Sarah Calmus | Still from film ‘WIND HYDRO SOLAR’
Sarah Calmus is an interdisciplinary artist and producer concerned with building spaces that allow for interaction, connection and reflection. In 2014, Calmus graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design in Art, Philosophy and Contemporary Practices. She works across a multitude of mediums involving moving image, light, sound and sculptural forms, Calmus often builds site specific, large-scale immersive installations and provocations that encourage participatory interaction and highlight ecologies of varying scale.
She was nominated as President of Visual Arts Scotland (2020-2023). Key achievements include initiating the vital Emergency Art Workers Support Fund in March 2020 during the pandemic and managing the first round of the Visual Arts strand of the Hardship Fund for Creative Freelancers from the Scottish Government, in partnership with Creative Scotland and Visual Arts Scotland. An advocate of the arts, Calmus also aims to create equitable spaces for those who are not traditionally centred in the creative industries.
Calmus is exploring new interactive public art sculptural projects through different mediums, with sustainability and accessibility at their core. Alongside new infrastructure for her new initiative Studio Sumlacs, a socially-driven art production studio that aims to bring her practice alongside supporting other artists and freelancers through the creation of new opportunities, collaborative projects and better working practices.
