Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman is pleased to announce the representation of Sarah Bechter and is cordially inviting to her first solo exhibition at the gallery.

The conditions and ambivalences of painting lie at the center of Sarah Bechter‘s practice. Blurring the lines between the private and the public, as well as surface and line, Bechter‘s canvases are more than just surfaces of projection; they take on an independent existence and seem to stimulate a lively debate.
Sarah Bechter interweaves questions about the social role of the individual with her own experiences and views her images as active subjects who encounter us in a peculiar way. She uses painting to explore these questions and to shape the relationship with potential viewers in the context of the prevailing power structures. The artist uses a wide range of techniques and references to question the validity of the images she creates and of painting itself. In addition, Bechter invites you to a game of hide-and-seek by often only hinting at protagonists and objects, giving her works a mysterious, dreamy atmosphere.

Sarah Bechter (*1989, AT) lives and works in Vienna, where she studied painting at the University of Applied Arts. Since 2015, her work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions both nationally and internationally, including a.o.: Kunsthaus Glarus (CH); Belvedere 21, Vienna (AT); Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen (CH); Someday Gallery, New York (USA); Galeria Pedro Cera, Madrid (ESP); Gallery Ann Mazzotti, Basel (CH); [tart vienna] / Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman, Vienna (AT); Künstlerhaus Bregenz (AT); Kunstverein Jesteburg (GER); Intersticio Madrid (ESP); Galeria Pelaires, Palma (ESP); Dock 20, Lustenau (AT); Exile Gallery, Vienna (AT); Galerie Kandlhofer, Vienna (AT); Kunstverein Schattendorf (AT); Eastcontemporary, Rome (IT/FR); Angelika Kauffmann Museum, Schwarzenberg (AT); Kunstverein Bludenz (AT). She has received numerous grants and awards, and her works are included in several public collections.

On the occasion of the exhibition a text by Leonie Huber will be released.