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EDUCATION
2019, MFA, Master of Fine Art, University of Guelph, ON
2015, BFA, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Arts, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC
2011, HBA, Honours Bachelor of English and Journalism, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON
WRITING/EDITING
2020-ongoing, Grantwriter for Artists, Galleries, and Curators including:
Danse-Cité (Montreal)
Towards Gallery (Toronto)
Hunt Gallery (Toronto)
UNIT/PITT (Vancouver)
Xinema (Vancouver)
Kamloops Art Gallery (Kamloops)
McIntosh Gallery (London)
Grand Forks Art Gallery (Grand Forks)
Ilana Savdie
Lesley Dill
Liz Collins
Maria Hupfield
Olga Abeleva
Jeremy Laing
Meichen Waxer
Kendra Yee
Laura Findlay
Georgia Liapi
Dexter Barker-Glenn
Puddle Popper Collective
Liz Toohey-Wiese
Jackson Klie
Clare Wilkening
Crystal Pereira
Tina Guo
Elizabeth Charters
Lauren Pirie
Fran Williams
Morgane Clément-Gagnon
Brittany Carmichael
Corie Waugh
Sofia Escobar
Kira Pratt
Sylvie Ringer
Nien Tzu Weng
Victoria Lum
David Woodward
Nina Milanovski
Sonja Ratkay
Muriel Jaouich
Alastair Martin
Ciar O'Mahony
David Hanes
Emma Welch
Eric Farache
Graeme Smith
Hamza Abouelouafaa
AADJA
Jonathan Onyschuk
Kyle Mowat
Paige Quinn
Pardiss Amerian
Ryan Van Der Hout
Andrea Valentine
Ghazaleh Avarzamani
2016, Review: ‘Situating experience: performance art and location at Velferden’, Contemporary Art Stavanger
2015, Review: ‘Withdrawn: Shary Boyle and Christine Fellows’, Bartleby Review
2014, Feature: ‘Ugly’, ISSUE Magazine, Unit/Pitt Projects, October 2014
2013, Interviews: ‘Wild: Interviews with Karin Bubaš, Cameron Kerr, Evan Lee’, and Alison Yip, Satellite Gallery
2011, Journalist, Local News, OpenFile Ottawa
TEACHING
2024-ongoing, Teaching Artist, The Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
2019-22, Visiting Artist, Havergal College, Toronto, ON
2011-21, Field Faculty, National Outdoor Leadership School, USA (Wyoming, Utah, Oregon, Arizona, Washington), Canada (British Columbia, Yukon), Sweden
2020, Plugging in: Networking in the Arts for Post-Secondary Students, The Power Plant, Toronto, ON
2019-20, Outdoor Educator, ALIVE Outdoors, Toronto, ON
2018, Graduate Teaching Assistant, SART 1050 F18 Foundation Studio, University of Guelph
2018, Graduate Teaching Assistant, SART*4760 (01) W18 Specialized Studio Practice II, University of Guelph
2017, Workshop Leader, Professional Development Workshops for Artists, University of Guelph
2017, Workshop Leader, Enrichment workshops, Artists for Kids, The Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art, North Vancouver
2017, Outdoor Educator, Collingwood School, West Vancouver
2015-6, Outdoor Educator, St. George’s School, Vancouver
2016, Workshop leader, ArtsToGo workshops, Arts Council of New Westminster, New Westminster, BC
GALLERY/ARTS ADMINISTRATION
2023, Gallery Attendant, Lisson Gallery, New York
2020-1, Gallery Assistant, Towards Gallery, Toronto
2015-6, Gallery Assistant, Franc Gallery, Vancouver
2015-6, Alumni Ambassador, Emily Carr University of Art & Design, Vancouver
2015, Assistant, Alumni Affairs Office, Emily Carr University, Vancouver
2013-4, Gallery Assistant, Satellite Gallery, Vancouver
ARTIST ASSISTANCE/ART HANDLING
2024-ongoing, Studio Assistant, Ilana Savdie, New York City
2023-ongoing, Freelance Art Handler, New York City
2023, Studio Assistant, Jonathan Horowitz, New York
2022, Photo Assistant, Laura Findlay, Toronto
2021, Studio Assistant, Tony Scherman, Toronto
CURATING
upcoming: Spring 2025, Laur P, Saar Shemesh, Jacq Groves, Erin Johnson, Jay Pahre, Diana Sofia Lozana, Gabi Dao, and Sarah Davidson at Springs Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2016, Leah Weinstein: Material Assemblies, Dynamo Arts Association, Vancouver
2016, Print Fair/Market, Dynamo Arts Association, Vancouver
2016, Ethan Murley: Traces, Dynamo Arts Association, Vancouver
2015, Expanded Non-Territory: SINELISMO (Matias Armendaris, Soledad Muñoz, Jacobo Zambreno), Project Space, Vancouver
2015, Olio : Special Projects from Vancouver (Bartleby Review: Steffanie Ling, David Morris, Kate Moss, Kalli Niedoba, Kendra Sullivan and Emile Rubino; Isonomia by Michael Lachman; fersu by Liam Shiveral, Hugo Noriega, Tylor Macmillan), Project Space Press
