SARA L. PRESS
Photographer, Printmaker, Book Artist
EDUCATION
M.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute, Photography and Printmaking, 2006
B.A., magna cum laude, Department of Comparative Religion, Columbia University, NY, 1997
AWARDS AND HONORS
Semi-Finalist, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Artist’s Book Prize, 2022
Kala Art Institute Fellowship, 2019-2020
Sustainable Arts Foundation, Visual Arts Award, Fall 2012
Anne Bremer Memorial Library 22nd annual Artists’ Book Prize, 2005
Departmental Honors, Columbia University, 1997
Taraknath Das Foundation Prize for Excellence in Asian Studies, 1997
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Amherst College, Frost Library Archives and Special Collections, Amherst, MA
Bancroft Library Special Collections, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Baylor University, Moody Memorial Library, Special Collections, Waco, TX
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, W. Van Alan Clark Jr. Library. Boston, MA
Bibliotheca Librorum apud Artificem, Sidney, Australia
Colorado College, Tutt Special Collections, Colorado Springs, CO
Columbia University, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New York, NY
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Library, Artists’ Book Collection, Washington, D.C.
Emory University, Woodruff Library, Special Collections, Atlanta, GA
Free Library of Philadelphia, PA
Harvard University, Houghton Rare Books Library, Cambridge, MA
Indiana University, Lilly Library, Bloomington IN
Johns Hopkins University Special Collections, Baltimore, MD
Kohler Art Library, Madison, WI
Library of Congress, Rare Books and Special Collections Division, Washington D.C.
The Library of the History of Human Imagination, Ridgefield, CT
Louisiana State University, Special Collections, Baton Rouge, LA
Minneapolis College of Art & Design
National Museum of Animals and Society, Los Angeles, CA
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.
New York Public Library 42nd Street, The Spencer Collection, New York, NY
New York University, Fales Library and Special Collections, New York, NY
Oberlin College, Art Library, Special Collections, Oberlin, OH
Pennsylvania State University Libraries
Rhode Island School of Design, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Providence, RI
Rollins College, Olin Library, Artist Book Collection, Winter Park, FL
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Research Library, San Francisco, CA
Santa Clara University, Archives and Special Collections, Santa Clara, CA
Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
Scripps College, Denison Library, Rare Book Room, Claremont, CA
Smith College, Mortimer Rare Book Room, Neilson Library, Northampton, MA
Smithsonian American Art Museum/National Portrait Gallery Library, Washington, D.C.
Stanford University Libraries, Special Collections, Stanford, CA
Temple University, Charles Library, Philadelphia PA
Trinity College, Watkinson Library, Special Collections, Hartford, CT
University of California Berkeley, Bancroft Library Special Collections, Berkeley CA
University of Colorado, Special Collections. Boulder, CO
University of Cincinnati, Langsam Library, OH
University of Denver, Penrose Library, Rare Book Room, Denver, CO
University of Miami, Special Collections
University of North Carolina, Jackson Library, Special Collections, Greensboro, NC
University of South Carolina, Cooper Library, Special Collections, Columbia, SC
University of Virginia, Shirley and Albert Smalls Special Collections, Charlottesville, VA
Virginia Commonwealth University, Special Collections and Archives, Richmond, VA
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Washington University in St. Louis, MO
Yale University Library, Art of the Book Collection, New Haven, CT
EXHIBITIONS (solo shows marked with *)
2024 Critical Reading: Book Arts in Dialogue with the Collection, Rollins Museum of Art, Winter Park, FL
2023 BravinLee Programs, Artist Book Week, New York, NY
2022 Artists’ Annual Exhibition, Kala Gallery, Berkeley, CA
PULP: Book and Paper Arts, Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
MCBA Prize Exhibition, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2021 Finding Common Ground: Sowing the Seeds of Community and Collaboration, San Francisco Center for the Book, CA
Pandemonium, Abecedarian Artist’s Books, Denver, CO
2020 Artists’ Annual Exhibition, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
Book & Zine Fair, SF Camerawork (juried/virtual)
Residency Projects in Flux, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2019 Artists’ Annual Exhibition, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2018 Make Your Mark, Marin MOCA, Novato, CA
Bibliophoria V, Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
2016 What is, Was, Epperson Gallery, Crockett, CA
The Art of the Book, Center for the Arts, Sebastopol CA
2015 Artists Books from the Baylor Book Arts Collection, Crouch Fine Arts Library, Waco, TX
The Artist’s Book Showcase, a digital exhibition curated by MARBL, Emory University
2013 CONTEXT Miami, with the Seager Gray Gallery, Miami, FL
Good Eye Open, Good Eye Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Narrative Threads, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO
Crossbreeds: Hybrids of Book Art and Science, Cabell Library, Richmond, VA
2012 *Storied Books, Garage Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Art of the Book: 7th Annual Exhibition, at Seager Gray Gallery, San Rafael, CA
