SARA KICKMAYER was growing up in a small village in the mountains of south Austria. From very early on there was strong connection to nature and traditional craftsmanship. Her work is looking at design as a solution based exploration to find answers inspired by nature for the environmental crises humanity has been facing. She is combining ancient and scientific knowledge regarding materials and is transforming them through her artistic approach into form and shapes around the body, constantly looking for a symbiosis between the human made, nature and the garment itself.
MATERIAL - FASHION - KNITWEAR - TEXTILE - DESIGN - CONCEPT
EXHIBITIONS
2021 "Fashion & Nature" - Galerie Handwerk Munich
2019 Compass - „Navigating the Future“ Ars Electronica Center Linz - Materials
2018 Visual Invisibility- Experiments - Ars Electronica Festival 2018
BEST OFF 2018 - Presentation of selected works - Kunstuniversität Linz
Wear it Berlin! - Visual Invisbitiliy in Cooperation with Profactor GmbH
TECH VISIONS - Landesmuseum/Schloßmuseum Linz
2017
Sideshow of Fashion & Technology - Textiles Zentrum Haslach
Performance De/Materialize by F&T - Museum of Technology Vienna
AWARDS
2020 Winner Feel The Yarn Contest - Pitti Filati Florence
2020 Best Future Vision- Finalist MaDe Material Designers by Elisava, Ma-tt-er & Polimi
2019 Outstanding Artist Award by the City of Linz in the category Art & Design
2017 Scholarship by the University of applied Arts and Design Linz
2015 Winner of the Designstar Contest by Pepe Jeans London