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Marwa Sarah is a Syrian artist based in the capital of Austria, Vienna. She spends most of her time working as an artist and initiator of several initiatives focusing on art workshops, social research and integration. Raised in Homs, Syria (born in 1988) and spending her college years in Damascus, Marwa formed a deep affinity with the orient which continues to inspire her artworks.
Marwa Sarah received a Bachelor in painting from the Fine Arts University in Damascus 2012; afterwards, she moved to Vienna where she received her academic degree Master of Arts with Art & Science at the University of Applied Arts Vienna (die Angewandte) in 2016.
Winning several scholarships and residencies as well as taking part in different art classes and workshops have expanded her vision, technique and ambitious. Her reflection and art are often based on true stories and research in the psychological and philosophical aspects of asylum and immigration experiences. Now she is combining her arts with her social work and exhibits regularly in Europe and in the Arab countries.
Currently, she is working on her PhD in Philosophy at the Angewandte under the supervision of Univ.-Prof. Virgil Widrich. Working title: *Individualism in modern life.*
Caring. Enactments of Heterogeneous Relationships
When hearing the term ‘caring’ we may think of bodies in the context of health care; or we think of citizens taken care of by social workers, educators, psychologists etc. Maybe we think of the state and democratic model…
26 Jun 2017
Burden of Caring
Diploma Projects | Winter semester 2016/17
Diploma presentations in winter semester 2016/17. Supervised by Virgil Widrich and Bernd Kräftner: Christof PerlKonstantinos PolitisMarwa Sarah
War of Time
There can be no sense of time without movement, there can be no sense of time without a watch, without the movement of the sun, without an indicator, relation to time has always been personal. 26-year-old Mohammed says,…
Sound Wheel
The Sound Device Project is a visual reaction of a unique experience of different sounds we hear in our heads. You can play and mix them as you please. By spinning the coloured wheel, the device recreates different sound…
OPEN HOUSE 2016
ART & SCIENCE OPEN HOUSE// DEPARTMENTWARMING // END OF SEMESTER // 7pm, Tuesday 26th January 2016, Hohenstaufengasse 9, 1010 Vienna Care. Enactments of Heterogeneous RelationshipsInterim research presentations When hear…
19 Jan 2016
ROUNDTABLE
Silence
Marwa Sarah2015Video The video was filmed with a hidden camera whilst visiting a kindergarten for Syrian refugees in Kilis, Turkey, close to the Turkish / Syrian border. The group consists of eighty children aged between…
03 Mar 2015
ROUNDTABLE
New Generations Atlas
In this project, the idea behind the Voodoo doll will be presented in a slightly different light. The doll will be used to show how we (the people) are targeted by capitalists, bourgeois, negative globalization, and nati…
27 Jan 2015
Semester Presentations WS2015