Sarah Annie Navarrete
Women with Flowers, 2018, Digital Photography, 18 x 24”
Describe your artistic style in three words.
mysterious, emotional, kinetic
What's inspiring you right now?
Vulnerability. It's a way of being I have been interested in for a while. I started to think I was touching it's surface but I was really just making a lot of mistakes. When you see it in its truest form you can't mistake it, it's a way of coming into power with such softness and grace. I really admire it.
What do you do when you're feeling uninspired?
Move my body! Dance, walk, or run. I get my best ideas when my body is in motion.
Tell us something unique about your process.
Although I typically have an idea, theme or tone I want to convey, I often don't tell my subjects the exact movements to perform. One's movement or how one represents ideas through their body is their choice to make. It's a feeling harnessed inside through sensory and exploration, I like to stand ready to seek it out and support it rather than define it.
What advice do you have for other artists?
The advice I give is also the advice I need to remember to follow: you know that experiment or idea you want to try, please try it. Even if you think it might not work. Even if you think its not your style. Just try it, and see what you learn.
Anything else you'd like to share?
Words by Elana Dykewomon:
“Almost every woman I have ever met has a secret belief that she is just on the edge of madness, that there is some deep, crazy part within her, that she must be on guard constantly against ‘losing control’ — of her temper, of her appetite, of her sexuality, of her feelings, of her ambition, of her secret fantasies, of her mind.”
Still, 2018, Digital Photography, 24 x 18”
Performing the Body 1, 2020, Digital Photography, 24 x 18”
Performing the Body 2, 2020, Digital Photography, 24 x 18”
Performing the Body 3, 2020, Digital Photography, 24 x 18”
Portrait of a Dancer: Taryn Lavery & Alexa Capareda, 2020, Digital Photography, 20 x 16”
Portrait of a Dancer: Celeste Camfield, 2020, Digital Photography, 20 x 16”
Avenue F, 2018, Digital Photography, 18 x 26”
Portal, 2017, Digital Photography, 27 x 18”
Going Nowhere Real Fast, 2018, Digital Photography, 18 x 27”
Sarah Annie Navarrete’s home studio
Originally from El Paso, Texas, Sarah works in a diverse area of mediums including performance, photography and film. Described as a “dancer and photographer, floating skillfully between these worlds” – Austin Chronicle, Sarah’s work explores kinetic narratives through an emotional tone as they relate to identity and the human body.