Sasha Kramer (b. 2001) is a visual artist born in Denver, CO and based in Berlin. She primarily works with installation projects, focusing on abstract narratives. Her work raises issues of the confinements our bodies experience due to architecture, clothing, and social boundaries, and how those confinements manifest in our memories and dreams. Through exploring this idea, she creates installation works telling a narrative that is meant to bring the audience into the experience. The work asserts a certain aspect of familiarity that isn't quite clear. She uses industrial materials around her such as wood, concrete, and metal in contrast with found objects that embody a certain sense of belonging and encapsulate their own memories. 

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I am interested in exploring the idea of collective memory of the human body. Within this exploration, I focus my research on memory relating to material, specifically materials found in architectures and nature. The body, nature, and architectural forms all have a special relationship to one another, they all shape one another. Material is something that shapes the human body, but the human body also shapes material. This dual relationship creates a certain tension, one that is explored within my bodies of work. Memory is something that is deeply personal and individual, often rooted in culture. Yet the human experience does not differ completely from one to another; there are certain shared experiences between bodies relating to their surroundings that manifest into a form of collective memory. I explore the ways in which memory is fragmented and how the use of  images/objects (both found and constructed) can invoke a sense of familiarity, one that isn’t quite clear. Objects and material are so important, as they hold memories of their own. Objects have memories attached to them when they are owned by someone, they have a meaning constructed by the lived by the owner. Materials, in nature and in architectural settings have had a long life on earth and embody the memories of the land’s experience.

My artistic practice is centered around building a foundation from research and experimentation. The experimentation gradually forms the technique used in each project. Everything is a learning experience, and I find that it is important to let the material guide the process and allow for change. Moments of error guide my process and I learn so much through error. 

Within my practice, there is a conversation between technology and handcrafted objects. By blurring the line between the two modes, the aspect of familiarity becomes stronger. My work primarily takes the form of installation. Photographic paintings, sculpture, and objects come together to create bodies of work that are a part of an experience. Installation is essential to my practice as it becomes a performance when the viewer walks through the space, becoming a part of the narrative. My installation works are modular and site based.