Sarah Fuhrman
Born 1990, Troy, New York
Education
2015
• MFA, Purchase School of Art & Design, Purchase, New York
2013
• SUNY Albany, Bachelors in Arts & Sciences, Albany, New York
2009
• New England School of Art & Design—BFA Foundation Level Courses
Boston, Massachusetts
2008
• Emma Willard College Preporatory Highschool, Troy, New York
2006 & 2007
• Summer Six Program, Advanced College Credits in the Visual Arts, Skidmore College,Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Solo Exhibitions
2017
• Complex Possessed, First Solo Show, Slag Gallery, 56 Bogart Street, Bushwick, NY
Group & Two-Person Exhibitions
2019
• Falling Through N’ Going After: Surreal & Grotesque in Feminist Art, One Eyed Studios, Ridgewood, Queens, curated by Izabela Gola
2018
• The Childlike Life: New Works by Chris Dacs & Sarah Fuhrman, Slag Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY
• Monsters & Flowers, organized by Trans-cen-der Art Group at Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn, NY
2017
• Debtfair (participating artist), a project of Occupy Museums, Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York.
• Post-Election Show, co-organized by Kristen Dodge & Kate Gilmore, September Gallery, Hudson, New York
2016
• Bloom: An Art Auction to Benefit Homeless & Orphaned Youth from Around the World, Slag Gallery, Bushwick, N.Y.
• Greenpoint Gallery Two Person Show: Sarah Fuhrman & Louis Wateridge, Greenpoint, N.Y.
• Greenpoint Galleries Open Call Juried Salon Benefit Show (see Awards), Greenpoint, N.Y.
• Greenwich Art’s Society Juried Open Call, Greenwich, Connecticut
• Mohawk Hudson Juried Regional Group Exhibition, Albany, N.Y.
2015
• All Cats are Gray in the Dark, MFA Thesis Show, Momenta Gallery, Bushwick, N.Y.
• Select Art Fair with Füchs Project Space, Chelsea, N.Y.
• World Dominions & Tributaries, Google Headquarters, Chelsea, N.Y.
• El Epecial with Füchs Project Space, Brooklyn, N.Y.
• Upcoming Exhibitions Group Show, Slag Gallery, Williamsburg, N.Y.
2014
• Heir World According To…, MFA works by Sarah Fuhrman, Gallery 1019A, SUNY Purchase
• Suspension Point MFA Exhibition, Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery, Purchase, N.Y.
2013
• In Real Life MFA Exhibition, Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery, Purchase, N.Y.
2012
• Mohawk Hudson Regional Group Exhibition curated by Nato Thompson, SUNY Albany Museum, Albany, N.Y.
• Next Phase Art Exhibition. Collar Works Gallery, Troy, N.Y.
2011
• First Friday Exhibitions, Albany, N.Y.
2006
• Capitol District Juried Regional High School Art Exhibition, Best In Show, Albany, N.Y.
Bibliography
2017
• ArtNet News listed my first solo show, “Complex Possessed as #6 in Editors’ Pick: 9 Things to See in New York This Week”. Written by Sarah Cascone & Caroline Goldstein
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/editors-picks-july-3-1001216
• Profile in Alternative Canvas Magazine, “Pop Princess: Sarah Fuhrman”. Written by Seth Oelbaum.
https://issuu.com/alternativecanvasmagazine/docs/october_edition/14
• Highlighted on Two Coats of Paint Selected Gallery Guide, July 2017
http://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2017/07/16446.html
Teaching
2015
• Adjunct Professor, Introductory Drawing, fall & spring semesters, SUNY Purchase College of Art & Design, Purchase, N.Y.
2014
• Adjunct Professor, Introductory Drawing, SUNY Purchase College of Art &
Design, Purchase, N.Y.
• Teaching Assistant for Sharon Horvath’s Course entitled Travels, Imaginary & Otherwise, SUNY Purchase, Purchase, N.Y.
2013
• Adjunct Professor, Introductory Drawing, SUNY Purchase College of Art &
Design, Purchase, N.Y.
• Teaching Assistant for Noah Breuer’s Extended media course in Introductory Printmaking methods, SUNY Purchase, Purchase, N.Y.
Awards & Grants
2017
• Ora Lerman Charitable Trust funded residence and grant to attend Soaring Gardens Retreat, Laceyville, PA
2016
• Best in Show at Greenpoint Galleries’ Open Call Juried Salon, Greenpoint, N.Y.
• Azule Scholarship, Hot Springs, NC
• Ora Lerman Charitable Trust funded residence at Soaring Gardens Retreat, Laceyville, PA
2013, 2014, 2015
• Annual Scholarship for Outstanding Academic Success, SUNY Purchase, Purchase, N.Y.
2013
• Scholarship Candidate to post. bac at MICA, Baltimore, MD.
• Interviewee for RISD MFA program, 1 of 30 MFA candidates chosen, Providence, RI
2011
• Kulakoff Award— Graduating Distinguished Fine Art Award, SUNY Albany. Albany, N.Y.
2008
• Rhode Island School of Design Book Award— One award/year granted to the most distinguished Artist of the class, Emma Willard School, Troy, N.Y.
• Baxter Award— One award/year granted to graduating class member who has exhibited the most growth in her time at Emma Willard School upon completion of degree, Emma Willard School, Troy, N.Y.
2006
• Best In Show, Juried Art Competition, Albany, N.Y.
Residencies
2019
• Arts, Letters & Numbers Residency, Averill Park, New York
2017
• Soaring Gardens Artist Retreat, Ora Lerman Charitable Trust, Laceyville, PA
2016
• Vermont Studio Center Artist in Residence, Johnson, VT
• Soaring Gardens Artist Retreat, Ora Lerman Charitable Trust, Laceyville, PA
• Azule Residency, Hot Springs, NC