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Sarah Cain    (American, 1979)

 Sarah Cain - And if the mountains crumble into the sea (Mixed Media)
Sarah Cain
And if the mountains crumble into the sea 2008
 
 Sarah Cain - Autumn (Paintings) h: 59.2 x w: 46.2 x d: 0.5 in / h: 150.4 x w: 117.3 x d: 1.3 cm
Sarah Cain
Autumn 2008
 
 Sarah Cain - Card Trick (Mixed Media) h: 74.2 x w: 49.5 in / h: 188.5 x w: 125.7 cm
Sarah Cain
Card Trick 2008
 
 Sarah Cain - Dream Weaver (Paintings) h: 24.8 x w: 15.6 x d: 1.1 in / h: 63 x w: 39.6 x d: 2.8 cm
Sarah Cain
Dream Weaver 2008
 
 Sarah Cain - Hello, Goodbye (Paintings)
Sarah Cain
Hello, Goodbye 2008
 
 Sarah Cain - Untitled (Mixed Media)
Sarah Cain
Untitled 2008
 

Biography
1979 Born in Albany, NY
2000 Institute of International Education, Travel Fellowship
2000 Bernard Osher Scholarship, San Francisco Art Institute
2000 Schmidt Family Fellowship, San Francisco Art Institute
2001 Bachelor of Fine Art, The San Francisco Art Institute
2002 John Anson Kittredge Fellowship
2004 Semi Finalist, SECA Art Award, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
2005 Demonstration Grant, University of California Institute of Research in the Arts; Murphy & Cadogan Fellowship
2006 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
2006 Master of Fine Art, University of California at Berkeley
2006 Affiliate Artist, Headlands Center for the Arts
2006 SECA Art Award, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
2007 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
2007 The Djerassi Resident Artists Program
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

Exhibitions
2009 YOU AURORA BOREALIS ME, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2009 As if only as atmosphere, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2009 Double Future, Seiler + Mosseri-Marlio Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
2009 MIDNIGHT MISSION, off-site installation for the California Biennial, Five Thirty Three Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
2008 Raw Boundries, KN Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008 Landscapes for Frankenstein, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Six from LA, Seiler + Mosseri-Marlio Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
2008 California Dreamin’, Seiler + Mosseri-Marlio Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
2008 California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
2007 In the Fullness of Time: celebrating 20 years public projects, The Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 Two Things at the Same Time, Peak Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2007 Like Color in Pictures, Aspen Art Museum, CO
2007 SECA Art Award Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
2006 25TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION: A Century of Collage, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
2006 Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea
2006 I Believe We Are Believers, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2006 The Flaming Sword of Truth, MFA Exhibition, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
2005 The Sleight of Hand: The Artist’s Touch, Lincart, San Francisco, CA
2005 Murphy & Cadogan Fellowship Award Show, San Francisco Art Commission, San Francisco, CA
2005 Book of Small, Open Space, Vancouver, BC
2005 Bay Area Bazaar, Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR
2005 Simple Hearts, AF Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden
2005 Space is the Place, The Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2005 A River of Ifs, Queens Nails Annex, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2004 The Tree Outside, San Francisco Art Commission, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2004 Blue in Green, Herons Head Park, San Francisco, CA
2003 Makeshift World, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 Place-specific Works, 21 Grand, Oakland, CA
2003 Epigram on being alone: A golden willow hits you on the head, Lucky Tackle Gallery, Oakland, CA (solo)
2003 A Thread it did not own was released, Adobe Books, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2003 Group Show, The Sickle, Providence, RI
2003 What we saw when we got there, The Lab, San Francisco, CA
2002 Brilliant Pebbles, Kunst PLUS, Düsseldorf, Germany
2002 Fly Away, The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA
2001 REFERENCE CHECK number one, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA
2001 Group Show, The Smell, Los Angeles, CA
2001 elephant juice/i love you, The LAB Annex, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2000 short cuts, The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA
2000 SF Drawing Show, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA
2000 Hand to Mouth, Blue Books, San Francisco, CA
1999 Contemporary Drawing Show, Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY

Literature
2008 Orange County Museum of Art. 2008 California Biennial. Lauri Firstenberg, curator. Orange County Museum of Art, Orange County, 2008.
2007 Benedetti, Christine. “Like Color…,” Time Out Denver, 9 – 15 February 2007, pg. 14, Cover image.
2007 Brenneman, Christine. “Big bold and bright,” Marin Independent Journal, 30 January 2007, pp D1-D2, Cover image.
2007 Janku, Laura Richard. “San Francisco 2006 SECA Art Award: Sarah Cain, Kota Ezawa, Amy Francheschini, Mitzi Pederson, Leslie Shows at SFMOMA,” art ltd, March 2007, pg. 22.
2007 MacMillan, Kyle. “Color makes a comeback in this Aspen show,” The Denver Post, 30 March 2007, pp 1FF and 7FF.
2007 Ruiz, Alma. “Juror’s Comments,” New American Paintings: Juried Exhibitions-In-Print 73, Volume 13 Issue 6. December 2007 - January 2008, pp 4-5, 32-35.
2006 Buuck, David. "Sarah Cain at Anthony Meier Fine Arts," Artweek, November 2006, Volume 37, Issue 9, pp 12-13. Cover image.
2006 Orden, Abraham. “San Francisco Days,” ArtNet magazine, 11 October 2006, http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/orden/orden10-11-06.asp
2006 Feinstein, Lea. “Art Beat,” SF Weekly, 27 May 2006, pg. 41.
2006 Busan Biennale 2006, Korea, Catalogue, A Tale of Two Cities: Busan-Seoul/Seoul-Busan. Busan, Korea. pp 156-157.
2006 Baker, Kenneth. “Art Notes,” San Francisco Chronicle, 16 May 2006, pg. E2.
2006 Cash, Stephanie, “Report From San Francisco II; New and Now,” Art in America,
2005 Schaefer, Carey Ann, Book of Small. Vancouver: Canadian Council for the Arts, 2005.
2004 Knobel, Kyle, “Interview with Sarah Cain,” Record/Play, April 2004, pgs 8 -11.
2003 Westbrook, Lindsey, “Sarah Cain: New Work”, SF Bay Guardian, 5 February 2003, pg. 79.
2003 Buuck, David, “What We Saw When We Got There at The Lab,” Artweek, March 2003.
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