- Recent Work
- Bio
- Statement
- CV
- Contact
Recent Work
Bio
Sarah Sagarin (b. 1976 NYC) received her BFA from the University of Montana in 2000 with a dual emphasis is painting and ceramics, and her MFA in painting from the New York Academy of Art in 2003. Sarah’s paintings have been exhibited extensively in New York City, nationally, and internationally. Her work has been included in art fairs in NYC and Japan and her paintings are housed in several private and public collections, including the University of Montana’s permanent collection and the Copelouzos Art Museum in Athens, Greece. She has taught painting, drawing, and composition classes in a variety of settings, including as a Post Graduate Teaching Fellow for NYAA’s MFA program. Sarah has been the recipient of several prestigious residencies and fellowships, including the Bronx Museum of the Arts 2017 AIM Fellowship. She was the Director and a founding member of the South Bronx Independent Artists Coalition which hosted the annual South Bronx Open Studio Tour. Sarah is represented by Prince Street Gallery in New York City
Statement
We are wired to tell stories. To make sense out of nonsense. I’m interested in engaging not only with my own narratives, but also with the narratives that viewers create in response to my work. I love to open up space for ambiguity on the pictorial plane while also providing hints and provocations. I approach my canvases with curiosity. Making marks on a two dimensional surface creates a tension between flatness and the depth that the marks imply. That tension creates a fissure, a little crack in the universe. I feel it’s my job as a painter to crawl into that space and stumble around, to find a light switch and turn it on. Through forging images of what emerges, I hope to both invoke and trouble the fundamental narrative impulse that makes us human. The stories that you, the viewer, conjure to make sense of this imagery become an integral part of the work itself. I strive to make space for what I see and what you see. To foster the growth of a larger truth that can hold it all.
CV
Contact
Please view the Artist’s Website at sarahsagarin.org
