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SARAH ELIZABETH O’FARRELL
EDUCATION
2017 MFA Printmaking, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2016 MA Printmaking, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2006 M. Ed Elementary Education, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
2000 B.S. Studio Art, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2020 (Spring Term) Lecturer, University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Art, Madison, WI
(course taught: Artists’ Books: simple and combination book forms, beginning letterpress using a Vandercook SP 15 press, photopolymer plate preparation and printing, stratography, relief printmaking; pivoted to remote instruction due to COVID-19 utilizing synchronous and asynchronous methods [Instructor of Record])
2017 (Summer Term) Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI
(assisted Professor Emily Arthur with instruction in multi-level serigraphy and relief printmaking classes; independently taught section of beginning Serigraphy)
2017-2019 Instructor, University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Continuing Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
(courses taught: Monoprint and Collograph, Alternative Intaglio: monoprint, collograph,, embossing, carborundum drypoint, pressure print [Instructor of Record]
2016 Instructor, Madison Area Technical College
(course taught: Continuing Education Printmaking Survey: monoprint, relief, traditional intaglio, alternative intaglio, embossing, collograph, pressure print [Instructor of Record])
2015-2016 Instructor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
(course taught: Drawing I [Instructor of Record])
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WORKSHOP TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2020 Private Letterpress Instruction, Polka Press, Madison, WI
2018 “Screen Print Basics,” Polka Press, Madison, WI
2018 “Pressure Print,” Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI
2012 “Printmaking for Preschoolers,” St. Chrysostom’s Day School, Chicago, IL
STUDIO ASSISTANT EXPERIENCE
2016-2017 Studio Assistant, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (assist Professor Meg Mitchell with letterpress printing, screenprinting, assembly of 3-dimensional work, gallery installation, and editing)
2014-2015 Shop Assistant, Tandem Press, Madison, WI (assisted Master Printers in production of limited-edition fine art prints by visiting artists such as Michelle Grabner, Maser, Richard Bosman, and Dan Rizzie: intaglio, relief, and lithography, using mechanized and manual presses)
2010-2013 Ceramics Monitor, LillStreet Art Center, Chicago, IL (maintained ceramics studios)
EXHIBITIONS
2021 Group Exhibit, Everything COVID, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison WI
(Juror: Beth Racette)
2021 Group Exhibit, Home Sick, The Art Effect at the Trolley Barn, Poughkeepsie, NY
(Jurors: Mary-Kay Lombino, Emily Hargroves Fisher and Richard B. Fisher, in collaboration with youth members of The Art Effect)
2020 Group Exhibit, Skidmore College Alumni Art Exhibition, online (due to COVID-19), skidmore.edu
2019 National Juried Exhibit, Luck of the Draw, The Bubbler/Madison Public Library, Madison, WI
2018 State-wide Juried Exhibit, Wisconsin Artists Biennial, Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI
(Jurors: Katherine Chang Liu, Graeme Reid, and Scott Zieher) (3rd Place Award)
2018 Invited Group Exhibit, Lineage and Legacy, UCross Foundation Art Gallery, Clearmont, WY
(Exhibition Curator: Mark E. Richie)
2017 National Juried Exhibit, Drawing Resurfaced II, Purdue University Galleries, Lafayette, IN
(Jurors: Liz Erlewine, Eric Penington, and Christine Wuenschel)
2017 Solo Exhibit, MFA Thesis Exhibit: Gather and Release, Common Wealth Gallery, Madison, WI
2016 Group Exhibit, Tactile Textiles: From 2-D to 3-D, Madison Public Library/The Bubbler, Madison, WI
2016 Two-Person Exhibit, Whereupon Memory, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI
