Sarah Palmer | Artist Resume/Curriculum Vitae
b. 1977, San Francisco, CA
lives in Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
MFA 2008 Photography, Video and Related Media | School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
BA 1999 English/Italian | Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Received Distinction on Thesis, On Ruin and Resurrection in H.D.'s Trilogy
GRANTS/AWARDS/HONORS
2010 Finalist, Review Santa Fe, 2010
2009 Finalist, Descubrimientos PHE09, PhotoEspana
2008 Finalist, The Photo Review Competition | Juror, Julie Saul
2007 Recipient, Aaron Siskind Foundation Scholarship
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT/PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Full-time Faculty - Photography, School of Art, Media, and Technology, Parsons the New School for Design, New York, NY, 2010 - present
Treasurer, Board of Directors, Rooftop Films, Brooklyn, NY, 2006 - present
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
As A Real House | Wild Project, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
Center for Photography at Woodstock Benefit Preview Exhibition | Dumbo Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY and Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY
Sunny Side Up | Harbour Arm Gallery, Margate Photo Festival, Margate, UK presented by Wandering Bears
5 for 5 on 5 | Like the Spice Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Continuity of Chaos | Foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands presented by Capricious and curated by Sophie Mörner
New York Did It to Me | Smack Mellon Gallery, New York Photo Festival, Brooklyn, NY presented by Capricious and curated by Sophie Mörner
Love is a River | Estuary Gallery, Beacon, NY
You Make Me Warm | Like the Spice Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010
G/IRL - Women Photographers Emerging in Digital Culture | G/IRL Pop Up Gallery, New York, NY
Persistence of Vision III: Amplified Photographies | BADCAT Mobile, New York, NY
Time in Hand at New Living Art exhibition | SuperMassiveBlackHole at Irish Museum of Contemporary Art, Dublin, Ireland
Photography NOW 2010: Either/And, Part I: The New Skew | Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY | Curated by Lesley A. Martin
Looking Out/Seeing In | South Oxford Space, Brooklyn, NY
31 Women in Art Photography | Humble Arts Foundation at Affirmation Arts, New York, NY | Curated by Charlotte Cotton and Jon Feinstein
2009
Miles from Home | The Garden Artspace, Rhinebeck, NY
Descubrimientos PHE 2009 | Complejo El Águila, Madrid, Spain
(super)natural, New York Photo Festival Satellite Exhibition | Tobacco Warehouse, Brooklyn, NY
2008
Surrounded by America | Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY | Curated by Bonnie Yochelson
Unraveling Identities | Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
2007
In the Midst | Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
COLLECTIONS
Foam_fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
AUCTIONS/BENEFITS
2011
33rd Annual Benefit Auction | Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY
Red Dot Relief | Benefit Auction for Japan, New York, NY & Tokyo
Of Gods and Monsters | curated auction presented by Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY | Curated by Andrew Mroczek
2009
2nd Emerging Artists Auction | presented by Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY
PUBLISHED WRITING
Foam: What's Next? A Search into the Future of Photography, "Sarah Palmer Says..." June 2011
Metropolis Magazine, "Through A New Lens," Portfolio: James Welling, June 2011
Rooftop Films Program Guide, 2009, 2010, 2011
Metropolis POV, "Burbs from Above," January 2010
Metropolis POV, "Bookshelf: Not Your Typical Landscape Photography," December 2009
Metropolis POV, "Three European Photographers to Watch," May 2009
Metropolis Magazine, "The Art of Collaboration," April 2009
A Companion Guide to Rooftop Films, Founder and Editor, issues #1, 2, 3, 2005 - 2007
SELECTED ONLINE EXHIBITIONS & PUBLICATIONS
Women in Photography, January 2012
Dream The End, "Edition 2: Out of This World," November 2011
7000 Words, September 2011
Foam: What's Next? A Search into the Future of Photography, "Luke Gilford and Sarah Palmer," June 2011
Culturehall, "New Artists Feature, Spring 2011," Feature Issue 70, June 15-28, 2011
i heart photograph, May 16, 2011
Two For The Road, April 2011
Flak Photo, Featured Photographer, co-presented with CENTER, June 2010
Daily Candy "Femme Photography," online exhibition, curated by Women in Photography, April 2010
SRO Photo Gallery, "Artist Spotlight," March 2010
SuperMassiveBlackHole, Issue #3, December 2009
Humble Arts Foundation, "Group Show No. 22," April 2008
SELECTED ONLINE BIBLIOGRAPHY, REVIEWS & PRESS
ARTINFO.com, "A Look at Five Arresting Images From New York Photo Fest," May 17, 2011
Brooklyn Based, "The Secret Guidebook," October 14, 2010
Le Figaro Madame, "31 Femmes Photographes," March 2010
Eye to Eye, "31 Women in Art Photography: A Review," March 2010
The Photography Post, "Humble Arts' 31 Women Post-Game," March 2010
FlavorWire, "Exclusive: 31 Women in Art Photography," March 2010
The Photography Post, "Question of the Day: What's Your Standout Image from 2009," February 2010
SELECTED PRINT PUBLICATIONS & PRESS
Foam Album 11, Foam Amsterdam, 2011
33rd Annual Benefit Auction Catalogue, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Fall 2011
Capricious Presents: Continuity of Chaos, Foam Amsterdam, Summer 2011
Descubrimientos PHE09 Catalogue, PhotoEspaña, Spring 2009
(super)natural Exhibition Catalogue, LUCI, Spring 2009
The Photo Review, 2008 Competition Issue, Spring 2009
The Collectors Guide to Emerging Art Photography, Humble Arts Foundation, Spring 2009
Visual Arts Journal, Featured Artist, Off the Wall: Surrounded by America, Fall 2008
Proof magazine, Featured MFA Photo, Video and Related Media Artist, 2008
SELECTED EDITORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Brooklyn Diary, Lines & Shapes Books, Brooklyn, NY 2010
Metropolis Magazine, Various issues, New York, NY 2008 - 2010
The Big Picture Magazine, "Higher Ground," July/August 2009
Rooftop Films Program Guide, Rooftop Films, Brooklyn, NY 2008, 2009
Rooftop Films photographs also published in RES Magazine, The Independent Magazine, Time Magazine, The New York Times, The New York Daily News, New York Newsday, and Brooklyn: New Style (Booth-Cliborn Editions, 2004), among others.