Sarah McKenzie [ PORTFOLIO ]
Biography
EDUCATION:
1998 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Master of Fine Arts degree in Painting.
1993 Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in Film Studies. Magna cum laude.
 
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2008 Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN. Curators: Andrew Blauvelt and Tracy Myers

Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes, Heinz Architectural Center, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA.

This Modern World, General Electric World Headquarters, Fairfield, CT. Curator: Paddy Johnson
2007 Abstructions, Hiestand Galleries, Miami University, Oxford, OH. Solo.

Abstructions 2, Project Space, Emily Davis Gallery, Myers School of Art, University of Akron, Akron, OH. Solo.
2006 I Love the Burbs, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY. Curator: Ellen Keiter

National Young Painters Competition, Hiestand Galleries, Miami University, Oxford, OH. Juror: Sue Taylor
2005 Constructions, Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, CO. Solo.

Ten Gallery Artists, Addison Arts, Santa Fe, NM.

NEO + ONE, Murray Hill Gallery, Cleveland, OH. Curator: Ellen Rudolph
2004 Aerial Views, Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO. Solo.

Urbanscapes, Bonfoey Gallery, Cleveland, OH. Two-person.

National Young Painters Competition, Hiestand Galleries, Miami University, Oxford, OH. Juror: Buzz Spector

Next: New American Paintings, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE. Curator: Mark Masuoka
2003 Survey, Carson/Masuoka Gallery, Denver, CO. Solo.

110th Anniversary Exhibition Bonfoey Gallery, Cleveland, OH.
2002 Out of Place, The Cleveland Foundation, Cleveland, OH. Curator: Joanne Cohen

New American Landscape Painting, Walden Center, Aurora, OH.
2001 Evidence, Ironton Studios and Gallery, Denver, CO. Two-person.

Western Zone, Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, CO. Curator: Kathy Andrews

Structure, Carson/Masuoka Gallery, Denver, CO.

The State of the Art: Post-Millennial Contemporary Art in Denver, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO.

PASTpresent, Carson/Masuoka Gallery, Denver, CO.

Printed and Painted, Part 3, Gallery 72, Omaha, NE.
2000 Front Range Aerials, Ironton Studios and Gallery, Denver, CO. Solo.

Colorado 2000, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO.

Contemporary Colorado 2000, Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO.

The House Form: A Universal Symbol, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA.
1999 Other Dimensions, Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI.

Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI.

Contemporary Colorado 1999, Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO.
1998 One House, Robbins Center Gallery, University of Michigan. MFA Thesis Show. Solo.

Living Spaces, Zoom Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI.
1997 Mortal City: Images of Detroit, Foundry Gallery, Washington, DC. Solo.

This Year's Model, Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan.

New Visions, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI.
 
HONORS & AWARDS:
2006 Individual Creativity Grant for 2D Visual Art
Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, OH.

William and Dorothy Yeck $10,000 First-Place Purchase Award
National Young Painters Competition, Hiestand Galleries, Miami University, Oxford, OH.
2004 Second Place
National Young Painters Competition, Hiestand Galleries, Miami University, Oxford, OH
2000 Best of Show
The House Form: A Universal Symbol, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA
1999 Benefactor's Award
Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
2008 Blauvelt, Andrew, Ed., Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes, (exhibition catalogue), Minneapolis: Walker Art Center.

Dell'orto, Giovanna, "'Worlds Away' exhibit spotlights suburbs," Miami Herald, February 24.

Dell'orto, Giovanna, "Life in 'The Burbs:' Exhibit Explores, Explodes Myths," Kitsap Sun, February 24.

Bravo, Amber, "Suburban Subversion," Dwell Magazine, December/January.
2007 Cash, Stephanie, "Report from Colorado: The hills are alive," Art in America, February.

Jones, Richard, "'Abstructions' shows what's hidden in the big picture," Go! (Hamilton, OH), January 12.
2006 New American Paintings, Number 65. Wellesley, MA: The Open Studios Press, September.

Glueck, Grace, "Happiness Is a 2-Car Garage and a Quarter-Pounder Roof Overhead," The New York Times, March 24.

Genocchio, Benjamin, "The Place We Call Home," The New York Times, February 12.

Gouveia, Georgette, "Seeing suburban life through artists' eyes," The Westchester County, NY Journal News, January 22.
2005 Chandler, Mary Voelz, "Last call," Denver Rocky Mountain News, November 11.

