Sig Waller was born in Swansea (Wales), and spent her early years roaming the beaches and woodlands near her home, inventing stories and adventures. Her father was an American historian who dressed like a tramp, her mother a German psychologist and housewife. The family foraged for food, brewed ale, collected driftwood and threw wild parties.

As a teen, Waller yearned for the bright lights of the big city and at age 18, she went to study Fine Art & Art History at Goldsmiths College, London. While at college, Waller became involved in the squatting scene, and spent many subsequent years immersed in the intrepid world of anarchic living. After graduating from Goldsmiths, she went on to work in animation, music videos and design.

In 1995 Waller relocated to Berlin, and it was here that she returned to art-making after a 10 year break. Adopting the alias S.I.G., she created Dreamlands, an expansive series of TV paintings, which toured venues in Europe, culminating in a solo show in New York in 2001.

Wallers son Sky was born in 2002. Shortly thereafter, she began painting Desert Storm, a reflection on the political climate during the Iraq War.

In 2006, Waller and son moved back to London, where she began writing a novel and making art from litter off the streets. Deciding against bringing up a child in the Big Smoke, Waller relocated to Brighton and received an MA in Fine Art from the University of Brighton in 2010.

Waller has exhibited internationally over the past 25 years and her work is represented in European collections. Since 2017, Waller has been curating Running with the Wolves, a Folk-Horror & magick-themed art show.

The artist is currently based in Saarbruecken, on the German border to France, where she is researching, writing and working on new projects.

Waller is represented by C4 Kunsthandel in Berlin.

Ilia Castellanos: +49 177 79 828 78
Kerstin Jasinszczak: mail@cc4.de