About
Sarah Wondrack is an artist based in Brooklyn, NY and originally from New Jersey, just outside Asbury Park. She has a BFA in Fibers from the University of the Arts and an MFA in Fibers from Cranbrook Academy of Art. She is currently a scenic artist and soft sculptor for film, theatre, window displays and fashion events in NYC. She marbles fabric for her brand XO FORM. Sarah has shown work in NYFW in three different seasons and continues to pursue different collections combining sculpture and sound. Sarah formerly taught in the Fashion Design and Merchandising department at Wayne State University lecturing in textiles and sustainability and teaching beginning to advanced fashion classes.
I investigate the relationship between the internal and the external and how the mind and body are interdependent. By pushing the dualities of grotesque and beauty, I alter the human silhouette and make way to more possibilities. Through material exploration, I create surfaces that have inherent qualities that affect the wearer while simultaneously affecting its environment. By interpreting the body as a means of communication, I strive to push the limits of what the body is capable of. Using emotion as hierarchy, past experiences unfold through making. I am interested in how fashion moves beyond a representational meaning of garments, beyond the familiar contours of the human body and beyond fixed forms of identity. When we can think about the body in a state of growth and adaptability, we can choose to be resilient and can relate to different ways of thinking about human identity.