ARTIST PROFILE

Sarah West

  • United States (b. 1985)
  • Currently in Washington, DC, United States.

CONTACT & LINKS

HIDE INFO

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017

  • mirror/screen/portal, Hillyer Art Space, Washington, DC, United States.

2016

  • Vanishing Point, DC Arts Center, Washington, DC, United States.

2014

  • Sarah West: Visions & Fissures, START Gallery at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, United States.

2013

  • Visions & Fissures, W.C. Bradley Co. Museum, Columbus, GA, United States.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2016

  • Women's Caucus for Art and Target Gallery Present: Trending- Contemporary Art Now, Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA, United States.
  • Mid-Atlantic New Painting 2016 Biennial, juried by Lauren Ross, Ridderhoff Martin Gallery, University of Mary Washington , Fredricksburg, VA, United States.

2015

  • New Light, juried by Damon Arhos, Willow Street Gallery, Washington, DC, United States.
  • Art By America 2015 Juried Exhibition: A National Review of Two-Dimensional Contemporary Art, The Art House, Chicago, IL, United States.
  • 100 Works on Paper Exhibtion, Kentler Gallery , Brooklyn, NY, United States.

2014

  • Live Amateurs, juried by Craig Drennen, Mint Gallery, Atlanta, GA, United States.
  • Millenial, Movement Gallery of Art, Atlanta, GA, United States.
  • The Thing In Itself: Hannah Israel & Sarah West, Bibb City Gallery , Columbus, GA, United States.

2013

  • Georgia Artists Selecting Georgia Artists, jurors: Xie Caomin, Larry Walker & Martha Whittington, Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia, Atlanta, GA, United States.

2012

  • Visions & Fissures: Sarah West & Matt Brantley, Lee Gallery, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States.
  • SC Festival of Flowers Juried Art Show 2012, Greenwood Art Center, Greenwood, SC, United States.
  • National Wet Paint Juried Exhibition: Contemporary MFA Painting Exhibition, Zhou B Gallery , Chicago, IL, United States.
  • Reaction/Action, Lee Gallery, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States.

2011

  • SC Festival of Flowers Juried Art Show 2011, Greenwood Art Center, Greenwood, SC, United States.
  • (…), Lee Gallery, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States.

2010

  • Midnight Snacks: Chicago, 1366 Space, Chicago, IL, United States.

2008

  • Treading Water, Virginia Commonwealth University Gallery, Richmond, VA, United States.

LOCATION

  • Born 1985 in United States.
  • Lives and works in Washington, DC, United States.

EDUCATION

  • 2010 - 2012
    Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States
    Master of Fine Arts in Visual Art
  • 2008 - 2008
    Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States
    Post Baccalaureate certificate in Visual Art
  • 2003 - 2007
    Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
    Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art, emphasis in Painting

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2016
    Juror’s choice award
    Mid Atlantic New Painting 2016 Biennial, University of Mary Washington, Fredricksburg, VA, United States
  • 2013
    John Acorn Award in Graduate Fine Arts Studio, awarded for “outstanding performance in the Studio Arts”
    Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States
  • 2012
    2nd place, Let There Be Art 2012 Juried Exhibition
    Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA, United States
  • 2012
    Cecilia Voelker Award for Excellence in Art History
    Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States
  • 2012
    Phi Kappa Phi honor society induction
    Phi Kappa Phi chapter of Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States
  • 2010
    Full Tuition Remission and Graduate Assistantship
    Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States
  • 2009
    SAIC Enrichment Scholarship
    School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States

RESIDENCIES

  • 2015
    Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, United States

MEMBERSHIPS

  • 2015 - 2016
    Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC, United States