Born in 1981, Pasadena, CA. Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
EDUCATION
2011
MFA University of California, Los Angeles, CA
2007
BFA Illustration, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
2003
BA summa cum laude, Mathematics and Studio Art (Dual), Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
To Hold a Thing, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022
Rainbow Clearance and Other Paintings, The Third Line, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Midnight Canopy, Blossom Market, Los Angeles, CA
2021
Tender Observer, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Double Field, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015
Gate Paintings, Diane Rosenstein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2013
The Women, Diane Rosenstein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012
Transference and Speculation, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
2011
Instruments of Culture, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Afterglow, curated by Night Gallery, Acquavella, Palm Beach, FL
Wild, curated by Kathy Huang, Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Manila, Philippines
2023
Hot Glue, curated by Night Gallery, NADA East Broadway, New York, NY
2022
PRJCTLA, curated by Carl Berg, Los Angeles, CA
Painting: New Approaches, Chan Gallery, Pomona College, Pomona, CA
2021
No Mask is Wholly a Mask, LA Louver, Los Angeles, CA
Magic Dance, LA Louver, Venice, CA
Return of the Dragons, Blossom Market (curated by Jasmine Little and Roger Herman), Los Angeles, CA
2020
45 at 45, LA Louver, Venice, CA
Majeure Force, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
LA in Bloom, Werkartz, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Dreamhouse Vs. Punk House (Plus Cat house), Serious Topics, Los Angeles, CA
Making Light, Barely Fair hosted by Julius Caesar (with Serious Topics), Chicago, IL
2018
Evolver, LA Louver, Venice, CA
2017
Nude, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Wrong (curated by HK Zamani), POST, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Beyond the Gaze: Women Painting Women, Garis & Hahn, New York, NY
In the Footsteps of the Masters, Dryansky Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Obversations, Long Beach City College Art Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2015
Angels With Dirty Faces, Hilger Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
At First You Don’t Succeed, CCS Gallery, UC Santa Barbara, CA
2014
Sargent’s Daughters, Sargent’s Daughters, New York, NY
Are Friends Electric, Act I (curated by Manual History Machines), Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Are Friends Electric, Act II (curated by Manual History Machines), Peggy Phelps and East Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2013
Rogue Wave ’13 (15 Artists From Los Angeles), L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA
First Anniversary Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture and Photographs, Diane Rosenstein Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
Paradox Maintenance Technicians, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2012
Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant Recipients, CUE Art Foundation, New York,
Alpaca: Figure, Form, Abstraction, A Travelling Group Exhibition, BB Galerie, Berlin, Germany; 1k Projects Space, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Rhizome Galerie, Paris, France
Ground Control, 5790projects, Los Angeles, CA
Seven Young LA Painters I Like, George Lawson Gallery, Culver City, CA
2010
Liberty Control, RAiR at Duende Studios, Rotterdam, Netherlands
New Insight, Art Chicago/NEXT, Chicago, IL
2009
MFA Now (curated by Adam Rogers and Judy Chicago), Praxis International, Miami, FL
GRANTS & RESIDENCIES
2011
Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant , New York, NY
2010
Residency, Stitching Kaus Australis, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2008
MFA NOW International Painting Competition Award winner
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
The Britely, West Hollywood, CA
Hotel Figueroa, Los Angeles, CA
Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2024
Arun Kakar, “9 Collectors on the Artists, Shows, and Trends to Watch in 2024,” Artsy, January 12
2023
Yalda Bidshahri, “Figures of Intent,” Canvas Magazine, January 24
2022
Rawaa Talass, "US Levantine artist Sarah Awad: 'What's exciting about painting is the sense of the unknown,'" Arab News, December 1
2020
Jordan Riefe, “Looking to the Future: L.A. Louver Celebrates 45 Years with 45 of Modern Art's Most Vibrant Artists:, KCET, October 27
Eve Wood, Excellence and Thrilling Abundance in LA Louver’s “45 at 45,” Riot Material, November 5
2017
“Gynaeceum: In Conversation with Contemporary Artist Sarah Awad", Scala Regia, Issue 3, pp 138
2015
Grant Johnson, “Reviews in Brief,” Modern Painters, December 2015 Issue, pp 109 Evan Moffit, "Exhibition Review,” Art in America, November Issue
Maxwell Williams, "Sarah Awad Locks Us Out and Lets Us In with her Lush Gate Paintings,” Artsy Editorial, October 6
Eve Wood, “Pick of the Week,” Artillery, September 17
Andy Brummer, "Sarah Awad: Gate Paintings,” ArtScene, September
2014
“State of the Art: Q & A with Anthony Barzilay Freund and Mallory Evans,” Luxe Magazine, Spring Issue, pp. 15
Eve Wood, “Review Sarah Awad: The Women,” Art Ltd, January/February issue Jason Ramos, “Literally Figurative: Sarah Awad,” New American Paintings Blog, February 26
Harper’s Magazine, Readings Section, October Issue
2013
David Pagel, “Nude Women but with Attitude,” Los Angeles Times, October 30
Catlin Moore and Matthew Gardocki, “Emergent Presence, Fresh Faces in Art: 8 LA Artists You Should Know,” Fabrik Magazine, Issue 22
Christopher Pate, “L.A. in the Summer”, Installation Magazine, August Issue
Catlin Moore, “Rogue Wave 2013 at L.A. Louver,” Daily Serving, August 15
David Pagel, “Art Review: Rogue Wave is at L.A. Louver is a micro-biennial at its best,” Los Angeles Times, August 2
2012
Erin Langer, “Unsolved Collections: The Paintings of Sarah Awad’s Transference and Speculation,” New American Paintings Blog, November 30
Leah Ollman, “Art Review: Seven Young Los Angeles Painters I like at George Lawson,” Los Angeles Times, March 1
2011
Steven Zevitas, “12 Must See Painting Shows in the U.S.: September,” Huffington Post Arts & Culture online, September 11
Erin Langer, “The Atmosphere of Painted Spaces: Sarah Awad and Storm Tharp,” New American Paintings Blog, September 9