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Sarah Weinstock currently lives in Columbus, OH and teaches at the OSU Main and Marion Campuses.

Artist Statement

I am interested in our ability to "see" something that isn't visible by reading into the available information. I am able to understand the position of a light source by reading its shadows, and I am able to understand how air is moving by watching the smoke that is caught in it. I set up systems and staged sets of constraints, and then I explore the moves that are possible within them. I move light to make shadows move, and I move air that pushes and tugs at smoke. Over the accumulation of moves, the vocabulary of the system starts to become rich with variation, and it illustrates a search for other options, for other possible outcomes.

The direction of my lines and the path of my marks reveal what the constraints are. If the material is thoroughly investigated, its boundaries become better understood. I learn about the nature of a substance by seeing how it reacts as it is manipulated. This prompts innovation as I seek new and interesting ways to move, and new materials to work with.

I pay attention to my instinctive reactions and urges and allow them to guide my actions and my marks. I am curious about my internal drives and how they steer my behavior without the aid of cognition. I am interested in what instinctive moves look like, as a way to give visibility to these invisible forces.

These activities also engage my thoughts on natural selection – a force that has invisibly shaped life for millennia. Life forms are constrained by the physical environment, and their genes and attributes can travel down different paths. The variations I seek in my work invite reflection on the nature of the self through consideration of the other selves we might be under different circumstances.

I am interested in the ways that such unseen forces can be encoded and visually understood, as well as our innate mental ability to give shape to the invisible. The implied energy in my work communicates momentum that gives fuel to my thoughts and guides them down paths that resonate with familiarity. I hope my viewers have a similar response.

Sarah Weinstock

EDUCATION:

2006 – 2004

The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Painting and Drawing
Master of Fine Arts, 2006
Summa Cum Laude

2002 – 1997

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Painting and Printmaking Department
Bachelor of Fine Arts, May 2002
Major: Painting and Printmaking
Minor: Crafts
Magna Cum Laude

2001

Foreign Study, Barcelona and Bilbao, Spain

EXHIBITIONS:

2007

Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, “Visiting Artists/Lecturers Exhibition”

Zanesville Art Center, Zanesville, OH, “Ohio Art League Annual Fall Juried Exhibition”

Close Quarters @ the Canzani Center Gallery, Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH

The Instant Gallery, Columbus, OH, “Projected”

Skully’s, Columbus, OH, “Lacunae Collapse and Video Art Show”

Camelot Wine Cellars and Gallery, Columbus, OH

Junctionview Studios, Columbus, OH, “Agora II and III”, Community art, music, video and performance event

2006

The Ohio Art League , Columbus, OH, “Thumb Box Exhibition”

Roy G Biv Gallery,  Columbus, OH, “Small Works Exhibition”

Junctionview Studios,  Columbus, OH, “Agora Fall 2006”, Community art, music, video and performance event

Sunflower Market, Columbus OH, Commissioned Mural

Ohio Union, Columbus OH, “The Fourth Annual Exhibition of The Ohio Staters Collection”

SkyLab Gallery,  Columbus, OH, MFA Thesis Show, “Uncontrol”

Hopkins Hall Gallery, Columbus, OH, “Studio Dialogues”, Farrel Brickhouse, Curator

2005

Asman Gallery , NBC4, Washington, DC, Painting Exhibition

Hopkins Hall Gallery , The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, Graduate Student Exhibition

The Clean Space Gallery , The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, “TTU and OSU Exchange”

2002

Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, “Juried Student Fine Art Exhibition”, Terésita Fernandez, international multi-media artist, juror

Bradford Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, “View / 2002”, David Brown, Senior Curator, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, NC, juror

Kindred Spirits for the Arts Gallery , Richmond, VA, Side gallery exhibit, Nancy Mitchell, curator

School of the Arts Building , Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, Senior Show

Bogarts , Richmond, VA, Restaurant show

2001

Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, “Annual Juried Student Fine Art Exhibition”, Denis Szakacs, Deputy Director, New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY, juror

Bradford Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, “Interaction 19”, Reni Gower and Barbara Tisserat, jurors

Bradford Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, “Contemporary Crafts Society Members Show”, Barbara Tisserat and Susan Iverson, jurors

George Nan Studio , during National Recruitment Review. Painting and Printmaking Department, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. Richard Roth, Chairperson, curator

Bradford Gallery , Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, “six / eleven”, Roland Thompson , juror

