Saskia Singer was born in 1995 in Ayr, and lives and works between Glasgow and Ayr. She graduated from Fine Art at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in 2019.
Collaboration is integral to Saskia’s multifaceted, socially engaged practice. She co-founded a project, Dain Hings whist at DJCAD, hosting a number of exhibitions, workshops, residencies and events, bringing people together ‘tae dae hing’s’.
During lockdown she worked with both Tinderbox Lab and National Galleries to create DIY electronic sound/art kits to send out to children, and is constantly thinking of new ways to blend visual art, sound and food together to create playful and immersive experiences. In June 2020, Saskia and her artist father set up an artist collective; Narture CIC, baking real bread to earn the dough to fund arts projects. In an experimental bakery/kitchen and art space, fusing food and arts as a sustainable income source, that benefits local people’s participation in cultural activities. Recently Saskia completed a course on Contemporary Curating in Art and Design with DJCAD.
Play is integral to her practice. Saskia is interested in sustainability and upcycling and has recently created a clothing collection based on her signature squiggle screen-prints, inspired by Psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott’s ‘Squiggle Theory’. She was fascinated by the format of using this visual language as a means of therapeutic language to gain insight into the mind of the child. To Saskia, the squiggles represent a raw expression of imagination, creativity and above all feelings.
Informed by this methodology of ‘visual language’, Saskia’s work is deeply motivated by the role of the subconscious and mark-making, ‘playing’ with materials, process and primitive techniques. It is a correlation of an improvised, subconscious approach; working intuitively, while also continually being thoughtful and reflective about the mini-dialogues, conversations and energy present within her work.
