| EDUCATION: |
| 1998 |
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Master of Fine Arts degree in Painting.
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| 1993 |
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in Film Studies. Magna cum laude.
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| SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: |
| 2010 |
Land Use Survey, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY.
Objectophilia, Capsule, Denver, CO. Curator: Lauri Lynxxe Murphy
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| 2009 |
Jen Bekman Gallery, PULSE Art Fair, Miami, FL. Solo.
Jen Bekman Gallery, NEXT Art Fair, Chicago, IL. Solo.
Building Code, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY. Solo.
Mixed Tape, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY.
Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes, Yale School of Architecture, New Haven, CT. Curators: Andrew Blauvelt and Tracy Myers
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| 2008 |
Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN.
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
Infrastructure, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL.
My Yard, Our Message, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO.
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| 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.
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 2003 |
Survey, Carson/Masuoka Gallery, Denver, CO. Solo.
110th Anniversary Exhibition Bonfoey Gallery, Cleveland, OH.
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| 2002 |
Out of Place, The Cleveland Foundation, Cleveland, OH. Curator: Joanne Cohen
New American Landscape Painting, Walden Center, Aurora, OH.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 1998 |
One House, Robbins Center Gallery, University of Michigan. MFA Thesis Show. Solo.
Living Spaces, Zoom Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 2004 |
Second Place
National Young Painters Competition, Hiestand Galleries, Miami University, Oxford, OH
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| 2000 |
Best of Show
The House Form: A Universal Symbol, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA
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| 1999 |
Benefactor's Award
Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI
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| BIBLIOGRAPHY: |
| 2009 |
New American Paintings. Number 84. Wellesley, MA: The Open Studios Press, December.
Lukez, Paul, "Urban edges transformed," Time-Based Architecture International, Volume 6, June.
Orendorff, Danny, "Art for all at Chicago's fairs," ArtinAmericaMagazine.com, May 8.
http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-opinion/finer-things/2009-05-08/art-for-all-at-chicagos-fairs-/
Tidmarsh, David, "Suburbia seduces in Art & Architecture," Yale Daily News, March 3.
Hagberg, Eva, "Building Code's Sarah McKenzie speaks!" Edificial.com, March 3.
http://edificial.com/2009/03/building-codes-sarah-mckenzie.php
Wesseler, Sarah, "Building on canvas: Sarah McKenzie and the new American landscape," ArchDaily.com, February 25.
www.archdaily.com/15016/building-on-canvas-sarah-mckenzie-and-the-new-american-landscape/#more-15016
Stanley, Caroline, "Jen Bekman artist to watch: Sarah McKenzie," FlavorWire.com, January 20.
http://flavorwire.com/8341/jen-bekman-artist-to-watch-sarah-mckenzie
Arieff, Allison, "What will save the suburbs?" NYTimes.com, January 11.
http://arieff.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/what-will-save-the-suburbs/?emc=eta1
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| 2008 |
Riddle, Mason, "Worlds away: New suburban landscapes," Public Art Review, Fall/Winter.
O'Neill, Brian, "The suburbs as a museum piece," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 5.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08279/917575-155.stm
Lowry, Patricia, "Think you know the 'burbs'?" Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 2.
http://www.postgazette.com/pg/08276/916681-42.stm
Sherwin, Brian, "ArtSpace talk: Sarah McKenzie," MyArtSpace.com (arts blog), June 6.
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2008/06/art-space-talk-sarah-mckenzie.html
Johnson, Paddy, "In our masthead: Sarah McKenzie," ArtFagCity.com (arts blog), May 13.
http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/05/13/in-our-masthead-sarah-mckenzie/
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.
Dell'orto, Giovanna, "Minneapolis museum shows work on suburbs," ReadingEagle.com, February 24.
Dell'orto, Giovanna, "Last arts frontier: Walker exhibit explores, explodes suburbia myths," DailyIllini.com, February 15.
http://media.www.dailyillini.com/media/storage/paper736/news/2008/02/15/Diversions/Last-Arts.Frontier.Walker.Exhibit.Explores.Explodes.Suburbia.Myths-3212871.shtml
Bravo, Amber, "Suburban subversion," Dwell Magazine, December/January.
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| 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.
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| 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.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/24/arts/design/24burb.html?_r=1&scp=6&sq=sarah%20mckenzie&st=cse
Genocchio, Benjamin, "The Place We Call Home," The New York Times, February 12.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/12/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/12wesubu.html?scp=7&sq=sarah%20mckenzie&st=cse
Gouveia, Georgette, "Seeing suburban life through artists' eyes," The Westchester County, NY Journal News, January 22.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 2002 |
Journal of the American Planning Association, Volume 68, Number 4, Autumn.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 1999 |
Young, Christopher, "5 artists bring 'dimensions' to Buckham," The Flint Journal, April 18.
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| 1998 |
Cantu, John Carlos, "In Zoom's Rooms: New gallery opens doors to 3 artists' inner spaces," The Ann Arbor News, July 18.
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| 1997 |
Herron, Jerry, "Repetition and Devotion: Three Recent Shows," Ground Up, April/May.
Kjolseth, Francisco, "Painting a Thesis," The Ann Arbor News, November 19.
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| TEACHING: |
| 2005-2006 |
Associate Professor, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH.
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| 2001-2005 |
Assistant Professor, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH.
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| 1999-2001 |
Instructor, The University of Colorado at Denver, College of Arts and Media, Denver, CO.
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Instructor, Front Range Community College, Boulder and Longmont, CO.
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| 1998 |
Adjunct Assistant Professor, The University of Michigan, School of Art and Design, Ann Arbor, MI.
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Instructor, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH.
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Instructor, Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI.
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