Sarah Crowner

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Sarah Crowner (born 1974) is an American painter best known for her geometric abstractions that evoke the style of hard-edge painting of the 1950s and 60s.

Biography[]

Sarah Crowner was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1974. She received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1996 and a Masters of Fine Arts from Hunter College, City University of New York, in 2002. She also attended École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, in Paris, France. Crowner lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.[1]

Work[]

Crowner creates paintings by sewing together angular pieces of already painted canvas and linen. This method emerged from her impatience with the medium.[2] In an interview from an article from the New York Observer, Crowner states that "sewing made sense at first because it was a way of cutting up, collaging, reorganizing and re-constructing in a practical way."[3]

She also creates small ceramic works in neutral color palettes and that have more organic shapes.[2]

Career[]

In October 2012, she published her first widely distributed book, Format, through the publisher Primary Information.[4] Her most recent publication, Sarah Crowner: Patterns (April, 2018) is her second project with Primary Information.[5] ISBN 9780991558582

Crowner had work featured in a group exhibition, Painter Painter, which focused on abstract painting. This took place at the Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), and ran from February 2, 2013 to October 27, 2013.[6]

Crowner's third solo exhibition, The Wave, ran from January 5, 2014 to February 2, 2014 at Nicelle Beauchene Gallery (New York).[7] In 2016 she had a solo exhibition at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. The same year she was commissioned to create an installation for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum which will remain until 2023.[8]

Crowner was award the 2019-2020 Rome Prize in the category for visual art by the American Academy in Rome.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Sarah Crowner: Untitled (Spotlights)". Highpoint Center for Printmaking. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Sarah Crowner". Artsy. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  3. ^ Russeth, Andrew. "Great Leaps: Sarah Crowner at Nicelle Beauchene Gallery in New York". New York Observer. New York Observer. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  4. ^ Ryan, Bartholomew. "Painting as Score: Sarah Crowner on Format". Walker Art Center. Walker Art Center. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Patterns". Primary Information. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Painter Painter". Walker Art Center. Walker Art Center. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  7. ^ Rosenberg, Karen. "Sarah Crowner: 'The Wave'". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  8. ^ "Sarah Crowner". The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  9. ^ Selvin, Claire (2019-04-10). "American Academy Awards Rome Prizes to Five Visual Artists". ARTnews. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
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