2016 Group Exhibit, Inklings University of Wisconsin-Madison 7th Floor Gallery, Madison, WI
2016 Group Exhibit, Can You Taste It?, University of Wisconsin-Madison Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI
2016 Group Exhibit, Fresh and Snappy, Hilldale Mall, Madison, WI
2016 Flux Exchange Portfolio, Southern Graphics Council International (Pacific Northwest College of Art), Portland, OR
2016 Group Exhibit, Teeny Tiny, Traveling Exhibit: Kansas City, MO, Portland, OR, Seattle, WA
2016 Solo Exhibit, MA Thesis Exhibit: Close Contact, University of Wisconsin-Madison Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI
2016 Juried Art Auction, One Inspired Evening, Chicago, IL (Juror: Deborah Maris Lader)
2015 Group Exhibit, Reimagining Domesticity, University of Wisconsin-Madison Gelsy Verna Gallery, Madison, WI
2015 Group Exhibit, Graduate Student Show, Capital Lakes Retirement Center, Madison, WI
2015 Group Exhibit, 25 Years of Fresh Hot Press, University of Wisconsin Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI
2015 Group Exhibit, Status Report, University of Wisconsin-Madison 7th Floor Gallery, Madison, WI
2015 Group Exhibit, Printmaking MFA Candidates Review, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 7th Floor Gallery, Madison, WI
2015 Group Exhibit, Overlap, Common Wealth Gallery, Madison, WI
2015 Group Exhibit, Skidmore College Alumni Art Exhibition, Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY
2015 Sphere Exchange Portfolio, Southern Graphics Council (University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville, TN
2015 Group Exhibit, Separate Checks, University of Wisconsin-Madison Arts Loft Gallery, Madison, WI
2014 Group Exhibit, Found Out, University of Wisconsin-Madison Arts Loft Gallery, Madison, WI
2014 Group Exhibit, Surface Tension, University of Wisconsin-Madison 7th Floor Gallery, Madison, WI
2013 Group Exhibit, Art to Fall, Greenleaf Art Center, Chicago, IL
2013 Solo Exhibit, Baan Home Art Initiative, Chicago, IL
2013 Juried Art Fair, Edgewater Fall Art Fair, Chicago, IL
2013 Group Exhibit, Janik’s Café, Chicago, IL
2013 Group Exhibit, Spring Thing 13, Greenleaf Art Center, Chicago IL
2012 National Traveling Art Exhibit, The Whole 9 Gallery: Peace Project Featured Artist (catalogue)
2012 Open Studios, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
2012 Juried Art Fair, Lill Street Art Center Faculty and Staff Holiday Art Fair, Chicago, IL
2010 Open Studios, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
2009 Open Studios, Ox-Bow School of Art Saugatuck, MI
2000 Group Exhibit, Skidmore College Studio Art Senior Thesis Exhibit, Saratoga Springs, NY
AWARDS/GRANTS
2018 Wisconsin Artists Biennial Juried Exhibit, 3rd Place Award
2017 Albert K. Murray Fine Arts Education Fund Grant (Spring Semester)
2016 University of Wisconsin-Madison Travel Grant Award
2016 Albert K. Murray Fine Arts Educational Fund Grant (Spring and Summer Semesters)
2010 Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, Chicago, IL
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RESIDENCIES
2016 Horse and Art Research Program, Barnag, Hungary (one of seven artists selected out of a competitive pool of 60 applicants)
PRESENTATIONS/ARTIST TALKS
2018 Artist Panel, Wisconsin Artists Biennial Winners, Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI
2017 Artist Talk, Visiting Artists’ Colloquium, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2016 Artist Talk, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI
2016 Artist Talk, Horse and Art Research Program, Barnag, Hungary
2016 Academic Paper Presentation, “Reimagining the Equine Ideal,” Horse and Art Research Program, Barnag, Hungary
CATALOGS
Lineage and Legacy: The Imaged Horse: Clearmont, WY: UCROSS Foundation, UCROSS Galleries, Mar. 2018.
2018 Wisconsin Artists Biennial: West Bend, WI: Museum of Wisconsin Art, Feb. 2018.
Drawing Resurfaced II. Lafayette, IN: Purdue University, Purdue University Galleries, Nov. 2017.
COLLECTIONS
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY