Welcome to Sabina Harte's Art Practice
About Sabina Harte
Sabina Harte is a visual artist, community-engaged art practitioner, and certified Pilates educator. Her interdisciplinary work explores the intersection of movement, perception, and creative expression. She holds a Master of Fine Arts from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, where she also taught for several years. Her work has been exhibited nationally and is included in private collections across the United States and internationally.
Sabina Harte is a visual artist, community-engaged art practitioner, and certified Pilates educator. Her interdisciplinary work explores the intersection of movement, perception, and creative expression. She holds a Master of Fine Arts from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, where she also taught for several years. Her work has been exhibited nationally and is included in private collections across the United States and internationally.
Sabina Harte, San Francisco, 2004. Photograph: Andrew Weeks.
Studio Practice
Working under the name Sabina Sule, her studio practice examines the subtle boundaries between illusion and reality. Her non-representational paintings function as perceptual fields—layered, atmospheric, and open-ended—inviting viewers into focused, sensory-based encounters. Through shifts in color, gesture, and spatial tension, her work explores how meaning emerges through observation, memory, and embodied experience.
Across both her community and studio practices, Harte foregrounds the body and awareness as catalysts for creativity and connection. Whether through movement, participatory art, or contemplative painting, she creates spaces where audiences can engage fully, and immerse themselves in their experiences with clarity and presence.
Working under the name Sabina Sule, her studio practice examines the subtle boundaries between illusion and reality. Her non-representational paintings function as perceptual fields—layered, atmospheric, and open-ended—inviting viewers into focused, sensory-based encounters. Through shifts in color, gesture, and spatial tension, her work explores how meaning emerges through observation, memory, and embodied experience.
Across both her community and studio practices, Harte foregrounds the body and awareness as catalysts for creativity and connection. Whether through movement, participatory art, or contemplative painting, she creates spaces where audiences can engage fully, and immerse themselves in their experiences with clarity and presence.
Community & Wellness Practice
Her social art practice, Community-Engaged Art, explores the meditative and healing potential of art. Rooted in the belief that art creates space for transformation, it enriches lives, strengthens human connection, and inspires meaningful, positive change.
In 2025, she founded the Core Reset Wellness Club™, a platform that integrates mindful movement, gentle body awareness, and creative exploration to support a balanced and inspired life and overall well-being. Through live sessions, on-demand offerings and workshops (special events), participants are invited to cultivate presence, discover inner vitality, and reconnect with themselves.
Her social art practice, Community-Engaged Art, explores the meditative and healing potential of art. Rooted in the belief that art creates space for transformation, it enriches lives, strengthens human connection, and inspires meaningful, positive change.
In 2025, she founded the Core Reset Wellness Club™, a platform that integrates mindful movement, gentle body awareness, and creative exploration to support a balanced and inspired life and overall well-being. Through live sessions, on-demand offerings and workshops (special events), participants are invited to cultivate presence, discover inner vitality, and reconnect with themselves.
Core Reset Wellness Club™
Move & Create: A Soft Reset™
A Fusion of Pilates-inspired Movement and Intuitive Creativity
The Core Reset Wellness Club™ is a welcoming space for anyone seeking clarity, grounding, and revitalization. At the heart of the practice is the concept of the “core”—the essence of being, connecting physicality, inner self, and authentic truth.
Through Pilates, the body speaks in movement—grounded, connected, and alive.
Through intuitive creativity, the mind softens—letting thoughts flow, then gently pass.
Through presence, the soul remains true—authentic in feeling, honest in expression.
Here, you are invited to be in flow—fully present, open, and aligned—so that each moment becomes a doorway to deeper creativity, intuition, and self-discovery.
Each session begins with a grounding Pilates-inspired alignment to connect with the body. From there, the practice moves into a unique creative element—each session centered on a different focus:
A Fusion of Pilates-inspired Movement and Intuitive Creativity
The Core Reset Wellness Club™ is a welcoming space for anyone seeking clarity, grounding, and revitalization. At the heart of the practice is the concept of the “core”—the essence of being, connecting physicality, inner self, and authentic truth.
Through Pilates, the body speaks in movement—grounded, connected, and alive.
Through intuitive creativity, the mind softens—letting thoughts flow, then gently pass.
Through presence, the soul remains true—authentic in feeling, honest in expression.
Here, you are invited to be in flow—fully present, open, and aligned—so that each moment becomes a doorway to deeper creativity, intuition, and self-discovery.
Each session begins with a grounding Pilates-inspired alignment to connect with the body. From there, the practice moves into a unique creative element—each session centered on a different focus:
Flow Lines™ — Intuitive Drawing
Each session begins with a grounding Pilates alignment, inviting us to explore inner worlds through spontaneous, guided drawing. Without expectation, lines arise, anchoring us in the present moment.
Flow Writing™ — Intuitive Writing
After a grounding Pilates alignment, pens meet paper, and thoughts flow freely. This open writing practice unlocks clarity and a deeper connection to self.
Flow Sound™ — Voice & Vibration
After a grounding Pilates alignment, we guide a series of intentional sounds. From a deep “woo” in the diaphragm, to an open “ah” in the chest, a soft “oo” in the throat, and a calm “hum” in the head—this sequence harmonizes the nervous system, layer by layer, bringing us all into balance.
Flow Move™ — Intuitive Movement
After a grounding Pilates alignment, the body moves in a dance-like flow. Each gesture is an invitation to express, release, and reconnect with the body’s natural rhythm.
Flow Calm™ — Inner Alignment
After a grounding Pilates alignment, we rest in affirmations—safety, love, balance. These words guide us back to inner alignment, fostering calm and steady presence for all.
The session is inspired by the concept of integrating body, mind, and soul.
Each session honors the same foundation of Pilates alignment, then flows into its creative element—together, these sessions support balance, self-awareness, and inner vitality.
The session is inspired by the concept of integrating body, mind, and soul.
Each session honors the same foundation of Pilates alignment, then flows into its creative element—together, these sessions support balance, self-awareness, and inner vitality.
Special Workshops
• Move & Create: A Soft Reset™
A Fusion of Movement and Drawing
Welcome to a space where gentle Pilates-inspired movement and Flow Lines™ intuitive drawing meet, inviting you to express yourself freely, without pressure or perfection.
Move & Create: A Soft Reset™ is a calming session that blends Pilates-inspired movement with intuitive drawing, offering a soulfully guided fusion of body awareness and creative flow. You don’t need any experience—just a willingness to show up as you are.
We’ll begin with soft breath and mindful motion to awaken the body, followed by a short, creative, intuitive drawing session. In this way, movement and drawing flow together, allowing body, mind, and soul to integrate. This space is perfect for anyone in need of a quiet pause from everyday life.
The session is inspired by the concept of integrating body, mind, and soul. Through Pilates, the body speaks in movement—grounded, connected, and alive. Through intuitive drawing, the mind softens—letting thoughts flow, then gently pass. Through presence, the soul remains true—authentic in feeling, honest in expression.
Intuitive drawing becomes a meditation. Experience peace through easy-flowing, spontaneous drawing. Discover the joy of making marks on paper as a form of meditation. Everyone is welcome.
Practice: Let your hand lead—begin by drawing any line or mark freely, like a dance on paper. Embrace spontaneity—relax, release expectations, and enjoy with wonder. Immerse in the moment—create without concern for the outcome, and experience deep relaxation.
These workshops foster community and shared experiences, encouraging mindfulness, creativity, and personal transformation through spontaneous drawing. Participants let go of control, embrace peace, and experience calm through mark-making. No artistic background is needed.
You will need: a chair and a table, pens or pencils of any color, and a piece of paper of any size.
Let’s move. Let’s feel. Let’s create.
Welcome to a space where gentle Pilates-inspired movement and Flow Lines™ intuitive drawing meet, inviting you to express yourself freely, without pressure or perfection.
Move & Create: A Soft Reset™ is a calming session that blends Pilates-inspired movement with intuitive drawing, offering a soulfully guided fusion of body awareness and creative flow. You don’t need any experience—just a willingness to show up as you are.
We’ll begin with soft breath and mindful motion to awaken the body, followed by a short, creative, intuitive drawing session. In this way, movement and drawing flow together, allowing body, mind, and soul to integrate. This space is perfect for anyone in need of a quiet pause from everyday life.
The session is inspired by the concept of integrating body, mind, and soul. Through Pilates, the body speaks in movement—grounded, connected, and alive. Through intuitive drawing, the mind softens—letting thoughts flow, then gently pass. Through presence, the soul remains true—authentic in feeling, honest in expression.
