Sarah Tortora (b. New Haven, CT; based in New York City)
SarahJTortora@gmail.com
Education
2013: MFA, Interdisciplinary Fine Art. University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, PA
2011: BS, Studio Art, Southern Connecticut State University; New Haven, CT
Solo Exhibitions (* with publication)
2024
(solo forthcoming), Richard and Dolly Maass Gallery, Purchase College; Purchase, NY
Meridian, Ulterior Gallery; New York, NY
2020
Tomorrow, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2018
Witness Mark, Pink Noise Projects; Philadelphia, PA
Ode, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2017
Fickle Ground, Jewett Art Gallery, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
2016
Ascendants, CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor, NY
Sarah Tortora, Reynolds Fine Art, New Haven, CT*
Fickle Ground, GRIN, Providence, RI*
Sarah Tortora, The Webb School of Knoxville, Knoxville, TN
2015
As It Were, Wilde Gallery. Williams College; Williamstown, MA
2014
Yearning on the Diagonal, Haas Center for the Arts, Bloomsburg University, PA
Two and Three Person Exhibitions/Fairs
2023
Dallas Art Fair (with Silas Inoue & Guido Yannitto), with Ulterior Gallery.
2022
NADA Miami: Maryam Amiryani & Sarah Tortora, with Ulterior Gallery.
Sarah Tortora & Mike Holsomback. Stove Works; Chattanooga, TN. Curators Mike Calway-Fagen & Stove Works.
2021
Whereabouts Part One (with Kate Shepherd), Ulterior Gallery, New York, NY.
2020
Monumental, with Misoo Bang. Wilson Museum; Southern Vermont Arts Center. Manchester, VT
Hoarse Whispers, with Michelle Harris & Molly Metz, Fjord; Philadelphia, PA. Curator Seneca Weintraut.
2018
Different Registers, with Caitlin MacBride & Derrick Velasquez. Camayuhs; Atlanta, GA. Curators Corey Oberlander & Lindsey Stapleton.
Laura Mosquera, Scrap Worm, Sarah Tortora. Kirkland Art Center; Clinton, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Constellations, Ulterior Gallery; New York, NY.
Alphabet Soup, Essex Flowers; New York, NY. Curator E.E. Ikeler
Drawings by Sculptors; Helena Anrather, New York, NY. Curator Carl D’Alvia.
2022
At Six and Seven; Ulterior Gallery, New York, NY.
Wit & Vigor, 1GAP Gallery; Brooklyn, NY. Curator Fran Kaufman.
Diasporic Dysplasia, Bronx River Art Center; Bronx, NY. Curator T. Tucker.
2021
See You Soon; ART LOT; Brooklyn, NY. Curators Naomi Lev/Collective View.
NADA x Foreland, with Ulterior Gallery. Catskill, NY.
Abode, Abode, Baltimore, MD. Curators Tithes and Offerings (Jessica Gatlin & Brandon Donahue).
2020
The Necessity of Tomorrow(s) BMA Salon, Baltimore Museum of Art & Resort (digital). Baltimore, MD. Curators Alex Ebstein, Seth Adelsberger.
Everyday Animals, Ulterior Gallery, New York, NY. Curator Alex Dodge.
2019
gravity(ational), Walker House, Newark Arts Festival. Curator Mary Valverde.
Object of Desire, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, New York, NY. Curator Amanda Martinez.
SOM, Penn State Abington, Abington, PA. Curator James Maurelle.
2018
Aurelia, RESORT; Baltimore, MD. Curators Alex Ebstein, Seth Adelsberger.
Mnēmonikos, Tiger Strikes Asteroid; Los Angeles, CA. Curator Esther Ruiz.
Too Many Dinner Parties, Terrault; Baltimore, MD.
2017
Circles Without Breaks, Local Project, Long Island City, NY
Small Works 2017, Reynolds Fine Art, New Haven, CT
STATIONTOSTATION, Grunwald Gallery, Indiana University; Bloomington, IN. Curator Amanda Lechner.
Thing Gap Method, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY. Curator Megan Liu Kincheloe.
