Born 1984, Germany. Lives and works in Enschede, The Netherlands and Vreden, Germany.
Switch fingers
Switch faces
Switch bracelets and races
Choose shoes
Or choose boots
Choose fairytales or fingernails
Pick throats
And pick pain
Pick poop and the brain
Turn into flesh
Turn into trees
Turn into wisdom underneath
Enter darkness
And enter fears
Enter purities and enter tears
Photo: Hong Kie Tan
Education
2009 - 2010
Master of Fine Arts, Visual arts, Sint-Lucas Hogeschool voor Wetenschap & Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
2009
Masterclass drawing by Elly Strik
2008 - 2009
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Visual arts, Sint-Lucas Hogeschool voor Wetenschap & Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
2008
Masterclass drawing by Marcel van Eeden
2004 - 2008
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, drawing, graphic art, AKI, ArtEZ Academy of Visual Arts, Enschede, The Netherlands
Grants and Awards
2019-2020
Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst
2019-2020
Stadsdeel Oost - Kunst & Cultuur subsidie Amsterdam
2018-2019
taNDem - Kunst und Kultur/ Kunst en cultuur
2018
2017 - 2021
Mondriaan Fonds - Werkbijdrage Bewezen Talent
2016, October - November
Mondriaan Fonds - Bijdrage Praktijkverdieping
2014 - 2015
Mondriaan Fonds - Werkbijdrage Jong Talent
2008
Nomination Buning Brongers Prijs
Residence
2017, November
Los Angeles, Eugene and New York City, USA
2016, October - November
Artist in Residence Arquetopia, Puebla, Mexico
2016, November
Los Angeles and San Francisco, USA
2016, 12 - 16 September
Opium Op 4 (AVROTROS), Torenkamer, Vondel CS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2014 - 2015
Zeche Fürst Leopold, Dorsten, Germany
2014, May
Artist-in-Residence Nebbeboda Skola, EuropeanArtists, Olofström, Sweden
2009, June - September
Trip to Brazil and Bolivia
Curator
2013
Publications
2019
Lichtung - Vom Leben unserer Vorfahren, Emmy Bergsma & Sarah Grothus
Text: Sabine Winters
Published by Bergsma & Grothus
2016
Documentation: Mexico & USA
1.Arrival in Mexico, 2.Excursion and more, 3.Dia de los Muertos, before and after, 4.Transmission to Los Angeles, 5.Uphill–Downhill San Francisco
2016
Prospects & Concepts – Mondriaan Fonds toont talent, Van Nelle-Fabriek,Rotterdam
2015
Sarah Grothus - Schlafwanderer
Texts by Jean-Christophe Ammann (EN) (NL) , Arno Kramer (EN) (DE) , Erik Slagter (EN) (DE) and Ad Verbrugge (EN) (DE)
Published by Sarah Grothus
2013
Lustrumuitgave Grafiekkalender 2014, 12 prints in designed wooden box
Published by Atelier Print Art
2012
Introduction (NL) by Arno Kramer
Published by Galerie Lans-Uylen
Press
11.09.2017 De kunstenares en de dood – Dagblad van het Noorden
11.02.2016 Art & Everyday Life – Mister Motley
11.02.2016 Art Rotterdam 2016 – Metropolis M
11.12.2015 Kunst die kan verzoenen met het menselijk tekort – deRoskam
02.11.2015 Veldhuis und Grothus zeigen Kunst mit Brüchen – Grafschafter Nachrichten
10.06.2015 Bildstarke Reise ins Unterbewusste – Dorstener Zeitung
09.10.2014 Nieuwe seizoen in Bornse Synagoge begint met expositie van Sarah Grothus – BornseCourant
01.10.2014 Sarah Grothus: I dreamed I was nature – Borne Boeit
24.09.2012 Wirkliche Traumgesichter – Vredener Anzeiger
19.09.2012 Neue Ausstellung ‘Wenn die Sonne untergeht‘ im Berkelkraftwerk – Vredener Anzeiger
Commission
2013
Cover for doctorate: Spinal cord stimulation and modulation of neuropathic pain, Cecile C. de Vos