Sara Press Artist’s Resume sarapress@gmail.com www.DeeplyGame.com (917) 523-4848
Education/Awards
2006		M.F.A., Photography and Printmaking, San Francisco Art Institute.
2005		Anne Bremer Memorial Library 22nd annual Artists’ Book Contest Prize, SFAI.
1997		B.A. in Comparative Religion, magna cum laude. Columbia University, New York City. Departmental Honors for undergraduate thesis.
		Taraknath Das Foundation Prize for Excellence in Asian Studies, Columbia University.
Collections
		Boston Museum of Fine Arts, W. Van Alan Clark Jr. Library. Chazen Museum, Kohler Art Library, University of Wisconsin, Madison. The Corcoran Gallery of Art; Corcoran Library, Artists’ Book Collection. Fales Library and Special Collections at New York University. Frost Library, Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College. Houghton Rare Book Library, Harvard University. Jackson Library, UNCG, Rare Books Collection. Library of Congress, Rare Books and Special Collections Division. Louisiana State University, Special Collections, Baton Rouge. Mortimer Rare Book Room at the Neilson Library, Smith College. Scripps College, Denison Library, Rare Book Room. Stanford University, Special Collections. The Spencer Collection, New York Public Library, 42nd Street. VCU, James Branch Cabell Library Special Collections and Archives. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. The Watkinson Library, Special Collections, Trinity College. Yale University Library, Art of the Book Collection.
Solo Shows
2009		A Grist of Bees, A Clutch of Snakes. The Garage Gallery, Los Angeles
2008		The Pit and the Pendulum. Echo Curio, Los Angeles.
2004		Kin. Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco.
2003		City Of The Sun. Goga, Brooklyn.
2002		Walls Of Beasts. Art Fiend Foundation, Manhattan.
2001		Soulstice. Art Fiend Foundation, Manhattan.
		Fire In The Water: Soul First. Spa, Manhattan.
2000		The Parlour. Ludlow Gallery, Manhattan.
1999		Anima Mundi. Installation at Life, NYC.
1998		The Sensitive And Vegetable Souls: A Photographic Performance and Installation at the Downtown Arts Festival, Soho, NYC.
1997		Humankind: Photographs By Sara Press at SATV Gallery, Salem, MA.
		Les Bleu Des Fonds, at La Maison Francaise of Columbia University.
Selected Group Shows
2011		The Art of the Book: 6th Annual Exhibition, at Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA.
2008		Group Show II, Garage Gallery, Los Angeles.
2005		Persona, Madrone, San Francisco.
		Summertime, Robin Rice Gallery, Manhattan.
2004		New Nature(s): Bioengineering Art. Swissnex Gallery, San Francisco.
2003		Urbanites. At Stackhouse Gallery, Soho, Manhattan.
2002		The Nature Of Reality. Installation at Spa with the Magic Propaganda Mill, Manhattan.
2001		Sol Fecit. Installation at the Cave, Brooklyn.
1999		Ceremonial Landscapes: Pageantry On The Lower East Side. Abrons Arts Center, Manhattan.
		Creative Time In The Anchorage: Exposing Meaning In Fashion Through Presentaton, at the Brooklyn Anchorage.
1998		Somakatoligon, at the Federal Reserve Bank Gallery, with the Boston Visionary Cell.
		First Annual American Avant-Guardian Collection. National touring exhibition curated by Surface Magazine.
		All Women Photography Show. Alleged Gallery, Manhattan. Curated by Susan Cianciolo