Macmillan, Kyle, "McKenzie and abstraction, beyond suburbia," The Denver Post, November 4.

Paglia, Michael, "Changing scenes: A duet at Robischon, two solos at Sandy Carson, and Lew Tilley takes his final bow," Westword, October 27.

Voelz Chandler, Mary, "Group shows refresh galleries," Denver Rocky Mountain News, August 13.
2004 Litt, Steven, "As leaders depart, some angels arrive," The Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 26.

"Portfolio: Sarah McKenzie," Angle: A Journal of Arts and Culture, Volume 2, Number 14, June.

"Best of the Midwest: What's New in American Painting?" Dialogue Magazine, May/June.

Hassebroek, Ashley, "Review: Bemis exhibit is a showcase of originality," The Omaha World-Herald, May 14.

Litt, Steven, "Show illustrates skills of art school's new faculty," The Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 16.

Radio Interview, "Around Noon with Dee Perry," WCPN, Cleveland, OH, April 9.

Hassebroek, Ashley, "Bemis to feature emerging artists," The Omaha World-Herald, March 25.

Black, Noel, "Punch packed: Spring shows at Sangre de Christo do it again," The Independent, March 18-24.

Logan, Casey, "NEXT: Good Point of Demarcation," The Omaha Reader, March 4-10.

Arnest, Mark, "Displacement is haunting theme of exhibits in Pueblo," The Gazette, February 20.

Sonnema, Roy, "Borderlands: Art exhibitions explore the boundaries of our world," The Pueblo Chieftain, February 19.

Macmillan, Kyle, "10+10, Bourgeois sculptures among state's best in 2003," The Denver Post, January 11.
2003 Baker, Sarah, "Big names converge on Bemis," The Omaha Reader, November 6-12.

Utter, Douglas Max, "Bonfoey Gallery's 110th Anniversary Exhibition," Angle: A Journal of Arts and Culture, Volume 1, Number 8, October.

Bracken-Sparks, Amy, "That old school try," The Cleveland Plain Dealer, September 5.

Freeman, Allen. "Rip Rap: Guilty as Charged," Landscape Architecture, Volume 93, Number 4, April.

Macmillan, Kyle, "An aerial view: Out of order, chaos," The Denver Post, February 26.

Macmillan, Kyle, "'Demise' of painting just a myth: Brushstrokes remain powerful piece of art, The Denver Post, February 9.

Chandler, Mary Voelz, "Growing concerns seen in art," Denver Rocky Mountain News, February 7.

Paglia, Michael, "Grooving to the oldies: Fascinating shows feature riffs on the golden age of modernism," Westword, January 30.
2002 Journal of the American Planning Association, Volume 68, Number 4, Autumn.
2001 New American Paintings, Number 36. Wellesley, MA: The Open Studios Press, November.

Chandler, Mary Voelz, "'Summer Time' well-seasoned," Denver Rocky Mountain News, August 17.

Macmillan, Kyle, "McKenzie leaves us with two exhibits; Young Boulder artist headed for Cleveland," The Denver Post, July 27.
2000 Gluckstern, J., "Artful Spaces," The Boulder Daily Camera, December 17.

Macmillan, Kyle, "Skillful compositions offer expressionist view of sprawl," The Denver Post, December 8.

Chandler, Mary Voelz, "Critic's Choice," Denver Rocky Mountain News, November 26.
1999 Young, Christopher, "5 artists bring 'dimensions' to Buckham," The Flint Journal, April 18.
1998 Cantu, John Carlos, "In Zoom's Rooms: New gallery opens doors to 3 artists' inner spaces," The Ann Arbor News, July 18.
1997 Herron, Jerry, "Repetition and Devotion: Three Recent Shows," Ground Up, April/May.

Kjolseth, Francisco, "Painting a Thesis," The Ann Arbor News, November 19.
 
TEACHING:
2005-2006 Associate Professor, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH.
2001-2005 Assistant Professor, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH.
1999-2001 Instructor, The University of Colorado at Denver, College of Arts and Media, Denver, CO.
  Instructor, Front Range Community College, Boulder and Longmont, CO.
1998 Adjunct Assistant Professor, The University of Michigan, School of Art and Design, Ann Arbor, MI.
  Instructor, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH.
  Instructor, Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI.
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