| expectation 05 ash, mdf, paint
2007 28" x 57" x 2" expectation 04 ash, mdf, aluminum
2007 76" x 10" x 8" expectation 03 mdf, paint
2006 37" x 16" x 17" expectation 02 mdf, paint
2006 36" x 48" x 19" expectation 01 plywood, steel
2005 84" x 60" x 12" lifestyle coffee table plywood, wallpaper magazine
2005 18" x 45"x 19" wall light bent plywood, paint
2005 20" x 37" x 10" units plywood, consumer products
2004 various sizes |
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I am neither an artist nor a designer, I work as both. I dedicated 7 years of my life getting a bfa in sculpture and a mfa in 3d design. I have an appreciation and love for both disciplines and feel that one can not survive without the other. The work I do lies adjacent to design and at the same time in opposition to it. My work challenges the user and makes them question their expectations of something they are familiar with. Through the constant denial of sensible utility I hope to uncover the way furniture communicates. My work is derived from domestic home furniture typologies that are then filtered through the aesthetic and a formal sensibility of minimalism. The pieces, scale, composition, form, color, positioning in a space, and relationship to the body provoke a sense of familiarity. I allow for signifiers of use, such as a door, shelf, or a drawer, with these elements becoming just enough information for the viewer/user to relate to. By finding a middle ground between art and design, I am not elevating art or design, but regaining control of my own work one object at a time. Sara now lives in Portland, Oregon and has started a design studio with John Paananen.
resume [pdf]
resume [pdf]
exhibitions
2007
daimler chrysler one-year loan international office
"inspired by cologne" 2007 cologne furniture fair cologne, germany
2005-06
"light show" forum gallery bloomfield hills, mi
2004
"seven seconds until departure" chidlaw gallery cincinnati, oh
"massive" ss nova gallery cincinnati, oh
2003
"works in print" vernon manor gallery cincinnati, oh
2002-01
"juried exhibition" chidlaw gallery cincinnati, oh
publications
2008
readymade magazine featured "expectation 02"
2007
abitare magazine featured "expectation 02"
designboom.com featured "expectation 02"
detroitarts.blogspot.com featured "expectation 02"
2006
core77.com featured "lifestyle magazine table"
apartmenttherapy.com featured "lifestyle magazine table"
trendease.com featured "expectation 02"
artist.org.cn featured full portfolio
yankodesign.com featured "lifestyle magazine table"
2003
"getting organized" design cincinnati, pg. 14, january/february 2005
2001
"massive:luminosity" SS nova publication, cincinnati, oh
2007
daimler chrysler one-year loan international office
"inspired by cologne" 2007 cologne furniture fair cologne, germany
2005-06
"light show" forum gallery bloomfield hills, mi
2004
"seven seconds until departure" chidlaw gallery cincinnati, oh
"massive" ss nova gallery cincinnati, oh
2003
"works in print" vernon manor gallery cincinnati, oh
2002-01
"juried exhibition" chidlaw gallery cincinnati, oh
publications
2008
readymade magazine featured "expectation 02"
2007
abitare magazine featured "expectation 02"
designboom.com featured "expectation 02"
detroitarts.blogspot.com featured "expectation 02"
2006
core77.com featured "lifestyle magazine table"
apartmenttherapy.com featured "lifestyle magazine table"
trendease.com featured "expectation 02"
artist.org.cn featured full portfolio
yankodesign.com featured "lifestyle magazine table"
2003
"getting organized" design cincinnati, pg. 14, january/february 2005
2001
"massive:luminosity" SS nova publication, cincinnati, oh