Third Annual Artist Book Show, at Illahe Gallery, Ashland, OR
2011 Selected Artists’ Books from the Corcoran Library, the Corcoran Gallery, D.C.
The Art of the Book: 6th Annual Exhibition, at Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA
2009 *A Grist of Bees, A Clutch of Snakes, Garage Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 *The Pit and the Pendulum, Echo Curio, Los Angeles, CA
Group Show II, Garage Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Vernissage, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
Photo Books Now, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
The Art of the Book: Treasures from the Bay Area, CFA Gallery, San Anselmo, CA
Expectation, Ma Tante Sumi, San Francisco, CA
2005 Summertime, Robin Rice Gallery, Manhattan, NY
Persona, Madrone, San Francisco, CA
Exhibition: Unique Artist Books, Arion Press, San Francisco
Artist’s Books: The Book as a Medium, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004 *Kin, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
New Nature(s): Bioengineering Art, Swissnex Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Gene Carnival, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 *City Of The Sun, Goga, Brooklyn, NY
Urbanites, Stackhouse Gallery, Manhattan, NY
2002 *Walls Of Beasts, Art Fiend Foundation, Manhattan, NY
2001 *Soulstice, Art Fiend Foundation, Manhattan, NY
*Fire In The Water: Soul First, Spa, Manhattan, NY
Sol Fecit, The Cave, Brooklyn, NY
2000 *The Parlour, Ludlow Gallery, Manhattan, NY
1999 *Anima Mundi, Installation at Life, Manhattan, NY
Ceremonial Landscapes, Abrons Arts Center, Manhattan, NY
Creative Time In The Anchorage: Exposing Meaning In Fashion Through Presentation, Brooklyn Anchorage, NY
1998 *The Sensitive And Vegetable Souls, Downtown Arts Festival, Manhattan, NY
All Women Photography Show, Alleged Gallery, Manhattan. NY
Somakatoligon, Federal Reserve Bank Gallery, Boston Visionary Cell, Boston, MA
First Annual American Avant-Guardian Collection, curated by Surface Magazine
1997 *Humankind: Photographs by Sara Press, at SATV Gallery, Salem, MA
1996 *Les Bleu Des Fonds, La Maison Francaise of Columbia University, Manhattan, NY
SELECTED CLIENT LIST (Photography)
Commercial Clients: Abacus Wealth Partners, Aveda, Atlantic Records, Bloomingdales, Bruce, Compass Bank, Composer’s Recordings Inc., County of Sonoma, Drag City, Game Records, MARGINS, Moon Canyon Design, New York Fashion International, Phoenix Media Capital, Pilates Collective, Q Records/ QVC, Run Collections, ShopKeep, Sightlife, Vosges Chocolates
Editorial Clients: Antenna, ATA World, Avalon Publishing, Chicago Magazine, Choral Director, Details, Dime, Dune, Dutch, Elle, Elemental, Elegance (Netherlands), FAT, Feed, Fiend, Financial Times FD Persoonlijk Magazine (Netherlands), 5Boroughs, Geo, Heeb, HR Magazine, Jane, Mass Appeal, MMR, Neurology Now, New Beginnings, New York Times Sunday Style, Notre Dame University, Paper Mag, Planet, Poz, Shutterbug, Signal to Noise, Sound Collector, Studio Voice, *Surface, Thunder’s Mouth Press, Top, The Wire, XXL, Zeek