Sarah Ann Weber employs painting and drawing to create overgrown landscapes that are both verdant and putrefied, while confounding traditional expectations of the landscape genre. Rather than replicating the surface details of our natural surroundings, Weber’s marvelous evocations of nature concern themselves with the spiritual essence of the world, decentralizing the figure. By choreographing vegetation through her imaginative stylizations, the artist proposes that psychological and emotional worlds are as complex and as ripe for exploration as the one beyond our bodies. Weber’s all-over composition style results in works that are deliriously vibrant and feral, uncovering dualities of nature—as a source of beauty and innocence, equally entwined with aggression, and indifference.
Sarah Ann Weber (b. 1988, Chicago, IL) received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute, Chicago and her MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Weber has exhibited her work in solo exhibitions at venues including Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles; Club Pro, Los Angeles; and The Franklin, Chicago. Selected group exhibitions include Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco; MAUVE Gallery, Vienna, Austria; Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn; Hunter Shaw Fine Art, Los Angeles; Galerie Nord/Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin; Locust Projects, Miami; and Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago. As an Artist in Residence in 2012 at the Vermont Studio Center she received an Artist Grant and was a recipient of the Ox-Bow Scholarship funded by the Joan Mitchell Foundation in 2013. She lives and works in Los Angeles.
EXHIBITIONS
Strong Blossoming Thing Forever, June 18 – July 31, 2021
Good Company: Pt. 1, December 5, 2020 – March 6, 2021
Staycation, April 7 – May 30, 2020
EXPO Chicago, September 19 – 22, 2019
Tropical Disease, March 16 – April 20, 2019
Sarah Ann Weber
- 1988
- Born in Chicago, IL
- Lives and works in Los Angeles
Education
- 2011
- MFA, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
- 2009
- BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
- 2021
- Strong Blossoming Thing Forever, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
- 2019
- EXPO Chicago, with Anat Ebgi, Chicago, IL
- Tropical Disease, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles CA
- 2017
- Scenic View, Club Pro. Los Angeles, CA
- Caves (with Amber Renaye), Tiger Strikes Asteroid. Los Angeles, CA
- 2016
- Cavity (with Brian Rochefort), Some.Time.Salon. San Francisco, CA
- 2014
- Honor Your Poets, The Franklin. Chicago, IL
- 2013
- Just a Phase, Rena Sternberg Gallery. Glencoe, IL
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2020
- Good Company: Pt. 1, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
- 2019
- The Conversation, Anat Ebgi at Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA
- 2018
- Garden Variety, Brand Library & Art Center, Glendale, CA
- 2017
- Fire Season, MAUVE Gallery, Vienna, Austria
- Water and Dreams, Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
- Toxic Gardens, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
- SPRUNG! Hunter Shaw Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
- Psychonautics, CES Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
- 2016
- How High, Left Field SLO. San Luis Obispo, CA
- Girl Trip, The Lodge. Los Angeles, CA
- 2015
- Pulp in Ashes, Tiger Strikes Asteroid. Los Angeles, CA
- Small Works /38th National Juried Exhibition, Harper College. Palatine, IL
- 2014
- Ducks, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery. Brooklyn, NY
- Smash & Grab, Locust Projects. Miami, FL
- 2013
- Being A Woman in an All Women Show, Heaven Gallery. Chicago, IL
- Methodic Deconstruction, The Franklin. Chicago, IL
- Anonymous Drawings, Galerie Nord/Kunstverein Tiergarten. Berlin DE
- 2012
- 24HRS/25DAYS, New Capital. Chicago, IL
- 2011
- Selected Works, Andrew Rafacz Gallery. Chicago, IL
- Vox VII, Vox Populi Gallery. Philadelphia, PA
- 110th Annual Student Exhibition, PAFA. Philadelphia, PA
- 2010
- Soundoffka Vol. II, VWVOFFKA Gallery. Philadelphia, PA
- Works on Paper Rejects, Little Berlin. Philadelphia, PA
- 2009
- Undergraduate Thesis Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries. Chicago, IL
Awards, Fellowships, and Grants
- 2013
- The Ox-Bow Scholarship, funded by the Joan Mitchell Foundation
- Artist Grant, The HEAT Group at American Airlines Arena
- 2012
- Artist Grant, Vermont Studio Center
- 2009
- Merit Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
- 2007
- Merit Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Residencies
- 2019
- Klots International Program for Artists, Lehon, France
- 2013
- Ox-Bow fall residency, Saugatuck, MI
- ACRE (Artists' Cooperative Residency and Exhibitions) Steuben, WI
- 2012
- Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Press
- 2021
- Lee, Shannon. "Colored Pencil Revival." Artsy. January 20. (Link)
- 2017
- “Sarah Ann Weber: Wandering Through Mirages” by Alex Rojas. Girl Trip.
- “Sarah Ann Weber: Scenic View at Club Pro Los Angeles” by Shana Nys Dambrot. Art and Cake.
