Keeping Notes, by Sarah Z Short

Sarah Z Short is an American artist from Rhode Island who specializes in collage. Before dedicating herself fully to creation, Sarah taught English at a middle school. This teaching experience still permeates her practice today, weaving a deep connection between words and the multiple layers of meaning that animate her works. These come to life from old materials rescued from oblivion. Sometimes these are worn book covers, yellowed pages, or discarded papers. Through the subtle interplay of revelation, concealment, and superposition, she writes new stories. She enriches her compositions with a unique typography technique, achieved by printing antique wooden letters, transforming letters into visual rhythms and abstract forms. Through her art, Sarah Z Short gives a second life to what seemed lost, creating a poetic dialogue between the past and the present.