Sarah Hauser
Sarah Hauser · Source: New York Artists Circle · Rights retained by the original rights holders
- Medium
- Acrylic Paint, Clay, Gouache, Ink, Paper, Pencil/Colored Pencil
- Practice
- Drawing, Mixed Media, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, Wearable Art
Sarah Hauser was born in San Francisco, and has lived in New York since 1979. She works in a variety of media including drawing, printmaking, sculpture, sumi-e ink painting and mixed media. She has exhibited in the U.S… Full biography
Biography
Sarah Hauser was born in San Francisco, and has lived in New York since 1979. She works in a variety of media including drawing, printmaking, sculpture, sumi-e ink painting and mixed media. She has exhibited in the U.S. and abroad, and her work is included in the collections of Woodward Gallery, Malloy Family Foundation, RM Fine Arts (London), NY Public Library, NY Historical Society, Spencer Museum, Iowa Biennial Print Exhibition, Portland Art Museum, and KIWA collection (Japan).
She studied drawing at the Art Students League and Spring Studio; sumi-e painting with Sensei Koho Yamamoto, Sung-Sook Setton and Gan Yu; gilding with Bill Gauthier; and drawing, painting, printmaking and papermaking at Cooper Union, Manhattan Graphics, the Lower East Side Printshop and Dieu Donne Papermill. Her exhibitions have included Woodward Gallery (NYC), International Print Center of New York, Barrett House, Noho Gallery (NYC), Pen and Brush Gallery (NYC), Purdue University, Woman Made Gallery, Hiram Blauvelt Museum, Target Gallery at Torpedo Factory Art Center, Washington Printmakers Gallery, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts (California), Nommo Gallery in Kampala, and KIWA Exhibition and Tour in Japan. Her work has been published in CALYX, Printmakers Today, Simple Printmaking and Japanese Woodblock Printing. As animals are a subject very close to her heart, Sarah has donated work to such groups as Delta Society, PAWS/LA, Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, the Primate Conservation and Welfare Society, Tree House Animal Foundation, the Gorilla Foundation, Texas Snow Monkey Sanctuary and Jane Goodall Institute.
Artist statement
Animals have always been an integral part of my life and my art. I also have a lifelong fascination with small, old, unusual toys. I collect them and set them up in ever-evolving miniature landscapes inside glass cases. As I experiment with various combinations and juxtapositions of these toys, they begin to evoke still lifes and scenarios.
I work with a variety of media, constantly finding new ways to combine them. I follow where the muses take me in my explorations of a variety media and ways to express what is close to my heart.
Two of the primary themes that my art embraces are 1) the power and beauty of being in the moment with animals and 2) the absurdity of the modern world, as it has become so surreal and out of proportion that it resembles a science fiction movie from the 50s or 60s.