2014, New Understandings of Space, The Vancouver Art/Book Fair Library & Archive, The Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
VOLUNTEER WORK
2015-6, Curator/Member, Dynamo Arts Association, Vancouver
2015, Curator, Project Space, Vancouver
2014-5, Satellite Exhibitions Coordinator, Vancouver Art/Book Fair, Vancouver
2012-3, Gallery Ambassador, Vancouver Art Gallery
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SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024, Wing Shapes, Shin Haus at Shin Gallery, New York, NY
2023, Fingery Eyes, NARS Foundation, New York, NY
2023, NADA NY with Daniel Giordano. Presented by Wil Aballe Art Projects, New York, NY
2022, Swamp Sight. Wil Aballe Art Projects, Vancouver, BC
2021, Side View. Feuilleton, Los Angeles, CA
2020, Deep Vision: Sarah Davidson and David Ruben Piqtoukun. Cassandra Cassandra, Toronto, ON
2019, The Secret Life of Forms. Erin Stump Projects, Toronto, ON
2016, In Line, To Glue: Sarah Davidson and Elisabeth Horan. The Bakery, Vancouver, BC
2015, Backgrounds. Chernoff Fine Art, Vancouver, BC
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
upcoming: 2025, Springs Projects, New York
2024, Unruly Edges. Upstate Art Weekend, Foxtrot Farm and Flowers, Stanfordville, NY
2023, Tending Otherworlds: New Acquisitions. Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC
2023, PASSE-PARTOUT: Charlie Perez-Tlatenchi, Claudia Passeri, Eric Mangen, Frances Seidl Chodosh, João Freitas, John Pike, Julien Hübsch, Lotte Leerschool, Sam Krack, Sarah Davidson, Vanessa Brown. Luxembourg Institute for Artistic Research, New York, NY
2022, Sift: Nicki Cherry, MJ Daines, Sarah Davidson, Anna Gustafson, Kumi Kaguraoka, Hyojae Kim, Nicole Ji Soo Kim, Adrienne Reynolds, Linda Sok, Sam Sundius and Gabriela Těthalová. NARS Foundation, New York, NY
2022, Diapause: Sarah Davidson, Brennan Kelly and Emily Moriarty. The Plumb, Toronto, ON
2022, Absence and Presence: Sarah Davidson, Catherine Haggarty, Sofia Quirno, and Nishiki Sugawara-Beda, TussleProjects (online)
2021, BLOOMDOOMROOM: Carolina Benitez, Sarah Davidson, Ryan Grover, HaeAhn Kwon, Colin Miner, Emmanuel Osahor, Dana Slijboom, Alex Tedlie-Stursberg, Soft Turns, SUM, Susannah van der Zaag, Laurence Veri, and Allanah Vokes. The Plumb, Toronto, ON
2019, Cognizance: Basil AlZeri, Aidan Cowling, Sarah Davidson, Azadeh Elmizadeh, Cassandra Ferguson, Jackson Klie, Deirdre McAdams, Alexine McLeod, Jose Mora, Emily Moriarty, Ben Mosher, Caroline Mousseau, Laurence Pilon, Xiao Xue. Birch Contemporary, Toronto, ON
2019, SUPER, NATURAL: Derya Akay, Maya Beaudry, Francesca Blomfield, Colleen Brown, Sarah Davidson, Fischli & Weiss, Lucien Durey, Sharona Franklin, Ezra Gray, Julian Hou & L'escalier, Tiziana La Melia, Arvo Leo, Emily Neufeld, Ebony Rose, Alex Tedlie-Stursberg, Tristan Unrau. Unit 17, Vancouver, BC
2018, How The Wet Sock Flower Revealed Itself: Sarah Davidson, Simone Jarvis, and Sonja Ratkay. Dynamo Arts Association, Vancouver, BC
2018, Staring Contest Through Fuchsia Membrane: Puddle Popper (Sonja Ratkay, Sarah Davidson, Juli Majer, Mel Thibodeau). Little Sister, Toronto, ON
2018, RBC Canadian Painting Competition Exhibition. The Power Plant, Toronto, ON
2018, Refiguring Worlds: Sarah Davidson, Brendan George Ko, Ginette Legaré, Maryse Larivière, Ed Pien. Birch Contemporary, Toronto, ON
2018, Going On Without Us: Sarah Davidson, Daniel Griffin Hunt, and Emily Moriarty. Bovey Teaching Greenhouse, Guelph, ON
2017, Ancient Follicle Seeks Green Wish: Puddle Popper (Sonja Ratkay, Sarah Davidson, Juli Majer, Mel Thibodeau). The New Gallery, Calgary, AB
2017, A Cabinet of Curiosities: Luke Armitstead, Sarah Davidson, Paul Halley and Juliana Silva, curated by Darius Stein. Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2016, Puddle Popper: Sonja Ratkay, Sarah Davidson, Juli Majer, Mel Thibodeau. Dynamo Arts Association, Vancouver, BC
2015, Geometry of Knowing Part 4. Audain Gallery, Vancouver, BC
PUBLIC ART
2022, Swamp Walk. Evergreen Brickworks, Toronto, ON
2013, The No. 3 Rd. Art Columns. City of Richmond, Richmond, BC
ARTIST BOOKS
2022, Diapause. Drawings by Sarah Davidson, poems by Emily Moriarty, design by Brennan Kelly. Full colour digital print, perfect bound, 82 pages, edition of 100.
