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Sarah Cain (American, 1979)

Timeline

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.