Sarah Moltoni is an English/Italian artist, movement and music practitioner, living and working in London.  Primarily a painter, she completed a BFA at Central St Martins College of Art and Design and an MA in Photography and Urban Cultures at Goldsmith’s University.  Her works span various mediums, including movement and music practices, which contributes to the energy of her work.

Moltoni's creative practice draws on sketched records of time and places, reworked/worked into, gathered objects, photography, found pieces and bits.  Mostly on canvas or linen, she also works with repurposed surfaces: textiles, wood, plastic and is interested in how they can serve as visual clues, bringing additional layers of meaning to the work.

Her works are an exploration of mark-making and the process of abstraction.   They investigate the creative process and the interplay between control and chance. Sometimes reminiscent of graffiti and fast sketches, the work plays with what is recognisable and what is not.  Things seen from the corner of the eye, that change or disappear with a direct gaze.  There is a playful degree of ambiguity in the work, that seeks to invite the viewer towards a process of discovery. This invitation allows the viewer to engage with the energy and movement and encourages the viewer to interpret for themselves, deciphering the marks across the works.

"I make my work in response to my environment, to situation, time and place. Working with both an intuitive approach, embracing chance, and with control, taking the work in a more narrative direction.  My recent work is especially concerned with the interplay between the conscious and found, intention and discovery, between what is apparent and what lies beneath, with my paintings responding to hidden truths, past traumas and mundane occurrences. Re-written histories."

Sarah Moltoni, 2023