Sascha Brylla German, 1987

Sascha Brylla was raised in a household with a photographer father and a mother who worked with ceramics. With an abundance of artistic mediums to play with at a young age, the artist quickly developed an affinity for creation. His method of creation, however, differs from the conventional method of ‘heaping on’. Rather, Brylla prefers to remove what is there. Starting with a layer of monochromatic tempera on canvas, the artist removes a line after another in a process that seems more akin to drawing. Once enough material is removed from the mass, intricate scenes of nature reveal themselves to the outside world. This process of elimination also mirrors the artist’s attitude towards external influences. Rather than constantly looking for the next source of inspiration, the artist aims to filter out the “currents of thought” that flood his head. His daily cycling to his Berlin studio acts as a moment of meditation that “reboots” his head to the clear state ideal for his unique process of creation.

사샤 브릴라는 사진작가 아버지와 도자기 작업을 하는 어머니 사이에서 다양한 예술 재료들을 접하고 자라며 어린 나이부터 창작에 대한 열정을 키워왔다. 그러나 작가의 창작 방식은 보편적인 '쌓아 올리는' 방식과는 다른 ‘제거하는 것’에 초점을 둔다. 캔버스 위 단색의 템페라 레이어로부터 시작하는 작가의 작업은 라인 한 줄 한 줄을 표면에서부터 깎아내며 진행된다. 페인팅 보다는 오히려 드로잉을 연상하게 하는 이 작업 방식을 통해 충분한 재료가 최초의 덩어리로부터 제거되는 순간, 자연의 장면들이 보는 이에게 자신을 드러낸다. 이러한 제거의 과정은 또한 외부의 영향에 대한 작가의 태도를 반영하기도 한다. 사샤 브릴라는 끊임없이 어디서 또 다른 영감을 얻을 수 있을까 고민하기 보다, 머릿속에 이미 넘쳐 흐르는 '생각의 물결'을 걸러내는 것을 목표로 삼고 있다. 작가의 베를린 스튜디오로 매일 자전거를 타고 가는 여정은 작가 특유의 창작 과정에 필요한 맑은 상태로 정신을 "재부팅"하는 명상의 순간이 된다.

Born in 1987, Upper Bavaria, Germany

Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

EDUCATION

2010 - 2015    Fine Art/Painting, Weißensee School of Art and Design Berlin

2014 – 2015    Painting Department, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts

2015 – 2016    Master Student, Friederike Feldmann, Weißensee School of Art and Design Berlin

SOLO & GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023    HUMAN, CHOI&CHOI Gallery, Seoul

2022    FLOWER, CHOI&CHOI Gallery, Seoul

2021    One In The Bush, Weserhalle, Berlin

2020    Watering Plants, Spoiler Zone, Berlin

Nur Bomben I, NBB GALLERY, Berlin

L’Heure BLEUE, PLUS-ONE GALLERY and GALLERY SOFIE VAN DE VELDE, Antwerp

Nine to Know, Ruttkowski;68, Paris

2019    Cultures of the Oasis, The el-Atlal Residency, Jericho

salondergegenwart ’19, Große Bleiche, Hamburg

The Good, The Purple and the Weird, HVW8 Gallery, Berlin

Schrein der Freundschaft, Brandenburgischer Kunstverein, Potsdam

2018    Attitudes, LM Gallery Arte Contemporanea, Latina

Brr Brr – Jenny Brosinski & Sascha Brylla, Bistro 21, Leipzig

Romantic Club, II. Blush, Raum für drastische Maßnahmen, Berlin

Where Have All The Flowers Gone?, Alexander Ochs Private, Berlin

Sascha Brylla’s Gran Paradiso, SOX, Berlin

Violenza Strutturale, Sabot.Mimi.Faster, Berlin

10 Jahre, Kunstverein Neukölln, Berlin

2017    Romantic Club, I. (Octupus in Love), C4, Copenhagen

Walter Benjamin‘s Suitcases, Arts Santa Mònica, Barcelona

Das Ernste Zelt, Humboldt Carré, Berlin

Biennale D‘Art Contemporain Mulhouse 017, Parc Expo, Mulhouse

Böse Blüten, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin

2016    Les Maletes De Walter Benjamin, Sala de Duanes, Portbou

Nix, Kunstverein Neukölln, Berlin

Absolventenausstellung, Kaufhaus Jandorf, Berlin

Quelltext, Brandenburgischer Kunstverein, Potsdam

SCHOLARSHIP

2019    Banditto Residency Program (ITA)

El-Atlal Residency Program (PSE)

2016    Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts Sholarship (AUT)

2014    The Mart-Stam Scholarship