Sulfur Studios is pleased to welcome Sinéad Hornak as our next ON::View Artist in Residence. Hornak’s project, Fleeting Bodies: Eternal Souls, will run from October 7th - November 7th, 2021 in the ON::View Residency. There will be an Artist Talk in person and simulcast via IG Live @sulfurstudios on Saturday, October 23rd at 2PM. The Closing Reception will be held on Friday, November 5th from 5 - 9PM in conjunction with First Fridays in Starland. Throughout the residency period, Hornak will have open studio hours on Thursdays and Sundays from 12 - 5PM;  walk-ins are welcome. The public is invited to follow along with our @onviewresidency Instagram account as Hornak does a takeover, and shares her work throughout the Residency period.

Project Statement 

Fleeting Bodies: Eternal Souls is a focus on the bodily containment of the human soul, documenting the gradual decay of our bodies into an ephemeral and abstract state. Over the next month, Hornak will be narrating the soul’s path to existence through abstract collages and mixed media work in a series of book pages. Each page will be individually displayed in the window, building a tapestry of abstract collaged pages composing this overarching narrative of the soul escaping the bodily containment. This piece will not depict a specific person or personal narrative but be a broader human experience, suggesting the temporal aspects of the body and the possibilities of the soul within. Using an abstract approach, Hornak will show the withering away of the human form into an abstract presence. 

“During my practice, my work will be a meditative process of connecting not to my specific body, but the ways individual emotions interact with our vessels. Objects, emotions, and abstract mark making used in art does not need to bear a meaning but be a guide in allowing the soul to speak though our forms. This piece will be an open metaphor bringing awareness to the power of the fleeting figure and the beauty in our loss of control. Our bodily presence forms community.”  

Artist Bio

Sinéad Hornak is a Fine Artist and Textile Designer from Ramsey, New Jersey. She received her BFA in Fibers from the Savannah College of Art and Design in May 2021. Her mixed media work explores the female body, its role as a vessel for the soul and the ephemeral qualities of the soul outside the bodily container. She currently resides in Savannah, GA. Instagram: @sinead_hornak