Sarah Boris

Redefining Art with Symbols, Stories, and Sculptures that Speak Volumes

Sarah Boris is an artist and designer who’s practice encompasses sculpture, drawing, printmaking and design. Her work explores various topics, from climate change to language, drawing parallels to her bi-cultural upbringing through linguistic elements. Her projects often emerge from lived experiences or are connected to specific contexts.

Her recent public art commission, the “Heart Bench” series (2021), demonstrates how she transforms a universal symbol into functional sculpture. One of her most iconic artworks is the “Fragile UK Flag” (2015), where she re-created the Union Jack using fragile tape and blue paper. This piece was later produced on a larger scale using cloth and has been seen in several marches in London since 2015. Her books include “Rainbow,” “Global Warming Anyone?,” “Le Théâtre Graphique” and “After the Rain” most of which are part of artists’ book collections. Prior to setting up her own studio in 2015 to focus on her art practice and selected graphic commissions, Boris worked for ten years for some of the UK’s leading art organisations and publishers (Barbican, Institute of Contemporary Arts and Phaidon)

Her work has been exhibited at the Design Museum in London and is part of collections at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the New York Centre for Book Arts, FRAC Normandie, MAK Vienna, artothèque Bel Ordinaire, the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, and the Jan Michalski Foundation in Switzerland. Boris is preparing for her first institutional solo exhibition in May 2025 at Le Bel Ordinaire, where she will present a body of modular artworks ranging from sculpture to drawing.

Sarah will speak at the Forward Festival Berlin in August. Next to her, you will be able to hear Creatives like HelloMe Studio, Studio Random and many more.