SARAH MAGIDA

On view through March 28th, 2026

Sarah Magida is an artist, raised in Baltimore City, MD. Her work explores the boundaries of fiber arts, painting and sustainability in practice. 

Her work evolves constantly from subconscious theories to natural wonders.Creating art to bring the internal, external. Building surfaces with texture and drenched in color, from self portrait to patterned landscape, color and geometry of form takes precedence in a deeply guttural, psychological, majikal and intentional way. Through a fluid, intuitive material process, coasting through different mediums, from embroidery and fiber art to techniques in painting. 

Within the boundaries of an art piece energy is exchanged, experienced and explored. Mythologies and dialogue between symbols are interpreted and recognized. The importance of connection to earth and life force energy are seen in the application and use of natural dyes, some harvested from my own dye garden grown in a busy urban neighborhood in Baltimore City, MD. Connection to growing, nature and the cycles of seasons facilitates the art making process. 

As important as internal growth is, the pursuit of knowledge is becoming a controversial idea, often followed by a growing concern about the ability to access knowledge in a world growing painfully conservative. As a woman in America, seeing libraries and facts brought into questions, reminds one of the pursuit of knowledge in the biblical sense. The patriarchy is evident. How women have been highlighted and punished for pursuing curiosity, pursuing a deeper knowing and being barred from that pursuit. Snakes reference, knowledge, duality, transformation, wellness, health, healing and change. The Rod of Asclepius, a staff with one snake, the symbol of medicine in Greek mythology, snakes are hairbringers of healing, shedding their skin to reveal growth. When confronted with a snake we confront our fear and grow from that or we shrink away. My interest in snakes stems from an interest in knowledge, the apple, and the idea of original sin combined with ideas of living without shame in the Garden of Eden. It is my mission as artist, coach, storyteller, truth teller and visionary to bring knowledge and rebellion to the forefront.