Sarah Fripon

Sarah Fripon. Courtesy of the artist.

Sarah Fripon. Wellness With Expenses in the Background, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 80 x 100 x 2.5 cm (31.5 x 39.4 x 1 in). Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Sarah Fripon. Wellness With Expenses in the Background (detail), 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 80 x 100 x 2.5 cm (31.5 x 39.4 x 1 in). Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Sarah Fripon. I Say When, 2024, Acrylic on canvas, 52 x 70 x 2.5 cm (20.5 x 27.6 x 1 in). Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Sarah Fripon. I Say When (detail), 2024, Acrylic on canvas, 52 x 70 x 2.5 cm (20.5 x 27.6 x 1 in). Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Sarah Fripon. Good Shot (detail), 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 40 x 2.5 cm (11.8 x 15.7 x 1 in). Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Installation view of ‘The Last Laugh’ at PODIUM, Hong Kong, 18 May—06 July 2024. Photo: Lok Hang Wu. Courtesy of PODIUM, Hong Kong.

Biography
Through her paintings imbued with textual richness, Sarah Fripon (b. 1989, lives and works in Vienna) profoundly explores visual imageries and masterfully plays with the art of referencing and sampling. She documents and compiles an expansive archive of quotidian life with cell phone photography, such as elements reminiscent of stock photos, snapshots, screen grabs, and classic iconography, evoking, implying, and reflecting various contemporary social realities through a comedic, nostalgic, or frivolous lens. Her solo exhibitions include Renata Fabbri, Milan (2023), Harkawik, New York (2022), bAU2-6, Vienna (2019), and magdas, Vienna (2017). She has also exhibited in group exhibitions at Bank Austria Kunstforum Wien, Vienna (2024), Vin Vin, Vienna (2023), Harkawik, Los Angeles (2022), Fünfzigzwanzig, Salzburg (2021), Smolka Contemporary X Vienna Biennale (2021), WAF gallery, Vienna (2021), and Palais Liechtenstein, Vienna (2020). Her works are part of the collection of the Baden State Museum, Karlsruhe, the Graphic Collection of the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, and the Wien Museum. She received her BA in Fashion Design at the University of Art and Design Linz and an MFA at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

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Works

Sarah Fripon
Wellness With Expenses in the Background
2023
Acrylic on canvas
80 x 100 x 2.5 cm | 31.5 x 39.4 x 1 in

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Sarah Fripon
I Say When
2024
Acrylic on canvas
52 x 70 x 2.5 cm | 20.5 x 27.6 x 1 in

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Sarah Fripon
Good Shot
2023
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 40 x 2.5 cm | 11.8 x 15.7 x 1 in

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Sarah Fripon
Work Out 2
2023
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 30 x 2.5 cm | 15.7 x 11.8 x 1 in

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Sarah Fripon
Work Out 1
2023
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 30 x 2.5 cm | 15.7 x 11.8 x 1 in

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Exhibitions

The Last Laugh
Artists: Sarah Fripon, Adéla Janská, Min Jia, Alicja Pakosz, Rachel Youn
Hong Kong
18 May—06 July 2024

PODIUM

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