2000

MCV Hospital , Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, “Diversity 2000”, Ted Batt and Stephen Robison, jurors

Larrick Student Center , Medical College of Virginia, VCU, Richmond, VA, “17 th Annual Larrick Student Center Art Exhibition”, Reni Gower, juror

1998

James Branch Cabell Library , Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond , VA , “Social Justice Art Competition”

1997

School of the Arts Foundation Program, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, Portfolio selected from Drawing Studio to represent course, Janet Gilmore

AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS:

2005

Fergus Gilmore Travel Grant

2006 - 2004

Full Tuition Waiver and Graduate Teaching Associate , OSU

2002 – 1997

School of the Arts Dean’s List

2002 – 1998

The National Deans List

2002 – 1999

University Honors Program

2002 – 2001

Golden Key National Honors Society

2002 – 2001

Honors Advanced Painting, Juried selection by departmental faculty. Taught by visiting New York artists: Shirley Kaneda and Diana Cooper

2002

View/2002 Award, “View/2002 Undergraduate Painting Exhibition”, Bradford Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University. Awarded by David Brown, Senior Curator, Southeastern Center of Contemporary Art, NC

Award of Merit, Painting and Printmaking Department, Virginia Commonwealth University

Outstanding Academic Achievement, as a member of the University Honors Program, Virginia Commonwealth University

2001

Louis S. Harris Purchase Award

Painting and Printmaking Award, “Annual Fine Art Exhibition”, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University. Awarded by Denis Szakacs, Deputy Director, New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY

Dean’s International Study Grant

2000

Peachtree Award, Virginia Commonwealth University

COLLECTIONS:

 

The Ohio Staters Collection, The Ohio Union, Columbus, OH

Art Department, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Dr. Lewis S. Harris, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

2007

Columbus Dispatch, Christopher A . Yates, "Diversity Plus" November 4th, 2007

Columbus Alive!, Claudine Ise, "Faculty meeting", September 20 - 27

Columbus Alive!, September 20th, pg. 94, comments

2006

University Home Page, featured photo with link to article and illustrations, The Ohio State University

OSU Arts Blog Site, article and images. 

On Campus, article by Kristen Convery, pg. 14, photo

The Columbus Dispatch, B1, photo and comments

Ohio State Alumni Magazine, Nov-Dec 2006, pg. 19, photo and comments

What’s Happening, Arts calendar published by The Ohio State University, College of the Arts, fall 2006, article and photos

2001

The Catalog 19, published by the Department of Painting and Printmaking, Virginia Commonwealth University, in conjunction with “Interaction 19”, 2001

EXPERIENCE:

Present - 2006

Lecturer
The Ohio State University Main campus, Columbus, OH and OSU Marion satellite campus, Marion, OH

  • Beginning Drawing
  • Painting 1
  • Photoshop and Digital Manipulation
  • Color Theory

2006

Mural
Sunflower Market, South Campus Gateway, 18 East Ninth Ave, Columbus, OH

  • Concept and planning
  • Assembled painting crew
  • Large scale acrylic painting
  • Installation
  • Documentation

Volunteer

  • Assisted building sculptures at Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus, OH, Patrick Dougherty, international artist
  • Food Committee for Agora Community Arts Event
  • Guest Critic for Architecture Class

2006 - 2005

President
Graduate Student Arts Council

  • Organize studio visits with visiting artists
  • Organize graduate critiques and events
  • Communicated information

2005

Workshop Instructor
Faculty and TA Development Workshops

  • Facilitated seminar on "Understanding Learning Styles"
  • Co-Facilitated seminar on "Teaching in the Studio"

2006 - 2004

Graduate Teaching Associate
Beginning Drawing and Two Dimensional Design

  • Curriculum and lesson design
  • Leading critiques
  • Substitute life drawing classes, working with nude models

2003 – 2002

Senior Sales Associate , Cargokids!, Sterling, VA
Assistant Manager 12/29/02 – 05/04/03

  • Payroll
  • Stock management
  • Order processing
  • Customer sales

2002 – 2001

Volunteer
1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA

  • Office Assistant
  • Catered receptions

2001 – 2000

Treasurer
Contemporary Crafts Society, Richmond VA

  • Compiled and proposed budget
  • Fiscal management
  • Organized 1 st Annual VCU Art Sale and Auction
  • Designed and ordered promotional media

Complete resumé and references available upon request.