Sarah Aha Artist Statement
Sarah Aha creates conceptual fine art photographs at the intersection of the natural and digital worlds. Grounded in a background in Theater Arts and over a decade of studying diverse dance forms, her work is shaped by movement, embodiment, and the way the human form exists in constant relationship with its environment.
Her process moves between immersion and construction. Sarah uses all original photographs captured through interaction with physical landscapes and natural elements. These encounters are later transformed through digital processes, where layers of imagery are combined, fragmented, and reassembled into meticulously crafted composite works. The final images hold both the immediacy of lived experience and the expansive possibilities offered by digital technology.
Often appearing within her own photographs, Sarah uses self-portraiture to explore multiplicity: the idea that identity is not singular or fixed, but fluid, layered, and in dialogue with place. Through rich color, texture, and personal symbolism, her work creates spaces that feel both intimate and otherworldly.
At its core, Sarah’s practice seeks to dissolve rigid boundaries between body and landscape, inner and outer worlds, physical presence and digital construction. Her images invite viewers to experience the self not as isolated or static, but as something porous, relational, and continually becoming.
EDUCATION:
B.A. General Theater Studies
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Graduated May 2011
B.A. General Theater Studies
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Graduated May 2011
AWARDS:
Honorable Mention, Dodho Magazine Fine Art Awards 2026
First Prize, Marin Society of Artists, Fresh Art 2024
Top 25, Dodho Magazine Fine Art Awards 2024
Fine Art Photo Awards, Nominee in Conceptual 2024
Honorable Mention, Dodho Magazine Fine Art Awards 2026
First Prize, Marin Society of Artists, Fresh Art 2024
Top 25, Dodho Magazine Fine Art Awards 2024
Fine Art Photo Awards, Nominee in Conceptual 2024
PUBLICATIONS:
Dodho Magazine online feature 2024
JURIED EXHIBITIONS:
ART ICON Venice, Italy – Static Cinema Exhibition, September 2025
Featuring works by Graziano Arici and Roger Ballen
ART ICON, Paris, France – Corporeality Exhibition, November 2024
Featuring works by David Lynch and Roger Ballen
Naturalist Gallery of Contemporary Art – Surrealism Exhibition, November 2024
Art Works, Richmond, VA – All Media Show, April 2023
Art Works, Richmond, VA – All Media Show, May 2023
Art Works, Richmond, VA – All Media Show, June 2023
COMISSIONS AND LICENSING:
Holy River, Album Art Commission, November 2024
Full conceptual composite image for Holy River new album “Day Is Born”, release 2025
Holy River, Album Art Licensing, May 2024
Licensing of completed work for Holy River release “Fellow Worn Traveller” and “Travel Worn”
Melanie Jo, Album Art Commission, April 2023
Conceptual edit of artist-provided photo for Melanie Jo single release “Boomerang”
Warren Harrison, Album Art Licensing, August 2022
Licensing of completed work for Warren Harrsion single release “The Queen”
Caryn Switaj, Album Art Commission, April 2022
Created a 3-piece cover art series for Caryn Switaj “Roots”, “Let It Rain”, “Zion”
COLLABORATIVE ARTISTIC PROJECTS:
Featured Artist, March 2026
"unEarthed" with Fuse Ensemble
a concept-based, new music//new media
performing ensemble
Assistant Videographer, September 2025
"Healers and the Storms" Music Video Project
Drone and Underwater Videographer, October 2024
“Sad Clown” Music Video Project
Director/Producer, 2018–2019
Earth Dreams Collaborative Dance Theatre Production
Dodho Magazine online feature 2024
JURIED EXHIBITIONS:
ART ICON Venice, Italy – Static Cinema Exhibition, September 2025
Featuring works by Graziano Arici and Roger Ballen
ART ICON, Paris, France – Corporeality Exhibition, November 2024
Featuring works by David Lynch and Roger Ballen
Naturalist Gallery of Contemporary Art – Surrealism Exhibition, November 2024
Art Works, Richmond, VA – All Media Show, April 2023
Art Works, Richmond, VA – All Media Show, May 2023
Art Works, Richmond, VA – All Media Show, June 2023
COMISSIONS AND LICENSING:
Holy River, Album Art Commission, November 2024
Full conceptual composite image for Holy River new album “Day Is Born”, release 2025
Holy River, Album Art Licensing, May 2024
Licensing of completed work for Holy River release “Fellow Worn Traveller” and “Travel Worn”
Melanie Jo, Album Art Commission, April 2023
Conceptual edit of artist-provided photo for Melanie Jo single release “Boomerang”
Warren Harrison, Album Art Licensing, August 2022
Licensing of completed work for Warren Harrsion single release “The Queen”
Caryn Switaj, Album Art Commission, April 2022
Created a 3-piece cover art series for Caryn Switaj “Roots”, “Let It Rain”, “Zion”
COLLABORATIVE ARTISTIC PROJECTS:
Featured Artist, March 2026
"unEarthed" with Fuse Ensemble
a concept-based, new music//new media
performing ensemble
Assistant Videographer, September 2025
"Healers and the Storms" Music Video Project
Drone and Underwater Videographer, October 2024
“Sad Clown” Music Video Project
Director/Producer, 2018–2019
Earth Dreams Collaborative Dance Theatre Production
"Refractions"
"But a Dream"
"On High"
"Fountain of Hippocrene"
"Depollute Me"
