Sarah Crowner

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.[4]

Career

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

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]

Crowner was award the 2019-2020 Rome Prize in the category for visual art by the American Academy in Rome.[8]

References
  1. "Sarah Crowner: Untitled (Spotlights)". Highpoint Center for Printmaking. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  2. "Sarah Crowner". Artsy. Artsy. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  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. "Sarah Crowner". Artsy. Artsy. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  5. Ryan, Bartholomew. "Painting as Score: Sarah Crowner on Format". Walker Art Center. Walker Art Center. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  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. Selvin, Claire (2019-04-10). "American Academy Awards Rome Prizes to Five Visual Artists". ARTnews. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
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