Sarah Cain

BIOGRAPHY

Born 1979 in Albany, NY
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

EDUCATION

2006

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture

Master of Fine Art, University of California at Berkeley

2001

Bachelor of Fine Art, The San Francisco Art Institute

SELECTED AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

2007

The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant

2006

SECA Art Award, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009

MIDNIGHT MISSION, off-site installation for the California Biennial, Five Thirty Three Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Double Future, Seiler + Mosseri-Marlio Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland

YOU AURORA BOREALIS ME, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY

As if only as atmosphere, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA

2006

I Believe We Are Believers, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA

2005

A River of If's, Queens Nails Annex, San Francisco, CA

2004

The Tree Outside, San Francisco Art Commission, San Francisco, CA

2003

Epigram on being alone: A golden willow hits you on the head, Lucky Tackle Gallery, Oakland, CA

2001

elephant juice/i love you, The LAB Annex, San Francisco, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011

Collaborations Between Two Schools of Cool, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA

2010

little by little, CTRL Gallery, Houston, TX

Quartet, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY

2008

2008 California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA

Raw Boundaries, KN Gallery, Chicago, IL

Landscapes for Frankenstein, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY

Six From L.A., Seiler + Mosseri-Marlio Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland

2007

In the Fullness of Time: celebrating 20 years public projects, The Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Two Things at the Same Time, Peak Gallery, Toronto, Canada

Like color in pictures, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO

SECA Art Award exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA

2006

A Century of Collage, 25th Anniversary Show, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR

Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea

The Flaming Sword of Truth, MFA Exhibition, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA

2005

The Sleight of Hand: The Artist's Touch, Lincart, San Francisco, CA, guest curated by Robin Wright Murphy & Cadogan Fellowship Award Show, San Francisco Art Commission, San Francisco, CA
Book of Small, Open Space, Vancouver, BC
Bay Area Bazaar, Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR
Simple Hearts, AF Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden
Space is the Place, The Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA

2004

Blue in Green, Herons Head Park, San Francisco, CA

2003

Makeshift World, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Place-specific Works, 21 Grand, Oakland, CA
Group Show, The Sickle, Providence, RI
What we saw when we got there, The Lab, San Francisco, CA

2002

Brilliant Pebbles, Kunst PLUS, Düsseldorf, Germany
Fly Away, The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA

2001

REFERENCE CHECK number one, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA
Group Show, The Smell, Los Angeles, CA

2000

short cuts, The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA
SF Drawing Show, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA
Hand to Mouth, Blue Books, San Francisco, CA

1999

Contemporary Drawing Show, Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY
SF Drawing Show, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA
Hand to Mouth, Blue Books, San Francisco, CA

Selected Bibliography