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Sarah Contos
Sarah Contos is an Australian artist known for her collages and installations. She has been a finalist in a number of art prizes, and was the inaugural recipient of the $100,000 Ramsay Art Prize at the Art Gallery of South Australia.
In 1998 Contos completed a Diploma of Fine Arts in Art, Design and Multimedia at the Central Metropolitan College of TAFE in Perth, Western Australia.
In 2004, she completed a Bachelor of Design for Performance at Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and worked as a theatre costume and set designer.
She completed a Masters of Art (Painting) at the College of Fine Arts (now UNSW Art & Design), University of New South Wales.
Contos' artworks incorporate textiles, screen printing, found objects, and painting in a practice best described as collage, sculpture and installation-focused.[citation needed]
In 2009, Contos moved to Sydney to pursue her career as an artist.
In 2015, she gained representation with gallerist Roslyn Oxley.
In 2018 Contos completed a residency at Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris and presented an installation for the Balnaves Contemporary Series at the National Gallery of Australia called Nikola Tesla Sends Theda Bara to Mars.
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Sarah Contos
Sarah Contos is an Australian artist known for her collages and installations. She has been a finalist in a number of art prizes, and was the inaugural recipient of the $100,000 Ramsay Art Prize at the Art Gallery of South Australia.
In 1998 Contos completed a Diploma of Fine Arts in Art, Design and Multimedia at the Central Metropolitan College of TAFE in Perth, Western Australia.
In 2004, she completed a Bachelor of Design for Performance at Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and worked as a theatre costume and set designer.
She completed a Masters of Art (Painting) at the College of Fine Arts (now UNSW Art & Design), University of New South Wales.
Contos' artworks incorporate textiles, screen printing, found objects, and painting in a practice best described as collage, sculpture and installation-focused.[citation needed]
In 2009, Contos moved to Sydney to pursue her career as an artist.
In 2015, she gained representation with gallerist Roslyn Oxley.
In 2018 Contos completed a residency at Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris and presented an installation for the Balnaves Contemporary Series at the National Gallery of Australia called Nikola Tesla Sends Theda Bara to Mars.