Sara Favriau

Sara Favriau was born win Paris in 1985 and studied at Beaux-Arts Paris, from which she graduated in 2007.

Constantly inspired by her expeditions in wild territories, she does sculptures, installations, and performances that result in videos. Her approach questions both the work and its ecosystem; its circularity. She establishes a poetic link with nature and the life cycle, often using natural materials.

Et si jamais le ciel est un lieu-dit, je le revois près du front is a poetic title, as for all her pieces, given to her side table created for ColAAb. This work exhibited at Private Choice 2023 is made up of a thick plane tree board resting on a central foot, a squared and carved padouk wood log. The two wooden structures, carved, sealed with bee wax, receiving a round earthen container (empty pouch or pot for flowers or plants). This creation is at the same time an artwork and a piece of furniture, an interior microcosm, and its possible miniature garden.

She was the laureate of the Prix des Amis du Palais de Tokyo in 2015 which dedicated her a solo exhibition in 2016. In 2018 she was the guest of honour at the first Bangkok Biennial. She was in residency at Los Angeles (FLAX) and Af-Alula. She was invited to the Villa Noailles in Hyères and exhibited at the Fondation Carmignac.

Presentation based on a text by Pascale Le Thorel for ColAAb.