DEPOT Artist

Sarah Cowie

Sarah Cowie is a multi-disciplinary artist and art tutor based in Tāmaki Makaurau. In 2021 she graduated from Elam School of Fine Arts with a Master of Fine Arts achieved with Honours.

Sarah works with puppetry and fabric art, using digital media such as video and photography to perform her puppet works. She also experiments with collage, and illustration. Her practice explores themes of storytelling, materiality, communication, and gesture, and draws inspiration from film and theatre. In her video and photographic work, the vibrant fabric scenery, strange creature designs, and ambiguous storytelling create an uncanny sense of playfulness and uneasiness.

Currently available works by Sarah Cowie