SABRINA
PUPPIN

Sabrina Puppin’s artistic journey is a testament to her lifelong passion for art, deeply rooted in her comprehensive educational background, including a Ph.D., MFA, MA, BA, and Painting Diploma. Her Italian heritage and current residency in New York City and Doha, Qatar, shape her unique creative perspective. Puppin’s dedication to her craft is evident in her transition from museum management and art teaching to full-time artistic creation about a decade ago, coinciding with her move to New York. This marked a significant pivot in her career, dedicating herself wholly to the exploration and promotion of her art.

Puppin’s creative process is a complex interplay between structure and surface, rationality and expressionism. She embarks on her artistic endeavors with a blank canvas, inviting vibrant, abstract, and fluid compositions to emerge, emphasizing the visual potency of color. Puppin’s technique, though appearing spontaneous, involves meticulous application of media using small droppers, considering various factors like drying time and color interaction. This laborious and physically demanding process, coupled with an element of chance, keeps her relationship with her work continually refreshing and invigorating.

Her body of work stands as a negotiation between the analytical and the expressive, stripping reality down to its essence and inviting viewers to a world of distorted perceptions. Puppin’s art, devoid of explicit depictions, leans heavily on the abstract, urging audiences to delve into their interpretations and connections. This abstraction and emphasis on color’s emotive power reflect her deep engagement with the intrinsic qualities of her chosen media and the dynamic process of creation itself.

In my artistic journey, I find myself constantly walking the line between reality and perception, the tangible and the intangible. My work is an exploration, a form of communication where I attempt to convey the fluid and often elusive nature of our perception of the world. I believe that art has the power to transform, to alter one’s understanding of reality, and to offer a new lens through which we can view our surroundings. My pieces are invitations to the viewer to step into a world where the boundaries of perception are blurred, where the familiar becomes unfamiliar, and where the act of seeing transcends the mere act of looking.

Creating art for me is not a choice but a necessity, an intrinsic urge that emanates from the core of my being. It is how I make sense of the world, how I express my thoughts and emotions, and how I connect with others. My work is a dialogue with the viewer, a shared experience where the artwork serves as a medium through which we can explore the depths of our consciousness and the nuances of our existence. Through my art, I aim to create a space where viewers can lose themselves, find themselves, and ultimately, see the world through a different lens.

The philosophy behind my artwork is deeply rooted in my perception of reality and the ways in which we interact with our environment. I am fascinated by the idea that our understanding of the world is shaped by our sensory experiences and that through art, we can challenge and expand these perceptions. My pieces are an expression of this fascination, a manifestation of my desire to explore the unseen, to delve into the unknown, and to bring forth a new understanding of the world around us.

Education:

• MFA Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, USA, 2018
• Ph.D. Interdisciplinary Studies, Union Institute and University, Cincinnati, OH, USA, 2008
• MA Art History and Anthropology, Vermont College, Union Institute and University, Montpelier, VT, USA, 2003
• BA Art History and Art Studio, Vermont College, Norwich University, Montpelier, VT, USA, 2002
• Diploma in Painting and Drawing, Neue Kunst Schule, Zurich, Switzerland, 1999

As Recently Featured in:

• 55 Artists to Discover 2024 edition, Florence Contemporary Gallery, 2024, pp. 86-89.
• Sabrina Puppin. BiancoScuro Rivista D’Arte, Numero 62. Febbraio/Marzo 2024. P.84.
• Sabrina Puppin. ARTE-Mensile di Arte, Cultura, Informazione. Gennaio 2024, Editoriale Giorgio Mondadori, p.89.
• Sabrina Puppin. Catalogo Dell’Arte Moderna-Gli Artisti Italiani dal Primo Novecento ad Oggi, Numero 59, Editoriale Giorgio Mondadori, 2023. pp. 382+illustrations plate.
• Sabrina Puppin between Deconstructed Architectures and Fluid Pop. Salvatore Russo. Contemporary Celebrity Masters, Vol. 2-2023, pp. 56-63.

Recent Solo Exhibitions:

• 2023 Circles, Semicircles and Some Triangles, Chashama Lobby Gallery, New York, NY, USA
• Why Not!, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition Gallery, New York, NY, USA
• 2020 Enclosed Realities, Fire Station, Qatar Museums, Doha, Qatar
• POP UP, Eiwan Al Gassar Gallery, Doha, Qatar (chosen by Italian government to represent Italian contemporary arts in occasion of the Italian Contemporary Art Day)
• 2019 Containing the Uncontainable, Flatiron Project Space, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, USA
• Sabrina Puppin Presents …, SVA galleries, New York, NY, USA
• Is It Real?, The Cluster Gallery, New York, NY, USA
• Fluid Perceptions, The Corridor Gallery, Grand Hyatt, Doha, Qatar.
• Visual Meditations, Chashama Gallery, New York, NY, USA
• 2018 Distorted Reality, The Cluster Gallery, New York, NY, USA
• American Dream, presented by The Durst Organization and Chashama, Lobby Gallery, New York, NY, USA

Recent Group Exhibitions:

• 2024 Kyoto Bank,The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
• Vittoria Colonna – I Mille Volti di,curated by Valeria Rufini Ferranti, Museum Civico, Marino Laziale, Italy
• Artisti 2024,Museo Diocesano Francesco Gonzaga, Mantua, Italy
• The Land of Silence, Musa Pavilion 2024, Venice Biennale collateral, Venice, Italy
• WAD, Exhibitions Center, Dubai, Arab Emirates
• 2023 Out of Time,curated by Dinara Bultricova, Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty, Kazakhstan
• XIV Florence Biennale, Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy
• Segnalati, curator Salvatore Russo, Maltese Parliament House, Valletta, Malta
• 1st Sanremo Biennale,Teatro Ariston, Sanremo, Italy
• Artisti 2023, Ximenes Palace, Florence, Italy
• What’s New?, curator Alicia Degenet, BWAC galleries, New York, NY, USA
• Elogio alla Follia, curator Claudia Mantelli, Spazio Ex-Fornace Gola, Milan, Italy
• Abstraction Layers and Perception, Riverside Gallery, Hackensack, NJ, USA
• Resilience,Kente Royal Gallery, New York, NY, USA
• 2022 4th International Bienal Barcelona, MEAM Museu Europeu d’Art Modern, Barcelona, Spain