Resume
Education
BFA 2002 University of Minnesota – TwinCities - Sculpture
MFA 2005 Virginia Commonwealth University - Sculpture
Awards/Grants
2013-2014 Resident Artist Hunter College Ceramics Department
2007 Sculpture Space Residency
2006 AnnMarie Garden/St. Mary's College Sculptor in Residence
2005 Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society Member
VCU School of the Arts Travel Grant
VCU School of the Arts Scholarship
2004 VCU Graduate Teaching Assistant Fellowship
VCU School of the Arts Scholarship
2003 VCU Graduate Teaching Assistant Fellowship
2001 UMN Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Grant
UMN Visual Arts Comittee Commission
Solo Shows
2015 Sarah Bednarek, Thomas Hunter Project Space, Hunter College, NY, NY
2014 Sarah Bednarek, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
2011 x(u,v) = (R + cos v) cos u, Rusalon, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Hotel Soubise, Space Lab, Cleveland, OH
2005 Pastoral, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
2001 Once Removed, Paul Whitney Larson Gallery, St. Paul, MN
Selected Group Shows
2015 Introverse, Yashar Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Neo-Craftivism, The Parlor, Brooklyn, NY
Ornamenting Crime, Zurcher Gallery, NY, NY
SymmetryyrtemmyS, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
2014 Shrink It Pink It, CathouseFuneral, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Geometron, Mulherin + Pollard, NY, NY
Ramshackle Kaleidoscope, ArtBridge Drawing Room, NY, NY
Abstractions: New Modernism, Ann St. Gallery, Newburgh, NY
On the Edge, Cheryl Hazan Gallery, NY, NY
Oblique Strategies, Peter Fingsten Gallery, Pace University, NY
2012 Extrapolate, Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
Sarah Bednarek-Julie Oppermann-Karin Waskiewicz, Shroeder Romero & Shredder Gallery, New York, NY
Sculpture Garden, Onderdonk House, Queens, NY, Curated by Lesley Heller and Debbie Brown
2011 Lift Off: Earthlings and the Great Beyond, Paul Robeson Gallery, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
Benefit for Momenta Art, Loretta Howard Gallery, NY, NY
Between the Sheets, Harlem Workspace, NY, NY
2010 AIR, Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
Physical Center, Convent of St. Cecilia, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Apt. 44B, Apt. 44 Berry, Brooklyn, NY (Curated by Tariq Kassum and Marisa Sage)
Playing Through, Industry City, Brooklyn, NY
2007 In Process, Sculpture Space, Utica, NY
2006 Scarecrow, Postmasters, New York, NY (Curated by David Hunt)
Gallery Artists, Keith Talent Gallery, London, England
LA Art Fair, Keith Talent Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Aqua Art Fair, Keith Talent Gallery, Miami, FL
Ribbed for Her Pleasure, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, NY
Juried Exhibition, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
More Fresh Meat, Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY
Exchange Rate, Sky Lab, Columbus, OH
Sweet Substitute, Stevenson Blanch Gallery, Valencia, CA
Pork Barrel, Keith Talent Gallery, London, England
Publications
BMoreArt.com, "24 Hours in Brooklyn," Amy Boone-McCreesh
Hyperallergic.com, "Your Concise Guide to the 2015 Bushwick Open Studios," Benjamin Sutton
BlouinArtInfo.com, "What Not to Miss at Bushwick Open Studios Weekend," Scott Indrisek
BushwickDaily.com, "Mythical Creatures, Spooky Laughter and Spectacles of the Night: 6 New Art Shows Before Memorial Day," Katie Killary
Perrier.Tumblr.com, "10 Awesome Artists We Met at This Year's Bushwick Open Studios," Kimberly Wang
TheLMagazine.com, "L Rex: Art," Paul D'Agostino
Hyperallergic.com, "In Bushwick, an Exhibition Tears Down Walls Between Art and Craft," Benjamin Sutton
Virginia Living, "Alt Art" Sarah Sargent, February, 2015
NYArtsMagazine.com, "Sarah Bednarek's . . . " W. Ng
ArtSlant.com, "Casual Stripes and Warm Layers," Ryan Wong
Lift Off: Earthlings and the Great Beyond, 2010, Rutgers- The State University of New Jersey, Newark, ISBN:978-0-9795167-9-5
Miser and Now, "Pleasure," Issue 5, Keith Talent Gallery, London, England 2005
Blackbird: an Online Journal of Literature and the Arts, May 2005, www.blackbird.vcu.edu
NYArtsMagazine.com, "This show is ribbed. . ." Michael Paulson, July 2005 www.nyartsmagazine.com
