| Sabien was born in the Netherlands, in the city of Haarlem, where the painter Frans Hals came from.
Sabien is a member of a well-known Dutch artistic family of musicians and sculptors, amongst others her great-uncle the sculpter Mari Andriessen, who created numerous statues in the Netherlands.
From early childhood Sabien was occupied with drawing and painting. She became very interested in the painters Rembrandt, Vermeer and Goya.
After her school years she focused on both painting and music. Sabien played drums in the well-known experimental underground band The Ex, which developed numerous international contacts.
After two years of travelling between Africa and Europe, she settled in Paris in 1987, where she devoted her time fully to painting. She undertook courses in oil painting at the Ecole du Louvre (Louvre Academy) and worked in the ateliers of modern painters, developing her own unique style.
During this period she made a number of oil paintings on canvas, putting her subjects in positions showing us of the absurdity of human nature, influenced by Kafka and Francis Bacon.
In 1993, Sabien moved to Burgundy where she now lives and works, exhibiting her work regularly throughout France and Europe. In her painting she experiments with new techniques and colours, but always focuses on the same subject: her vision of the nature of man.
Most recently she has developed a series of new paintings confronting her vision of man in the modern world : "LES HOMMES D’AFFAIRES" (BUSINESS MEN) |