S A R A H F A U X
EDUCATION
2015 Yale University, MFA Painting and Printmaking
2009 Rhode Island School of Design, BFA Painting, Honors
2008 Brown University, BA History of Art and Architecture, Phi Beta Kappa
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Clench and Release, M+B, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Pucker, Capsule Shanghai, Shanghai, China
11am Mirror Hole, Cuevas Tilleard, New York, NY
2017 Seether, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Gemini, Stems Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 A Seed’s a Star, Loyal Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
curated by Constance Tenvik
Pleasure in Precariousness, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York, NY
Attached, New York Studio School, New York, NY
Bed, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
curated by David Humphrey and Kate Javens
Constructed Sites, Unfamiliar Selves, Lower East Side Printshop, New York, NY
curated by Jenny Gerow
Awaken, Lower East Side Printshop, New York, NY
curated by Eileen Jeng Lynch
2018 The Divine Joke, Anita Rogers Gallery, New York, NY
curated by Barry Schwabsky
Outside In, Francesco Pantaleone Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
#FFFFFFiguration, Nevven Gallery, Gothenberg, Sweden
curated by Jonathan Chapline
I am no bird, ltd los angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Slip, Stems Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
three-person exhibition with Tschabalala Self & Marcela Florido
Close Quarters, 1969 Gallery, New York, NY
Small Painting, COUNTY, Palm Beach, FL
2016 forward, ltd los angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Touching in the Dark, yours, mine & ours gallery, New York, NY
two-person exhibition with Mandy Lynn Ford
When we become us, Capsule Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Scale a Wall, Cuevas Tilleard, New York, NY
curated by Town Hall Meeting
Four Artists, Fredericks & Freiser Gallery, New York, NY
WACKing the Piñata, ltd los angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Beyond the Gaze, Garis & Hahn Gallery, New York, NY
Young Frankensteins, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY
2015 Receptive Fields, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
Artemisia, Cuevas Tilleard, New York, NY
Elaine!, Wanusay, Montreal, Canada
Yale MFA Painting & Printmaking, Garis & Hahn Gallery, New York, NY
curated by David Humphrey
The Ramble, The Range, Saguache, CO
Richard Said, Fjord, Philadelphia, PA
Take it Easy, Dubrovnik Contemporary, Dubrovnik, Croatia
2015 but who’s counting: MFA Thesis, Green Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2014 Junction, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
Boston Young Contemporaries, 808 Commonwealth Gallery, Boston, MA
I’ll Miss Your Garbage, Molasses Books, Brooklyn, NY
About the Body, Gallery 1989, Larchmont, NY
2013 Sense-Data, Shoot the Lobster, New York, NY
curated by RK Projects
Splendor in the Grass, Green Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Dying on Stage: New Painting in New York, Garis and Hahn Gallery, New York, NY
curated by Kyle Chayka
Slippery Slope, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012 Streamlines, KANSAS, New York, NY
Brucennial 2012, Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York, NY
2011 DANK, Tompkins Projects, Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED PRESS
2019 Kissick, Dean. “Sarah Faux Plays with Perception”, part of “30 Under 35 2020”,
Cultured Magazine, Winter 2019
Schwabsky, Barry. “Sarah Faux Paints Naked Sensations”, Cultured Magazine,
April/ May 2019
Moroz, Sarah. “frieze new york is back: here are the artists you don't want to miss”, i-D Vice,
May 7
Irish, Anni, “Must-See Booths at Frieze New York”, Blouin Artinfo, May 4
Cohen, Alina. “The 10 Best Booths at Frieze New York”, Artsy, May 2
Rees, Lucy. “9 Standout Artists to See at Frieze New York 2019”, Galerie, May 2
Feaster, Felicia. “Two New York artists tackle the idea of ‘Bed’”,
The Atlanta Journal Constitution, May 2
Loos, Ted. “Frieze New York Addresses the Heat and Expands the Kitchen”,
The New York Times, May 1
Pitcher, Laura. “8 things to look forward to at frieze’s eighth edition”, i-D Vice, April 29
“Preview Peek: 9 Emerging Artists with Solo Booths at Frieze New York”, Artspace, April 25
Sutnick, Simone. “Sarah Faux’s Cultured Commission Leaves a Lasting Impression”,
Cultured Magazine, April 16
2018 “On Bodies, Touch and Meditation: Martha Tuttle and Sarah Faux”,
Art of Conversation, Autumn Issue
Fan, Stephanie. “Cheng Xinyi, Hu Zi, Sarah Faux”, Artsy Asia, July 23
Sisto, Elena. “Sex and Play and Painting: Sarah Faux in conversation with Elena Sisto”,
Artcritical, Feb. 22
Avner, Janna. "ltd los angeles: I am no Bird...", Artillery Magazine, Jan. 23
2017 Forbes, Alexander. “West Bund’s Boutique Format Delivers Multi-Million Dollar Sales from
Chinese Mega Collectors”, Artsy, Nov. 10
The Pinch, The University of Memphis, Volume 37, Issue 2, Fall 2017
Chun, Julie. “When We Become Us”, ArtReview Asia, Spring 2017
2016 Woody, Michael. “This is The Cake”, Wallscrawler, Dec. 11
Gu, Qianfan, “When We Become Us”, Flash Art, Nov. 24
“'WACKing the Piñata' at ltd los angeles”, Contemporary Art Daily, Aug. 12
Noice, E.D. “wacking the piñata at ltd los angeles reviewed”, aqnb, Aug. 9
Simmons, William. “10 Picks From NADA New York 2016”, Interview Magazine, May 6
Gottschalk, Molly. “The 12 Young Painters You Need to Know at NADA New York”, Artsy,
May 6
Sutton, Benjamin. “NADA New York Gets Nasty”, Hyperallergic, May 6
“Nada conquierent New York”, La Libre, April 29
Chapline, Jonathan. “Sarah Faux – Ridgewood”, #ffffff Walls, April 28
Wagner, A. “Four Female Artists vs. the Male Gaze at Garis & Hahn in New York”, Artsy,
April 13
Fuller, Gabriela. “Up and Coming, Sarah Faux”, Surface Magazine, March
2015 Plagens, Peter. “Yale, RISD MFAs go on Display”, The Wall Street Journal, July 17
Company, Issue #4, May
New American Paintings, MFA Annual #117, April/ May
Rutherford, Michael. “Sarah Faux”, Painter’s Bread, Feb. 15
2014 Britton, Lauren. Artist Interview, Field Projects
Butler, Sharon. “SURVEY: Bleaching, staining, and dyeing”, Two Coats of Paint, Jan. 22
2013 Hanson, Sarah P. “Dying on Stage: New Painting in New York”, Modern Painters, October
Micchelli, Thomas. “The New Casualists Strike Again”, Hyperallergic, June 29
2011 Butler, Sharon. “Good Painting- Tatiana Berg and Sarah Faux,” Two Coats of Paint, Oct. 16
Gorky’s Granddaughter, Artist Interview, June
RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS
2020 The Swatch Art Peace Hotel Artist-in-Residence, Shanghai, China
2018/19 Lower East Side Printshop Keyholder Residency, New York, NY
2017 Cuevas Tilleard Projects Residency, Lamu, Kenya
Yaddo Artist’s Residency, Saratoga Springs, NY
2014 Gloucester Painting Prize and Residency, Yale School of Art, Gloucester, MA
2012 Yaddo Artist’s Residency, Saratoga Springs, NY
2009 Woodstock-Byrdcliffe Guild Artist-In-Residence, Woodstock, NY
2008 Ox-bow School of Art Fellowship, Saugatuck, MI