Sarah Steeves is a Canadian sculptor working across small and large-scale woven forms. She centres her practice on the loom, a traditional tool she approaches in unconventional ways, weaving with fine strands of copper which she then treats with naturally occurring minerals. These mineral interventions activate processes of geologic weathering, allowing transformation to occur over time. In mirroring the methods by which external forces in nature break down rock, the work conveys a parallel to the ways in which humans are susceptible to psychological weathering as a result of accumulated trauma. Through this durational process, the work explores how internal states shift and find new form through external pressures, eliciting a meditation on the interconnectedness between the biologic self and geologic transformation. She is currently mentored by Mexican sculptor and painter Perla Krauze.
Grants
2024
Canada Council for the Arts, Research and Creation Grant
Solo Exhibitions
2026
Your Absence is Mineral, Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, Canada (upcoming)
Group Exhibitions
2026
International Biennial of Contemporary Textile and Fibre Art “Scythia”, Ivano-Frankivs’k, Ukraine (upcoming)
Coffin Farm Summer Show, Coffin Farm Sculpture Park, Redmond, USA (upcoming)
Arts 2026, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, Canada
2025
Cachan Contemporary Art Biennale, Cachan, France
2024
Eri Explorations, Silk Weaving Studio, Vancouver, Canada
Public Works
2026
A Spark Between Two Silences, Similkameen Artist Residency Sculpture Corral, Keremeos, Canada
Collaborative Projects
2019
Corazón del Espantapájaros (performance), costume design for artist Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa. Presented by PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, Audain Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Residencies + Awards
2026
Similkameen Artist Residency, Keremeos, Canada
First Prize, Sculpture and Fibre Art, Arts 2026, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, Canada
Education
2000 - 2004
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Fibre Arts), Concordia University, Montreal, Canada