Intuitive drawing becomes a meditation. Experience peace through easy-flowing, spontaneous drawing. Discover the joy of making marks on paper as a form of meditation. Everyone is welcome.
Practice: Let your hand lead—begin by drawing any line or mark freely, like a dance on paper. Embrace spontaneity—relax, release expectations, and enjoy with wonder. Immerse in the moment—create without concern for the outcome, and experience deep relaxation.
These workshops foster community and shared experiences, encouraging mindfulness, creativity, and personal transformation through spontaneous drawing. Participants let go of control, embrace peace, and experience calm through mark-making. No artistic background is needed.
You will need: a chair and a table, pens or pencils of any color, and a piece of paper of any size.
Let’s move. Let’s feel. Let’s create.
Unlock the art of observation with a life drawing workshop, designed for everyone, regardless of artistic background. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced artist, this workshop offers a structured and inspiring approach to drawing from observation.
Life drawing enhances hand-eye coordination, refines observational skills, and fosters mindfulness and creativity. By studying subjects closely, we move beyond preconceived notions to recognize true shape, form, and proportion. Focusing on these details naturally brings us into a meditative flow state.
The learning journey begins with simple objects to build confidence, then progresses to more complex forms, developing both technical skill and artistic intuition.
Join us in discovering the joy of drawing from life, where each line deepens our connection to the world around us.
You will need: Pencils 2H, HB, 2B, and drawing paper of any size
Unlock the art of observation with a life drawing workshop, designed for everyone, regardless of artistic background. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced artist, this workshop offers a structured and inspiring approach to drawing from observation.
Life drawing enhances hand-eye coordination, refines observational skills, and fosters mindfulness and creativity. By studying subjects closely, we move beyond preconceived notions to recognize true shape, form, and proportion. Focusing on these details naturally brings us into a meditative flow state.
The learning journey begins with simple objects to build confidence, then progresses to more complex forms, developing both technical skill and artistic intuition.
Join us in discovering the joy of drawing from life, where each line deepens our connection to the world around us.
You will need: Pencils 2H, HB, 2B, and drawing paper of any size
• Pilates Fundamentals: Art of Connection
Inspire. Align. Transform. Welcome to an educational Pilates Mat journey, where we learn, move, and grow together.
Each session guides participants through the core principles of Pilates, emphasizing alignment, breath, and mindful movement, while developing neuromuscular connection, body awareness, and control.
Every session is an opportunity to connect with the body, explore movement, and deepen understanding in a shared experience.
Inspire. Align. Transform.
Welcome to an educational Pilates Mat journey, where we learn, move, and grow together.
Each session guides participants through the core principles of Pilates, emphasizing alignment, breath, and mindful movement, while developing neuromuscular connection, body awareness, and control.
Every session is an opportunity to connect with the body, explore movement, and deepen understanding in a shared experience.
Other Art Projects
The Contemporary Dialogue Foundation
CDF is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) art organization that fosters dialogue in contemporary art across a range of disciplines—including visual art, music, film, writing, poetry, science, business, and social relations.
CDF develops and implements educational projects and programs that encourage cross-disciplinary exchange and creative collaboration.
Projects at CDF include:
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Artistic Mind and Body Healing Projects
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International Contemporary Art Discourse
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Projector
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Art Club Discussion Group
For more information, please visit:
https://cdfsphereblog.
Observational Watercolor Still Life: Studies Toward the Non-Representational
Studies from life, establishing line beyond the expected outline
Artist Statement
Sabina Harte believes that art is an external storage of the interplay between humanly “observable” complexity and homogeneous simplicity at the same time.By describing art as a form of external storage, Sabina Harte points to its role in holding and preserving tensions that are otherwise fleeting or intangible. This includes the subtle equilibrium between what can be perceived—what appears intricate, detailed, or unstable—and a deeper, often structural simplicity that holds those perceptions together.
She acknowledges that complexity, as we know it, is shaped by human perception: filtered through our senses, our patterns of recognition, our thresholds for chaos. Simplicity, on the other hand, may manifest not only in form but in the quiet logic that allows disorder to cohere. In her view, art captures this relationship not through literal depiction, but by embodying it—storing it visually, materially, and spatially.
In this way, her work reflects a broader interest in how things appear versus how they are built. A surface may read as minimal or still, yet carry within it the weight of structural variation. Rather than resolving this tension, her practice preserves it—allowing both complexity and simplicity to remain present, in quiet, ongoing interaction.
