b. 1981, New Jersey
Lives and works in New York, NY
EDUCATION
2008 MFA Department of Painting and Sculpture, Tyler School of Art , Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2003 BA Art History and Visual Arts, Columbia University, New York, NY
2000 Stanford University, Stanford, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Survey, Hostetter Art Center, Basking Ridge, NJ
2019 Say Something Loving, Gaa Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2016 Yellow Sea, Gaa Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2012 Made For Love, Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Sans Toi, Equity Gallery, New York, NY
2019
Three Voices, Lighthouse Gallery, New York, NY
2018
Against Forgetting I & II, Gaa Gallery, Provincetown and Wellfleet, MA
Domestic, Deanna Evans Gallery, New York, NY
2017
Black Mirror, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, curated by Teriha Yaegashi, New York, NY
Social Photography V, carriage trade, New York, NY
2016
Casheesh, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Chronic Blooms, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
⌘Copy⌘Paste, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, curated by Teriha Yaegashi, New York, NY
Sarah Kurz and Jansson Stegner, Roger Smith, New York, NY
2015
Rose is a Rose, curated by Kara Brooks, Lepore Savage Gallery, New York, NY
2014
The Last Brucennial, New York, NY
Birds, curated by Marina T. Schindler, Bernaducci Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
Interior Dialogue, Sargent's Daughters, New York, NY
2013
Goddesses, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
The Lonley Sea and the Sky, Sargent's Daughters, New York, NY
Mythical Beasts, One Mile Gallery, Kingston, NY
2012
FAM NYC: The Exquisite Corpse Project, Essex St Market, New York, NY
The Big Show, The Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
2011
Make Skateboards, I-20 Gallery, New York, NY
GREY AREA site-specific project, Water Mill, NY
Chain Letter, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
Next Art Fair, Allegra LaViola Gallery, Chicago, IL
Triple Nickel, New York, NY
Pornucopia, Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York, NY
2010
Reclining Nudes, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Portrait of a Lady, Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York, NY
Sex Sells, CIRCA10, Arte Foundation, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2008
Due Ritratti: Mark Kostabi e Sarah Kurz, Camponeschi, Rome, Italy
Full of You, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Temple Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Twofold, Doran Gallery, Boston, MA
2007 Sarah Kurz: Recent Work, Temple University Gallery, Rome, Italy
2006 Seven in a Room, curated by Cecilia Canziani, Temple University Gallery, Rome, Italy
2003 Advanced Printmaking, Neiman Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Walsh, Brienne. “Beautiful Women Are Always on Her Mind: On the Icons Who Inspire Sarah Kurz” Forbes, January 2018.
Taylor, Elise. "On the Town" Vanity Fair, October, 2015.
Zimmer, Amie. "Interior Dialogue at Sargent's Daughters" Insights Magazine- Parsons, February 2014.
"Week in Pictures: Sarah Kurz at Sargent's Daughters & More" Artspace, February 2014.
Wolff, Rachel, “The Art of Collecting” DETAILS, November 2012.
Robinson, Walter. “Weekend Update” Artnet, February, 2012.
Cohen, David. “Sarah Kurz: Made For Love” Art Critical, February, 2012.
Baumgardner, Julie. “Introspective- The Talent: Sarah Kurz” 1stdibs, March, 2012.
Maliszewski, Lynn. “An Interview with Sarah Kurz” On-Verge, February, 2012.
Vora, Manish. “A Portrait of the Art World” Artlog, February, 2012.
Nikas, Joanna. “Scouting Report: POP-UPS” New York Times, July 21, 2011.
DeWoody, Kyle. "Portraiture Now" Artlog, April 2011.
Halperin, Julia. "No Nudes, Nu?" ARTINFO, March 2011.
“Pornucopia” TimeOut New York, February 2011.
Shaw, Keith. “Some Are Revealing And Some Only Bare” The Berkshire Eagle, August 26, 2010
"Emerging: Baby, It's Mad Cold Outside" Artlog, February 2010.
Piccinini, Amalia. “New York, NY: Sarah Kurz” Flash Art, March 2009.
HONORS AND AWARDS
2018 The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Residency
2016 Artist in Residence at Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2013 Artist in Residence at Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, CO
2009 Atlantic Center for the Arts Residency, Will Cotton Master Artist, New Smyrna, FL
Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant for Atlantic Center for the Arts
2007 Teaching Fellowship Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
LECTURES AND VISITING ARTIST INVITATIONS
Cooper Union, New York, NY
Kenyon College, Rome, Italy
Tyler School of Art, Rome, Italy