The plate Winter was part of a large-scale drawing installation with ceramic and woven elements. I draw onto porcelain objects with underglazes pencils, adorn them with yarn, then station them into vignettes connected by lace-like wall drawings. Intricate lines flow around the gallery, guiding viewers through a dreamy landscape. Some figures seem to float away while others nestle into tightly knotted spaces. The subtle narrative centers on a girl and her wolf companion, and themes of connection and transformation move through the work. I take inspiration from my own life as well as a deep concern for the human condition. In the donated plate winter one can see a woman sleeping under the snow and 3 women that can be seen as part of her floating with just a string tying them to the ground. It is a metaphor for disconnection, for the dreamlike and fragile quality of reality.

Sascha Mallons Ceramic Installations and Drawings have been exhibited internationally. Recently she had a solo show at Front Room Gallery in Hudson and at Kentler International Drawing Space where she created a large Wall Installation with wall painting and porcelain elements. She was included in The Ripening at Pen + Brush Gallery New York. She recently had a two person show at Mother in Law’s project Space, Germantown, NY, a solo show at Front Room Gallery, NY and at Bau Gallery, Beacon. Her work was included in Make Art Not War and Pulp at Pierogi Gallery/ NY, in Sunrise/Sunset at Albany Airport, and The Edge Effect at the Katonah Museum of Art and many more. In 2017 Sascha was invited to participate in a residency and two-person exhibition at Soulangh Artist Village Tainan, Taiwan sponsored by Cope NYC and the Tainan Department of Cultural Affairs and the Taiwanese American Arts Council. In 2018 she won first prize at the Garrison Arts Center for her work in the 2018 exhibition 2 ½ D. Sascha has been working as The Creative Center Hospital Artist-In-Residence at Mount Sinai Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant since 2012. In 2014/15 she received a grant from the Brooklyn Arts Council to work with HIV patients at the PATH program at Brooklyn Hospital. She grew up in Austria, and now lives in Beacon, NY with her family. Sascha studied art therapy at ISSA/ School for Art Therapy in Austria, she teaches ceramics at Mount Saint Mary College and is a certified Meditation Teacher (from Tibet House New York). In 2023 she served on the NYFA panel for crafts and Sculpture. She lives in Beacon/New York with her family. She is represented by Front Room Gallery in Hudson, NY.