Sara Fabel (born Sari Katriina Virtanen) is a Finnish model, illustrator, tattoo artist, and actress.
Early life Fabel grew up in Helsinki, Finland and studied art education at Aalto University (then known as Helsinki University of Art and Design). As part of her studies, she joined an exchange program with Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia. She covered photography and animation during her exchange year. After returning to Finland, Sara taught part-time and freelanced as an illustrator and model.Seriously Ruined, feature on Sara Fabel by Renee Ruin. In 2006 Sara Fabel started her notorious lifestyle as a traveling artist.
Career Fabel began promoting her artwork and modeling through social media platforms such as Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram. By the end of 2010, she had developed a fan base around her art and modelling.ACCLAIM interview, feature on Sara Fabel. ACCLAIM magazine. Fabel started traveling, creating contacts with international photographers and artists and becoming involved in artist collaborations and campaigns. In 2013, after moving to the United States, Sara Fabel retired from modeling and took a lead role in the film Anarchy Parlor. From 2013 onwards, Fabel has been focusing on her art.
Film 2013 Sara Fabel was cast in the motion picture Anarchy Parlor.
Publications Sara Fabel has been featured in multiple international publications, the majority based in Australia and the United States.
While residing in New Zealand, Fabel collaborated with local and international artists and photographers. One of these collaborations was T.J. Scott's In the Tub art book In the Tub, Amazon.org "T.J. Scott has been behind the lens as director of numerous television series, including XENA and Spartacus. After his mother's fourth round with breast cancer found its way to her bones and lungs, T.J. decided to wage his own war on cancer the only way he knew how - by raising funds. He donated his unwavering artistic eyes, and all of the actors, musicians, and celebrities donated their time to this title created strictly to raise funds for breast cancer research. Each person was photographed in his/her own unique manner in a tub. 100% of the profits will be donated to charity." Fabel's career developed as she was frequently published in tattoo industry publications such as Front (magazine), Issue 154, 2011 Picture top 50 hottest tattooed females, inked (magazine), Tattoos Downunder, Custom Tattooz, Tattoo Society and a double cover collectors' edition of Bound by Ink.
Fabel has also had multiple features in fashion, street art and fine art publications including ACCLAIM ACCLAIM, feature "A lot of people can attribute their fame and fortune to the internet and social media. While some gimmicks crash and burn because, well, they're lame, there are those few whose legitimate talent spawns burgeoning careers. Finland-born Sara Fabel is certainly part of the latter. She's an illustrator, model, tattoo artist, and citizen of the world, with an Instagram following of a couple hundred thousand. Khairun Hamid sat down with the self-proclaimed workaholic to talk art and zombies." - ACCLAIM Diesel – Only the brave,Diesel, feature Culture magazine (Australia), Me Naiset (Finland), Reykjavik Boulevard (Iceland) and Sinical (International).
Charity work Sara Fabel has been active in fundraising for cancer awareness with T.J. Scott In the Tub projects, as well as working with Peter Coulson, an Australian fine art photographer. Coulson's book In My Pants the Book "In My Pants", In my pants will be made up with 30% Celebrities 40% Cancer fighters /survivors and 30% everyday people all wearing just my 30 year old Levi 501 jeans "Over the past couple of years I get constantly asked "when are you going to do a book of your work". Well I have decided to do a book to raise $2,000,000 to fight cancer. I have my work cut out but this is only 20,000 book sales, I just need less than 1% of Australia's population to buy a book. I'm very happy to have OPA! Magazine with Dean Georgio and Steve Agi involved with this project. Cancer is a disease that has no discrimination to age, gender, race or religion. Everyone I have spoken to can name at least 5 people close to them who have battled with cancer, It is estimated more than 45,000 people will died from cancer in 2011/12 - Peter Coulson" received Australian government funding towards cancer awareness.
Sara Fabel has used her social media following to promote awareness of domestic animal abuse issues such as declawing. In 2015 Sara Fabel was selected as the face of "more than a cone", "WE RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT PET ADOPTION, WELLNESS, AND RECOVERY. OUR FUNDRAISING EFFORTS BENEFIT ANIMALS IN NEED" - more than a cone. a fundraising project for animal shelters.
Associated artists Kevin Llewellyn Modelling collaboration featured in Kat Von D's Wonderland gallery. Mike Giant
Hell has NO fury Hell has NO fury is Sara Fabel's brand (Clothing, art) that promotes self-awareness along with Atheistic and Agnostic belief system.
References
External links Official website