Amparo Sard
Bio
Amparo Sard (Mallorca, 1973) is one of the most acclaimed Spanish artists of her generation. She holds a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona and a PhD from the University of the Balearic Islands, and she completed part of her training at The New School in New York. Her work, characterized by the poetic use of perforated paper, installation, and video, has been shown at prestigious institutions such as the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, the Museo Patio Herreriano in Valladolid, DA2 in Salamanca, MACBA, and The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. Her pieces are included in major collections such as MoMA and the Guggenheim in New York, Fundación “la Caixa,” Es Baluard Museu d’Art Contemporani de Palma, and the Museum of Contemporary Art of Turin. Over the course of her career she has received numerous awards, consolidating her position as a prominent figure in the international contemporary art scene.
Statement
The work of Amparo Sard (Mallorca, 1973) explores human fragility, fear, and identity through a delicate and precise visual language. Known for her pierced paper drawings, she creates surfaces that seem to breathe, where absence becomes form. Her work, which also encompasses installation and video, reflects on the vulnerability of the individual in relation to the environment and on the tension between beauty and trauma. Sard transforms minimal gestures into metaphors for existence, making emptiness and light the true protagonists of her visual poetics.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