Education
BFA 2002 University of Minnesota – TwinCities - Sculpture
MFA 2005 Virginia Commonwealth University - Sculpture
Awards/Grants
2013-2014 Resident Artist Hunter College Ceramics Department
2007 Sculpture Space Residency
2006 AnnMarie Garden/St. Mary's College Sculptor in Residence
2005 Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society Member
VCU School of the Arts Travel Grant
VCU School of the Arts Scholarship
2004 VCU Graduate Teaching Assistant Fellowship
VCU School of the Arts Scholarship
2003 VCU Graduate Teaching Assistant Fellowship
2001 UMN Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Grant
UMN Visual Arts Comittee Commission
Solo Shows
2015 Sarah Bednarek, Thomas Hunter Project Space, Hunter College, NY, NY
2014 Sarah Bednarek, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
2011 x(u,v) = (R + cos v) cos u, Rusalon, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Hotel Soubise, Space Lab, Cleveland, OH
2005 Pastoral, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
2001 Once Removed, Paul Whitney Larson Gallery, St. Paul, MN
Selected Group Shows
2015 Introverse, Yashar Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Neo-Craftivism, The Parlor, Brooklyn, NY
Ornamenting Crime, Zurcher Gallery, NY, NY
SymmetryyrtemmyS, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
2014 Shrink It Pink It, CathouseFuneral, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Geometron, Mulherin + Pollard, NY, NY
Ramshackle Kaleidoscope, ArtBridge Drawing Room, NY, NY
Abstractions: New Modernism, Ann St. Gallery, Newburgh, NY
On the Edge, Cheryl Hazan Gallery, NY, NY
Oblique Strategies, Peter Fingsten Gallery, Pace University, NY
2012 Extrapolate, Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
Sarah Bednarek-Julie Oppermann-Karin Waskiewicz, Shroeder Romero & Shredder Gallery, New York, NY
Sculpture Garden, Onderdonk House, Queens, NY, Curated by Lesley Heller and Debbie Brown
2011 Lift Off: Earthlings and the Great Beyond, Paul Robeson Gallery, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
Benefit for Momenta Art, Loretta Howard Gallery, NY, NY
Between the Sheets, Harlem Workspace, NY, NY
2010 AIR, Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
Physical Center, Convent of St. Cecilia, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Apt. 44B, Apt. 44 Berry, Brooklyn, NY (Curated by Tariq Kassum and Marisa Sage)
Playing Through, Industry City, Brooklyn, NY
2007 In Process, Sculpture Space, Utica, NY
2006 Scarecrow, Postmasters, New York, NY (Curated by David Hunt)
Gallery Artists, Keith Talent Gallery, London, England
LA Art Fair, Keith Talent Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Aqua Art Fair, Keith Talent Gallery, Miami, FL
Ribbed for Her Pleasure, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, NY
Juried Exhibition, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
More Fresh Meat, Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY
Exchange Rate, Sky Lab, Columbus, OH
Sweet Substitute, Stevenson Blanch Gallery, Valencia, CA
Pork Barrel, Keith Talent Gallery, London, England
Publications
BMoreArt.com, "24 Hours in Brooklyn," Amy Boone-McCreesh
Hyperallergic.com, "Your Concise Guide to the 2015 Bushwick Open Studios," Benjamin Sutton
BlouinArtInfo.com, "What Not to Miss at Bushwick Open Studios Weekend," Scott Indrisek
BushwickDaily.com, "Mythical Creatures, Spooky Laughter and Spectacles of the Night: 6 New Art Shows Before Memorial Day," Katie Killary
Perrier.Tumblr.com, "10 Awesome Artists We Met at This Year's Bushwick Open Studios," Kimberly Wang
TheLMagazine.com, "L Rex: Art," Paul D'Agostino
Hyperallergic.com, "In Bushwick, an Exhibition Tears Down Walls Between Art and Craft," Benjamin Sutton
Virginia Living, "Alt Art" Sarah Sargent, February, 2015
NYArtsMagazine.com, "Sarah Bednarek's . . . " W. Ng
ArtSlant.com, "Casual Stripes and Warm Layers," Ryan Wong
Lift Off: Earthlings and the Great Beyond, 2010, Rutgers- The State University of New Jersey, Newark, ISBN:978-0-9795167-9-5
Miser and Now, "Pleasure," Issue 5, Keith Talent Gallery, London, England 2005
Blackbird: an Online Journal of Literature and the Arts, May 2005, www.blackbird.vcu.edu
NYArtsMagazine.com, "This show is ribbed. . ." Michael Paulson, July 2005 www.nyartsmagazine.com