Sabina Ott

Sabina Ott creates what she calls “environments that amplify sensations." Through painting, sculpture, video, and installations, she interprets transformational journeys found in literature. Built from materials such as polystyrene, plywood, industrial spray foam, and paint, her immersive works have materialized worlds found in texts such as Gertrude Stein’s children’s book

The World is Round

and Dante's classic allegory

The Divine Comedy

. Taking inspiration from Symbolists and Surrealists such as Odilon Redon, Max Ernst, and Meret Oppenheim, her works act as interactive dreams or nightmares that elicit base emotions such as suffering, fear, and pleasure.

She has had solo exhibitions at institutions such as Hyde Park Art Center in Chicago, Chicago Cultural Center, Cleveland’s Center for Contemporary Art, St. Louis’ Museum of Contemporary Art, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. She is the recipient of a Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship and a  National Endowment for the Arts grant.