By describing art as a form of external storage, Sabina Harte points to its role in holding and preserving tensions that are otherwise fleeting or intangible. This includes the subtle equilibrium between what can be perceived—what appears intricate, detailed, or unstable—and a deeper, often structural simplicity that holds those perceptions together.
She acknowledges that complexity, as we know it, is shaped by human perception: filtered through our senses, our patterns of recognition, our thresholds for chaos. Simplicity, on the other hand, may manifest not only in form but in the quiet logic that allows disorder to cohere. In her view, art captures this relationship not through literal depiction, but by embodying it—storing it visually, materially, and spatially.
In this way, her work reflects a broader interest in how things appear versus how they are built. A surface may read as minimal or still, yet carry within it the weight of structural variation. Rather than resolving this tension, her practice preserves it—allowing both complexity and simplicity to remain present, in quiet, ongoing interaction.
Artist CV
Professional Experience
Founder Core Reset Wellness Club™ 2025 — Move & Create™: A Soft Reset —fusing Pilates-inspired movement with the Flow Intuitive Series. Designed and facilitated sessions encouraging embodied movement, creativity, and mindfulness.
Founder & Director, Contemporary Dialogue Foundation (CDF), San Francisco — 2008–present
Established nonprofit fostering cross-cultural dialogue through visual arts and performance. Organized exhibitions, cultural exchanges, and interdisciplinary programming.
Instructor, Academy of Art University, San Francisco — 2004–2007
Taught drawing, design, and conceptual development in the Fine Arts Department. Supported student growth in technical skills and personal artistic practice.
Set Designer, State Young Audience Theater — 1993–1999
Designed stage environments for youth productions, combining visual storytelling with functional stagecraft.
Education & Certifications
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Certified ITT Pilates Mat Trainer, A Body of Work, San Francisco — 2016
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M.F.A., Fine Arts, Academy of Art University, San Francisco — 2003
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B.F.A., Fine Arts, State University of Culture & Fine Arts — 1997
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Diploma, Fine Arts & Theater Set Design, State Arts College — 1993
Healing with the Arts – University of Florida (Coursera) — 2024
Selected Solo Exhibitions
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Perceptual Art Gallery, San Francisco — 2025–ongoing
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Micaela Gallery, San Francisco (two-person show) — 2008
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Plasticity, 1870 Art Center, Belmont, CA (with Gigi Janchang, video installation) — 2008
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Plasticity, Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno, NV — 2007
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Art People Gallery, San Francisco — 2003
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Charles Street Gallery, Boston, MA — 1999
Juried Group Exhibitions
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The Edge of Abstraction, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA — 2007
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2006 National Small Works Painting Exhibition, The Main Street Gallery, Groton, NY — 2006
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Changing Landscapes, Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO — 2006
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Less is More, Greene County Council on the Arts, Catskill, NY — 2006
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21st Annual Juried Show, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, CA — 2006
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92nd Annual Juried Show, Allied Artists of America, New York, NY — 2005
Selected Group Exhibitions
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Cold + Hot, Micaela Gallery, San Francisco, CA — 2007
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Himmelberger Gallery, San Francisco, CA — 2005
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Atrium Gallery, San Francisco, CA — 2005
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Bayennale, San Francisco Bay Area, CA — 2005
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Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA — 2004
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Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA — 2003
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Parallel Studios, San Francisco, CA — 2002
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688 Sutter Gallery, San Francisco, CA — 2002
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R8 Gallery, San Francisco, CA — 2002
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79 New Montgomery Gallery, San Francisco, CA — 2002
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180 New Montgomery Gallery, San Francisco, CA — 2001
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688 Sutter Gallery, San Francisco, CA — 2001
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The Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA — 2001
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Cambridge Art Association Gallery, Cambridge, MA — 1999
Honors, Reviews & Publications
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Nominated, SECA Award, SFMOMA, San Francisco — 2008
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Dewitt Cheng, art ltd. Magazine, September 2008
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J. Evert Winburn, West East, May 2008
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Best of California Artists & Artisans (National Book Competitions) — 2006
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J. Evert Winburn, Arts Extra, February 2006
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Michael Faktorovich, Terra Nova, Vol. 7, January 2006
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Rait’s Gallery, Beacon Hill – Back Bay Chronicle, Boston, MA — June 1999
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Saxuba Guliyeva, Eshednevnie Novosti — November 1998
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