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Sabine Pleyel is an Austrian multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans visual art, sculpture, stage and exhibition design, animation and film. From 1978 to 1982, she studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in the Masterclass for Stage Design under Prof. Lois Egg, graduating with a diploma. Her professional career subsequently developed across theatre, film and television, where she created set and costume designs and worked on show design, performance productions and other visual projects. Her multidisciplinary practice expanded into museum and exhibition design, illustration and sculpture, with artistic work in stone, wood and bronze. She continued her studies at the Animation Film School in Zlín, Czech Republic, and at the Oronsko Sculpture Centre in Poland. Pleyel's animation and stop-motion work has been presented at international festivals including ALPINALE, BALKANIMA in Belgrade, ANIMATEKA in Ljubljana, TRICKY WOMAN, ANIFEST in Třeboň, ANIMANIMA in Serbia, One Day Animation in Vienna and the Cinerail Festival in Paris. Her work has also been presented internationally in Austria, Poland, Italy and Jordan, including exhibitions at the Austrian Cultural Forums in Warsaw, Rome and Kraków, the Oronsko Sculpture Centre, the Hermann Nitsch Museum in Mistelbach and Palais Porcia in Vienna. Her international exhibition history also includes appearances connected with Art Beijing, Art Shanghai, Art Monaco, SCOPE Miami Beach, SCOPE New York and Art Basel. Bringing together decades of experience across art, design, theatre, film and sculpture, Pleyel has developed a multidisciplinary visual practice shaped by material, space, movement and form.
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My artistic practice has developed across many disciplines, from stage and exhibition design to sculpture, animation and visual art. This diverse background has shaped the way I approach space, material, movement and form. Working with materials including stone, wood and bronze, I am interested in the relationship between an idea and its physical expression. My experience in theatre, film and animation has also influenced my understanding of composition, transformation and the way a work communicates with its surroundings. Rather than limiting my practice to a single medium, I explore different forms of visual expression and allow the material, space and character of each project to guide the work. My practice brings together the spatial thinking of stage design, the physicality of sculpture and the sense of movement and narrative developed through animation. At the centre of my work is an ongoing exploration of how form, material and visual language can create an experience that extends beyond the object itself.
