Sarah Grace Cheek
BIO
Sarah Grace Cheek is an artist and woodworker. She holds a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in Craft & Material Studies where she focused in furniture and textile design. Her work centers around nourishment, usefulness and joy. Sarah Grace uses hand carving and power carving techniques to create most of her work. Some of her inspiration includes bones, rocks, bark, scavenged and salvaged materials and antique textiles. SG serves as the Assistant Director at Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft in Columbia, NC
ARtist Statement
Crafting reimagined adaptations of items reveals observations of myself and my perceived reality. I am attracted to using materials, such as wood, repurposing objects and natural processes like bone decay and decomposition, that evolve slowly and remind us of our lasting presence and existence in this world. The work that I find myself creating is an exercise where my mind and body work in unison - participating in a dance of muscle memory and spontaneity - a demand of presence and non-judgment.
Exhibitions
