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SARA GAQA

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Sara Gaqa was born in 1980 in a and its people influence her strong a fine balance between naturalistic
small town called Geldern in the very artworks. Through her marriage and abstract elements.
west of Germany where she spent to the Xhosa culture, she was able

most of her early childhood years. to gain more insight into African She took part in ART Innsbruck,
Growing up in Teheran/Iran for heritage and myths. The magic of an Art Fair in Austria among
a couple of years where her father Africa is combined with the gold of numerous exhibitions nationally and
originates from, was an important the orient as well as the European internationally. As an artist she is an
time in her life. She always had a love for simplicity. integral part of The Travelling Art

keen interest in art and design and Gallery and this is evident from the
started painting on canvas at the age Sara Gaqa’s art is usually not one fact that she has been featured in
of only 14. that dominates the room but is exhibitions in Hamburg, Frankfurt,

rather intended to harmonize with Stuttgart, Ludwigshafen, Munich,
In 2000 Sara decided to study natural its environment, yet sending out Kassel and Palma de Mallorca.
science and finished her masters in a powerful message touching the
Biology in 2006. Shortly after, she careful observer. Soft and bright
met her husband while travelling colours, as well as textures, are used The portfolio of

through South Africa and decided to to show faces in a combination of Sara Gaqa starts on
move to Cape Town in 2008, she left sketched lines, expressive brush
the field of science. Since 2015 she strokes and detailed finishes, all page 129

fully followed her passion for art and complementing each other.
established quickly her career as an Her portraits are meant to speak
artist. Today, Sara Gaqa lives in Hout to the observer, communicating
Bay near Cape Town together with a feeling, a moment in time or a
her family. memory.

As a completely self-taught artist, Sara prefers to work with oil,
Sara Gaqa draws her inspiration from sometimes in combination with other

all that surrounds her. Especially media such as acrylic. Using brushes
the fascination with African culture and the pallet knife, she tries to find

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