2017, for the trees. Drawings by Sarah Davidson, essay by Brynn McNab, book design by Erica Wilk. Printed & published by Moniker Press. Risograph printed, perfect bound with fabric book tape binding. 52 pages, edition of 150.
TALKS
2023, Artist talk, NARS Foundation, in conversation with Jacq Groves, New York, NY
2021, Artist talk, Puddle Popper Lounge, Vancouver Comic Arts Festival, Vacouver, BC
2021, Artist talk, invited by Jennifer Carvahlo, University of Toronto
2020, Plugging in: Networking in the Arts for Post-Secondary Students, The Power Plant, Toronto, ON
2019, Artist talk, invited by Shirley Wiitasalo, University of Toronto
2019, Artist talk, Sibling, Toronto, ON
PRESS
2024, ‘Queer Ecology and the Arts’ Fukt Magazine Issue 22 (The Nature Issue), October 2024
2024, ‘Sarah Davidson’ (interview), BIOMASS volume 3: mud puddling
2023, ‘The Best Booths at NADA New York 2023’, ARTnews
2022, ‘Sarah Davidson at Wil Aballe Art Projects’, Art Viewer
2021, Artist Feature, Art Maze Magazine, issue 25
2021, Artist Feature, Peripheral Review 2020-2021 Print Publication
2021, ‘Puddle Popper’, Discorder Magazine, September/October 2021
2021, ‘BLOOMDOOMROOM: Face to Face with the Slow Apocalypse’, Femme Art Review
2021, ‘BLOOMDOOMROOM at the plumb’, Art Viewer
2021, ‘Sarah Davidson at Feuilleton’, Art Viewer
2020, ‘Deep Vision: Sarah Davidson and David Ruben Piqtoukun’, Terremoto
2019, Review: Cognizance, Birch Contemporary, Toronto, Canadian Art
2019, ‘Sarah Davidson's Woven World’, Indoor Recess
2019, ‘SUPER, NATURAL at Unit 17’, Vancouver, Mousse Magazine
2019, Editor’s Pick (SUPER, NATURAL), Art Agenda, Canadian Art
2018, Editor’s Pick (How The Wet Sock Flower Revealed Itself), Art Agenda, Canadian Art
2018, ‘Staring Contest Through Fuchsia Membrane at Little Sister Gallery’, TZVETNIK
2018, ‘Meet September's Featured Artist’, SAD Magazine
2018, ‘Sarah Davidson and Aimée Henny Brown on Fragments’, Femme Art Review
2018, ‘Review: Refiguring Worlds / Birch Contemporary’, ARTORONTO
2018, ‘Finalists Announced for RBC Canadian Painting Competition’, Canadian Art
2018, ‘MFA students explore the life of plants in Going On Without Us,’ The Ontarion, March 15, 2018
2017, ‘Must-Sees This Week: November 9 to 15, 2017’, Canadian Art
2016, ‘Artist Interview Series: Sarah Davidson’, The Volumes Project
2016, ‘Print’s charming for reinvigorated zine scene’, Vancouver Courier, December 20, 2016
2016, ‘Artist Portfolio: Sarah Davidson’, Kolaj Magazine, October 2016
2015, ‘Sarah Davidson’s Nothing AZ’, Scout Magazine
2015, Review: Intuition (Sarah Davidson and Linton Murphy), Broken Pencil Magazine, Issue 66
AWARDS
2022, Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2022, Concept to Realization Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2021, Visual Artists Creation Projects Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2021, Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2020, Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2020, RBC Emerging Artist Network at The Power Plant
2020, Emerging Visual Artist Grant, Toronto Arts Council
2018, Finalist, RBC Canadian Painting Competition
RESIDENCIES
2022, New York Art Residency and Studios (NARS) Foundation, Brooklyn, USA
2022, Ecologies of Precarious Abundance: Queer Life and Natures, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Canada
2020, Artist in Residence, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Canada
2016, AiR Sandnes, Sandnes, Norway
COLLECTIONS
Burnaby Art Gallery
Royal Bank of Canada
Colart Collection