Biography

SARAH PSCHORN is a visual artist working with clay based in Leipzig, Germany. Born in Dresden in 1989, Sarah grew up surrounded by Baroque architecture, an inspiration that will always be important in the definition of her own work. In early years – at the age of 5 – she discovered her passion for clay. Driven by the experimental character of the practice, she never stopped working the malleable material through the years. In 2009, she started studying at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design in Halle focusing especially on sculpture and photography. She obtained a scholarship (from DAAD) at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, Israel (2012-2013). Her ceramic sculptures today witness the mixed culture she encountered there. After she acquired her Diploma of Fine Arts in Halle, she moved to Leipzig and opened her first studio in 2016. Since then, Sarah Pschorn participates in many international exhibitions in Germany, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Denmark, USA and Switzerland. Also, she won several prizes and scholarships like the Monica Biserni Prize at MIC Museum Faenza (2023), Perron Kunstpreis Frankenthal (2017), Leipzig Connects at MDBK Leipzig (2018) and the Open to Art Award at Officine Saffi in Milano (2019) that allow her to work for 1 Month at a ceramic residency center in the Japanese Alps. Recently she received a one year scholarship from the Stiftung Kunstfonds (2022) - the German government‘s art promotion programme. Currently, Pschorn‘s work focuses mainly on objects referring to vessels and trophies, experimenting with contemporary techniques of production and extracting her own language of form.