- “Landscape Art that Depicts More Than Nature,” by Daniel Gerwin. Hyperallergic.
- “The Dick Pic Show at Chimento Contemporary” by Angella d’Avignon. Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles.
- 2013
- “Just A Phase” by Katie Rose McEneely. Sheridan Road Magazine. Dec 2013-Jan 2014 issue.
- “Sonnenzimmer and Sarah Weber” by Dana Basset. Bad At Sports, recorded podcast 432.
- 2012
- “Sarah Weber's Aggressive Burns” by Ryan Travis Christian. Beautiful/Decay (beautifuldecay.com)
Writing
- 2017
- "Caves" Self-published book of essays
- 2016
- "Art Advice (from Men)" CARLA feature article. Print Publication, Issue 5
Collections
- Fidelity Collection
Colored pencil on Arches 50 x 38 inches / 127 x 96.5 cm
Oil and colored pencil on panel 72 x 96 inches / 182.9 x 243.8 cm
Oil and colored pencil on panel 72 x 96 inches / 182.9 x 243.8 cm
Oil and colored pencil on panel 72 x 96 inches / 182.9 x 243.8 cm
Colored pencil on Arches 22 x 30 inches / 55.9 x 76.2 cm
Colored pencil on Arches 30 x 22 inches / 76.2 x 55.9 cm
Colored pencil on Arches 50 x 38 inches / 127 x 96.5 cm
Oil and colored pencil on panel 60 x 84 inches / 152.4 x 213.4 cm
Detail
Acrylic, vinyl and colored pencil on Arches, framed 51.25 x 103 inches / 130.2 x 261.6 cm
Colored pencil on Arches, framed 25.5 x 33 inches / 64.8 x 83.8 cm
Colored pencil on Arches, framed 42 x 54 inches / 106.7 x 137.2 cm
Colored pencil on Arches, framed 25.5 x 33 inches / 64.8 x 83.8 cm
Oil pastel and colored pencil on Strathmore, framed 54 x 42 inches / 137.2 x 106.7 cm
Colored pencil on Arches 22 x 30 inches / 55.9 x 76.2 cm
Watercolor and colored pencil on Arches, framed 25.25 x 33 inches / 64.1 x 83.8 cm
Colored pencil on Arches, framed 25.5 x 33 inches / 64.8 x 83.8 cm
Colored pencil on Arches 22 x 30 inches / 55.9 x 76.2 cm
Colored pencil on Arches, framed 25.5 x 33 inches / 64.8 x 83.8 cm
Acrylic, watercolor and colored pencil on panel 60 x 40 inches / 152.4 x 101.6 cm
Watercolor and colored pencil on paper, framed 24 x 32 inches / 61 x 81.3 cm
Watercolor and colored pencil on panel, framed 48.5 x 60.5 inches / 123.2 x 153.7 cm
Watercolor and colored pencil on paper, framed 24 x 32 inches / 61 x 81.3 cm
Colored pencil on panel, framed 20.5 x 24.5 inches / 52.1 x 62.2 cm
Colored pencil on panel, framed 20.5 x 24.5 inches / 52.1 x 62.2 cm
Watercolor and colored pencil on panel, framed 48.5 x 60.5 inches / 123.2 x 153.7 cm
Colored Pencil on Arches, framed 22 x 30 inches / 55.9 x 76.2 cm
Watercolor and colored pencil on panel, artist's frame 60.5 x 72.5 inches / 153.7 x 184.2 cm
Oil pastel, watercolor and colored pencil on panel, artist's frame 60.5 x 40.5 inches / 153.7 x 102.9 cm
Colored pencil on paper, framed 24 x 32 inches / 61 x 81.3 cm
Colored pencil on paper, framed 42 x 54 inches / 106.7 x 137.2 cm
Oil pastel and colored pencil on panel, artist's frame 60.5 x 72.5 inches / 153.7 x 184.2 cm
Colored pencil on Arches, framed 38 x 50 inches / 96.5 x 127 cm
BIOGRAPHY
Sarah Ann Weber employs painting and drawing to create overgrown landscapes that are both verdant and putrefied, while confounding traditional expectations of the landscape genre. Rather than replicating the surface details of our natural surroundings, Weber’s marvelous evocations of nature concern themselves with the spiritual essence of the world, decentralizing the figure. By choreographing vegetation through her imaginative stylizations, the artist proposes that psychological and emotional worlds are as complex and as ripe for exploration as the one beyond our bodies. Weber’s all-over composition style results in works that are deliriously vibrant and feral, uncovering dualities of nature—as a source of beauty and innocence, equally entwined with aggression, and indifference.
