RESUME

SARA STERN 

www.sarastern.net | sara@sarastern.net | 917.769.9021 
b. 1989, New York, NY | Lives and works in New York, NY

EDUCATION

2017 MFA Columbia University, Visual Arts Program, New York, NY

2012 BA Harvard University, Visual and Environmental Studies, Cambridge, MA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019 hold your horses, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA

2018 Foundation Vent, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022
Confetti falls from the ceiling, Essex Flowers, New York, NY

2021
Of Several Depths, curated by Miles Rufelds, the plumb, Toronto, Canada

2020
Open House, curated by Julia Rooney, Elegran, New York, NY

2019
In Practice: Other Objects, curated by Gee Wesley, SculptureCenter, Long Island City, New York 
Fine Arts Work Center Fellows Group Exhibition, Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM), Provincetown, MA 
Fine Arts Work Center Fellows Group Exhibition, Fine Arts Work Center,  Provincetown, MA 

2018
Visual Fellows and Visual Committee Exhibition, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
Daddy’s Books, curated by Lauren Faigeles and Caitlin MacBride, Far Rockaway, NY
Cheeky: Summer Butts, curated by Peter LaBier and Anthony Iacono, Marinaro Gallery, New York, NY

2017
Columbia MFA Thesis Exhibition, curated by Deborah Cullen, Lenfest Center for the Arts, New York, NY
Tropical Lab 11: Citation: Déjà Vu, curated by Caterina Riva, Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, Singapore 
THE TYRANNY OF COMMON SENSE HAS REACHED ITS FINAL STAGE, curated by Rirkrit Tiravanija and Tomas Vu-Daniel, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, New York, NY 
Place of Heaven, curated by Karen Flatow, CRUSH Curatorial, Amagansett, NY
Retreat, curated by Peter LaBier and Maggie Goldstone, Moms Gallery, New York, NY
And and end, curated by Cheeyeon Park, Guastavino Room, St. Paul’s Chapel, New York, NY

2016
Finished Goods Warehouse, curated by Natalie Bell, Pfizer Warehouse, Brooklyn, NY 
First Year MFA Exhibition, curated by Amanda Parmer, Wallach Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
LOVE 2016, curated by Rachel Stern, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, New York, NY

2012
Attached, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Cambridge, MA

PERFORMANCES

2022
Mirror Ball (A Rehearsal in the Dunes), Fine Arts Work Center (off-site at Herring Cove Beach), Provincetown, MA
SET IN STONE (a workshop), Object Movement Puppetry Festival, The Center at West Park, New York, NY (multimedia puppetry performance)

2017
Hi. Wow. Lenfest Center for the Arts, New York, NY (50-person performance for the 2017 Columbia Thesis Exhibition, with the Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corps Marching Band and flag-bearing performers)

SCREENINGS

2019
SOFT FILM, curated by Serra Victoria Bothwell Fels and John Orth, Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, New York, NY

2017
In Response/The Arcades Project, curated by Chris Gartrell and Jenna Weiss, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY

2016
Studio Studio, Museum of the Moving Image, Queens, NY
Studio Studio, Frame[o]ut-Festival, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna
Studio Studio, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
Studio Studio, AASFF Austrian American Short Film Festival, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York, NY

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2018
Rema Hort Mann Emerging Artist Grant

2016
Best Experimental and Conceptual Film, AASFF Austrian American Short Film Festival 

2012
Harvard Office for the Arts Council Prize in Visual Arts
David McCord Prize (Harvard University)

2011
Harvard College Research Program Summer Grant
Whitehill Prize for the Humane Letters and Arts (Harvard University) 

RESIDENCIES AND FELLOWSHIPS

2022
Stephen and Palmina Pace Residency, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
LGBTQ+ Residency, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
Object Movement Residency, The Center at West Park, New York, NY (2021-2022, nine month puppetry residency, which culminated in a showcase in April ‘22)

2021
Artist-in-Residence, The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, West Rutland, VT
Oberhausen Seminar, Oberhausen, Germany (remote)
The Art & Law Program (remote)

2018
Visual Artist Fellowship, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA (2018-2019)

2017
Fountainhead Fellowship, Sculpture + Extended Media, Virginia Commonwealth University (2017-2018)
Tropical Lab 11, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore

2012
Henry Russell Shaw Fellowship (2012-2013 in Berlin)

2010
Harvard Artist Development Fellowship

TALKS AND CLASS VISITS

2022
“Architecture as Puppet,” Maine Media Workshops + College, Rockport, ME (remote)

2021
Artist Talk, The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, West Rutland, VT
“Julia Rooney and Sara Stern in Conversation @SomeHighTide,” Arts & Leisure Gallery, New York, NY (remote)
Class Visit Talk, Data & Society and The Internet and Society, Prof. Maryam Monalisa Gharavi, Northeastern University, Boston, MA (remote)

2020
Class Visit Talk, Intro to Newer Genres, Prof. Abigail Lucien, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD (remote)

2019
Class Visit Talk, Visual Thinking, Prof. Alex Strada, Fordham University, Bronx, NY
Alumni Panel, Visual and Environmental Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Co-Director Artist Talk, Summer Studio Program, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

2018
Core Faculty Artist Talk, Summer Studio Program, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

2017
Visiting Artist Talk, Sculpture + Extended Media, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

2016
“Speaking of Listening,” Panel Discussion, Art History Program and Visual Arts Program, Columbia University, New York, NY

2014
“Brad Jones Panel Discussion,” Sargent’s Daughters, New York, NY

2013
Alumni Artist Talk, Visual and Environmental Studies Thesis Seminar, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

TEACHING

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Advanced Video, Spring 2020
Visual Arts Program, Columbia University School of the Arts, New York, NY

Adjunct Professor, Digital Video; Digital Imaging, Fall 2019
Visual Art Department, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey

Co-Director & Core Faculty, Summer Studio Program, Summer 2019; Core Faculty, Summer 2018
Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts, Richmond, VA

Fountainhead Fellow, Intermediate/Advanced Sculpture; Basic Sculpture, Fall 2017, Spring 2018
Department of Sculpture + Extended Media, VCU School of the Arts, Richmond, VA

ADDITIONAL WORKSHOPS & GUEST FACULTY

2022
Mentor, MFA Program, Maine Media Workshops + College, Rockport, ME (remote)
July NYC Intensive, MFA Program, Maine Media Workshops + College, Rockport, ME
April NYC Intensive, MFA Program, Maine Media Workshops + College, Rockport, ME

2021
Mentor, MFA Program, Maine Media Workshops + College, Rockport, ME (remote)
Guest Faculty, MFA Retreat, Maine Media Workshops + College, Rockport, ME (remote)

2020
Remote Puppetry: Stop Motion, Animation, Montage, First-Year Arts Program Workshop, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (remote)