the apparently modern cultural sector." Larissa Kikol
The history of art shows that motherhood was invisible for a long time. While male artists were often celebrated for their creativity, female artists were questioned as to whether they had any room for art alongside family responsibilities. These outdated ideas still have an impact today. Works that focuses on motherhood are still too rarely regarded as universal and valuable contributions, but are instead dismissed as ‘niche art’.
The birth of a child brings about a profound change in one's own identity. In her works, Sarah Schleich illuminates precisely this change, which is characterized both by memories of her own childhood and by the new impressions and observations that she gains from her daughter.
It's her personal way of confronting the fear of becoming a mother, as an artist, driven by the anxiety of not meeting society's expectations around career, creativity, and motherhood.
Selection of exhibitions
group exhibitions
2025
- Die Grosse, NRW Forum, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, GER
2024
- Beyond my eyes. In Search of Idendity II through time, Rotondes, Luxembourg, LUX
2023
- What the Flag?!, Off site project Cercle Cité, organised in the framwork of the European Design Festival in collaboration with Greylight Projects (NL), Luxembourg, LUX (curated by Anastasia Chaguidouline and Wouter Huis)
- Au fil de la mémoire, Galerie Regala, Arles, FR
2022
- Quai 39, Kulturbahnhof Kassel, parallel programm of documenta fifteen, Kassel, GER
2021
- Art2Cure, Galerie d’Indépendance BIL, Luxembourg, LUX
2020
- CAL Salon 2020 (Cercle artistique du Luxembourg), Luxembourg (Jurymitglieder: Christian Mosar, art director Konschthal/ Suzanne Cotter, director Musée d’art moderne Grand-Duc Jean (MUDAM)/ Guy Thewes, historian and director of the museum of the city of Luxembourg/ Dr Gabriele Lohberg, former director Europäische Kunstakademie Trier)
2019
- CAL Salon 2020 (Cercle artistique du Luxembourg), Luxembourg, LUX
2018
- INTRO Painting, Galerie beim Engel, Luxembourg, LUX
- New Painting Luxembourg, Abtei Neimënster, Luxembourg , LUX (curated by Didier Damiani)
2012
- Märkisches Museum, Boesner Art Award, Witten, GER (Jurymitglieder: Prof. Dr. Monika Wagner, Professorin an der Universität Hamburg; Prof. Dr. Dietmar Rübel von der Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Dresden; Prof. Dr. Kunibert Bering, Professor der Didaktik der Bildenden Künste der Kunstakademie Düsseldorf; Dirk Steimann und Christoph Kohl vom Kulturforum und Märkischen Museum Witten)
2011
- Galerie FB69, Kontakt Einseins, Münster, GER
- Meet! Artproject, Hannover, GER
- Kunstpreis Trier Saarburg, Museum Glockengießerei Mabilon, Saarburg, GER
solo exhibitions
2024
- 9.49 am, Centre Nei Liicht, Dudelange, LUX
2023
- Boys don’t cry, CAW, Walferdange, LUX (curated by Sandra Schwender)
2022
- SixDeux, Salle des pendus, Lasauvage, LUX (Esch2022)
2014
- Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Rom, IT (curated by Dr. Lydia Thorn Wickert)
2011
- 3 min in love, Galerie Arteversum, Düsseldorf, GER