Sarah Ann Weber (b. 1988, Chicago, IL) received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute, Chicago and her MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Weber has exhibited her work in solo exhibitions at venues including Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles; Club Pro, Los Angeles; and The Franklin, Chicago. Selected group exhibitions include Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco; MAUVE Gallery, Vienna, Austria; Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn; Hunter Shaw Fine Art, Los Angeles; Galerie Nord/Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin; Locust Projects, Miami; and Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago. As an Artist in Residence in 2012 at the Vermont Studio Center she received an Artist Grant and was a recipient of the Ox-Bow Scholarship funded by the Joan Mitchell Foundation in 2013. She lives and works in Los Angeles.
EXHIBITIONS
Strong Blossoming Thing Forever, June 18 – July 31, 2021
Good Company: Pt. 1, December 5, 2020 – March 6, 2021
Staycation, April 7 – May 30, 2020
EXPO Chicago, September 19 – 22, 2019
Tropical Disease, March 16 – April 20, 2019
CV
Sarah Ann Weber
- 1988
- Born in Chicago, IL
- Lives and works in Los Angeles
Education
- 2011
- MFA, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
- 2009
- BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
- 2021
- Strong Blossoming Thing Forever, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
- 2019
- EXPO Chicago, with Anat Ebgi, Chicago, IL
- Tropical Disease, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles CA
- 2017
- Scenic View, Club Pro. Los Angeles, CA
- Caves (with Amber Renaye), Tiger Strikes Asteroid. Los Angeles, CA
- 2016
- Cavity (with Brian Rochefort), Some.Time.Salon. San Francisco, CA
- 2014
- Honor Your Poets, The Franklin. Chicago, IL
- 2013
- Just a Phase, Rena Sternberg Gallery. Glencoe, IL
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2020
- Good Company: Pt. 1, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
- 2019
- The Conversation, Anat Ebgi at Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA
- 2018
- Garden Variety, Brand Library & Art Center, Glendale, CA
- 2017
- Fire Season, MAUVE Gallery, Vienna, Austria
- Water and Dreams, Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
- Toxic Gardens, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
- SPRUNG! Hunter Shaw Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
- Psychonautics, CES Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
- 2016
- How High, Left Field SLO. San Luis Obispo, CA
- Girl Trip, The Lodge. Los Angeles, CA
- 2015
- Pulp in Ashes, Tiger Strikes Asteroid. Los Angeles, CA
- Small Works /38th National Juried Exhibition, Harper College. Palatine, IL
- 2014
- Ducks, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery. Brooklyn, NY
- Smash & Grab, Locust Projects. Miami, FL
- 2013
- Being A Woman in an All Women Show, Heaven Gallery. Chicago, IL
- Methodic Deconstruction, The Franklin. Chicago, IL
- Anonymous Drawings, Galerie Nord/Kunstverein Tiergarten. Berlin DE
- 2012
- 24HRS/25DAYS, New Capital. Chicago, IL
- 2011
- Selected Works, Andrew Rafacz Gallery. Chicago, IL
- Vox VII, Vox Populi Gallery. Philadelphia, PA
- 110th Annual Student Exhibition, PAFA. Philadelphia, PA
- 2010
- Soundoffka Vol. II, VWVOFFKA Gallery. Philadelphia, PA
- Works on Paper Rejects, Little Berlin. Philadelphia, PA
- 2009
- Undergraduate Thesis Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries. Chicago, IL
Awards, Fellowships, and Grants
- 2013
- The Ox-Bow Scholarship, funded by the Joan Mitchell Foundation
- Artist Grant, The HEAT Group at American Airlines Arena
- 2012
- Artist Grant, Vermont Studio Center
- 2009
- Merit Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
- 2007
- Merit Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Residencies
- 2019
- Klots International Program for Artists, Lehon, France
- 2013
- Ox-Bow fall residency, Saugatuck, MI
- ACRE (Artists' Cooperative Residency and Exhibitions) Steuben, WI
- 2012
- Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Press
- 2021
- Lee, Shannon. "Colored Pencil Revival." Artsy. January 20. (Link)
- 2017
- “Sarah Ann Weber: Wandering Through Mirages” by Alex Rojas. Girl Trip.
- “Sarah Ann Weber: Scenic View at Club Pro Los Angeles” by Shana Nys Dambrot. Art and Cake.
- “Landscape Art that Depicts More Than Nature,” by Daniel Gerwin. Hyperallergic.
- “The Dick Pic Show at Chimento Contemporary” by Angella d’Avignon. Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles.
- 2013
- “Just A Phase” by Katie Rose McEneely. Sheridan Road Magazine. Dec 2013-Jan 2014 issue.
- “Sonnenzimmer and Sarah Weber” by Dana Basset. Bad At Sports, recorded podcast 432.
- 2012
- “Sarah Weber's Aggressive Burns” by Ryan Travis Christian. Beautiful/Decay (beautifuldecay.com)
Writing
- 2017
- "Caves" Self-published book of essays
- 2016
- "Art Advice (from Men)" CARLA feature article. Print Publication, Issue 5
Collections
- Fidelity Collection