Portrait taken at her gallery in the West Loop, Chicago
Sarah Raskey
Artist, Clinical Psychotherapist, Art Therapist
SARAH RASKEY IS A VISIONARY ARTIST, A LICENSED CLINICAL PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOTHERAPIST, A CERTIFIED ART THERAPIST AND A FORMER GRADUATE ART THERAPY/PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR AT BOTH THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO AND DEPAUL UNIVERSITY. SHE IS THE OWNER OF SARAH RASKEY FINE ART GALLERY IN THE WEST LOOP WHERE SHE EXHIBITS HER WORK EXCLUSIVELY. SARAH IS ALSO THE CO-FOUNDER/OWNER OF OPEN AVENUE THERAPY, A CHICAGO-BASED PRIVATE PSYCHOTHERAPY PRACTICE SINCE 2008.
AS AN ARTIST, SARAH BELIEVES IN CHANGING THE WAY PEOPLE LOOK AT ART. SHE IS DEDICATED TO ARTISTIC AND TRANSFORMATIVE LIVING, CREATIVE DESIGN, AND EVOLVING GLOBAL AND SOCIAL AWARENESS THROUGH THE ARTS. SHE HAS EXHIBITED NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY SINCE 2000, AND HAS CREATED A PROLIFIC VOLUME OF WORK IN BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL SETTINGS.
AT THE FOREFRONT OF ALL THINGS EXPERIMENTAL AND MIXED MEDIA, HER WORK OFTEN INCLUDES COMBINATIONS OF LIGHT, NATURAL CRYSTALS, TEXTILES, GLASS, METAL, STONE, AS WELL AS AN ARRAY OF ADDITIONAL VARIOUS AND EVER-CHANGING MATERIALS. SARAH USES HER UNCONVENTIONAL PALETTE TO ORCHESTRATE COMBINATIONS OF MIXTURES AND MEDIUMS IN ANYTHING BUT TRADITIONAL APPLICATIONS. BY USING TRANSFORMATIVE ART TECHNIQUES IN A FASHION SIMILAR TO THAT OF AN ALCHEMIST, SHE IS ABLE TO CAPTURE COMPLEX CONCEPTS MAKING SO MUCH OF HER WORK PART PAINTING, PART SCULPTURE AND ENTIRELY UNIQUE.
SARAH’S WORK TOUCHES UPON A PLETHORA OF REFERENCES INCLUDING PLANETARY CONSCIOUSNESS, ENERGETIC FREQUENCIES, HEALING AND ANCIENT WISDOM TRADITIONS, SYMBOLISM, EXPANDING CONSCIOUSNESS, AND THE SACREDNESS OF THE CREATIVE SPIRIT. SHE IS DETERMINED TO USE HER WORK TO SPEAK OF THINGS SUCH AS THE HUMAN CONDITION AND COMPASSIONATE ONENESS.
THESE DAYS SARAH BALANCES HER TIME BETWEEN HER ART STUDIO, FINE ART GALLERY AND HER PRIVATE PSYCHOTHERAPY PRACTICE. SHE CONTINUES TO BE BEST KNOWN FOR NOT ONLY HER EMOTIONALLY CAPTIVATING ARTWORK, BUT FOR HER PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES SPECIALIZING IN WORKING WITH ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, ENTERTAINERS AND OTHER CREATIVES.