About the Artist
Sarah Blackwelder is a NYC artist currently located in the Washington DC area after recently moving from Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Sarah was awarded a fellowship at A.I.R. Gallery in Chelsea, where she had first Solo show in June, 2006 and a subsequent Solo Show in November 2009. In addition to A.I.R., Sarah has exhibited in various galleries in and around Amsterdam and New York City.
Sarah can be contacted by email here:
Sarah can be contacted by email here:
Statement
More than to a single narrative or formalistic element, I depend on emotion to convey the substantive content of my painting. Every moment we live is layered with material, both transient and eternal, that manipulates our emotional state. Florescent lighting, walls the color of twilight, inanimate objects suddenly animated by our own anxiety. All of these elements are diffused through the lens of our own sentiment, providing each person a unique vision of the world. To be able to share that perspective in its original visual form as opposed to translating it to music or words is to come closest to its essence. By painting this sentiment, I strive to better understand emotion through interpreting what I’ve created and expressed.
The subjects of my work continue to show my deepest emotions: fear, loneliness, grief. All these I refuse to display on my surface, I show through pen and paint.
The subjects of my work continue to show my deepest emotions: fear, loneliness, grief. All these I refuse to display on my surface, I show through pen and paint.
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Solo Exhibitions
2009 A.I.R. Gallery, “Safe as Houses” New York, NY June,
2006 A.I.R. Gallery, “Innocence Awry” New York, NY
Group Exhibitions
2015 Summer Exhibition, Studio 30A, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2015 Oost, Grensverlengd, CBK Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2014 Inaugural Show, Studio 30A, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008 Puck Building, “Women in the Arts” (Invitational), New York, NY
2008 A.I.R. Gallery “Generations.05”, New York, NY
2006 Chashama Gallery, “Pink Kid Gloves” New York, NY
2006 A.I.R. Gallery “Generations .04”, New York, NY
2005 Gallery 440, “Small Works”, Brooklyn NY June,
2005 A.I.R. Gallery, “ID:id”, New York, NY March,
2005 Real Art Ways, “Slide Slam” Hartford, CT. May,
2004 Organization of Independent Artists “Pinned to the Wall”, New York, NY
2004 White Studio Gallery, “Manifest II”, Brooklyn, NY
2003 Micro Museum, Gallery Benefit, Brooklyn, NY
2003 Schoharie Arts Council, “Small Works” Schoharie, NY. Katherine Bowling, Juror
2003 Society of Illustrators “Dreams Exhibition” Illustrator’s Guild, New York, NY (Juried Show)
2003 New York Academy of Art, "Graduating Exhibition”, New York, NY
2003 Space Station Gallery, “Small Works” Brooklyn, NY
2003 Micro Museum, “Fertile Ground” Brooklyn, NY
2003 L'Abattoir Artist’s Night, Brooklyn, NY
2002 Bottom Feeder’s Studio Gallery, New York, NY
Digital Representation
Brooklyn Museum, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art: Feminist Art Base
ArtBarcs - Curated Digital Gallery.
Education
New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Master of Fine Arts in Painting, May 2003. (Cum Laude)
Private Study with Andrew Reiss 1997 - 2001
Awards
2005 Fellowship, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, New York
2002 Finalist. RSVP's Dreams Competition, Society of Illustrators
2009 A.I.R. Gallery, “Safe as Houses” New York, NY June,
2006 A.I.R. Gallery, “Innocence Awry” New York, NY
Group Exhibitions
2015 Summer Exhibition, Studio 30A, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2015 Oost, Grensverlengd, CBK Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2014 Inaugural Show, Studio 30A, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008 Puck Building, “Women in the Arts” (Invitational), New York, NY
2008 A.I.R. Gallery “Generations.05”, New York, NY
2006 Chashama Gallery, “Pink Kid Gloves” New York, NY
2006 A.I.R. Gallery “Generations .04”, New York, NY
2005 Gallery 440, “Small Works”, Brooklyn NY June,
2005 A.I.R. Gallery, “ID:id”, New York, NY March,
2005 Real Art Ways, “Slide Slam” Hartford, CT. May,
2004 Organization of Independent Artists “Pinned to the Wall”, New York, NY
2004 White Studio Gallery, “Manifest II”, Brooklyn, NY
2003 Micro Museum, Gallery Benefit, Brooklyn, NY
2003 Schoharie Arts Council, “Small Works” Schoharie, NY. Katherine Bowling, Juror
2003 Society of Illustrators “Dreams Exhibition” Illustrator’s Guild, New York, NY (Juried Show)
2003 New York Academy of Art, "Graduating Exhibition”, New York, NY
2003 Space Station Gallery, “Small Works” Brooklyn, NY
2003 Micro Museum, “Fertile Ground” Brooklyn, NY
2003 L'Abattoir Artist’s Night, Brooklyn, NY
2002 Bottom Feeder’s Studio Gallery, New York, NY
Digital Representation
Brooklyn Museum, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art: Feminist Art Base
ArtBarcs - Curated Digital Gallery.
Education
New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Master of Fine Arts in Painting, May 2003. (Cum Laude)
Private Study with Andrew Reiss 1997 - 2001
Awards
2005 Fellowship, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, New York
2002 Finalist. RSVP's Dreams Competition, Society of Illustrators