Women’s Work, Visual and Performing Arts Center, Western Connecticut State University; Danbury, CT
2016
Monuments in Reverse, 245 Varet; Brooklyn, NY. Curator Jacob Cartwright.
Darkwater Revival: After Terry Adkins, Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, PA
Drishti, A Concentrated Gaze, 1285 Ave of the Americas, New York, NY
Diverted Reality, Evelyn. E. Jorgenson Gallery, Moberly Area Community College; Moberly, MO
2015
Twice as Good, Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston, MA
Both One and Another, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT
Coming of Age, Sharon Arts Center | New Hampshire Institute of Art; Peterborough, NH
Convergence, Assets for Artists Fellows Exhibition, DownStreet Art; North Adams, MA
2014
Whitney Houston Biennial 2, Julius Caesar; Chicago, IL
144 Rooftop Show, 144 Spencer Street; Brooklyn, NY
Humanities and Home, Institute for Humanities Research, Arizona State University
2013
Photographic Being, Jeffrey Leder Gallery; New York, NY
Place/Non-place: Locality in the Digital Age, Venice Arts Gallery; Venice, CA
Exposed, Helen Day Art Center; Stowe, VT
Penn MFA Thesis Exhibition; Chung King Road, Los Angeles, CA. Curators Alex Klein and Christian Siekmeier.
2012
Politicizing Aesthetics, John A. Day Gallery, University of South Dakota; Vermillion, SD
Art and Architecture Summer at Penn, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
VOX VIII, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Awards & Residencies
2024
Windgate Artist in Residence, Purchase College; Purchase, NY
2022-2023
International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), Toby Devan Lewis Artist in Residence; Brooklyn, NY
2020
Velocity Fund Emergency Artist Relief, Temple Contemporary, Philadelphia PA
Arts Aid PHL Funding Recipient, Philadelphia Cultural Alliance & Office of Arts and Culture
2019
Athena Standards Residency, Artist in Residence. Athens, Greece
Jiwar Creation & Society, Artist in Residence. Barcelona, Spain
2017
Ox-Bow Summer Arts Faculty Residency; Saugatuck, Michigan
2015-16
Alice C. Cole 1942 Fellowship in Studio Art, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
2014
Assets for Artists Grant Recipient, MASS MoCA & ArtHome, North Adams, MA
Yaddo, Artist in Residence. Saratoga Springs, NY
Jentel Artist Residency, Banner, WY
MacDowell, Artist in Residence. Peterborough, NH
2013
Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship, The Toby Fund and the University of Pennsylvania
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Artist in Residence. Skowhegan, ME
2012
Stuart Egnal Scholarship Award, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA
Vermont Studio Center, Artist in Residence Fellowship. Johnson, VT
Teaching Appointments & Visiting Artist Lectures
2023-present Adjunct Professor, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
2022-present; 2013-2015 Adjunct Professor, Southern Connecticut State University; New Haven, CT
2023 Adjunct Professor, Columbia University, New York, NY
2023, 2022 Workshop Instructor, “Sculpture, Architecture & Abstraction”; Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2022 Visiting Artist (online), University of Arizona; Tucson, AZ
2022 Visiting Artist, Sarah Lawrence College; Bronxville, NY
2021 Workshop Instructor, “Mindfulness and Metaphor in Interdisciplinary Sculpture”; University of Utah; Salt Lake City, UT
2019 Adjunct Professor, Delaware County Community College; Media, PA
2018 Visiting Artist, Maryland Institute College of Art; Baltimore, MD
2016-2017 Visiting Assistant Professor in Sculpture, Indiana University; Bloomington, IN
2016 Webb School of Knoxville, Artist in Residence, Knoxville, TN (K-12)
2016 Visiting Artist, University of Tennessee Knoxville; Knoxville, TN
2015 Visiting Artist, Williams College; Williamstown, MA
Selected Media
2022
Rachel Summer Small, Astroturf and Nostalgia Are on Display at the 20th Edition of NADA Miami, CULTURED, December 2022.
2020
Unexpected Kinships: Conversation with Cheryl Goldsleger and Sarah Tortora, moderators Fran Kaufman, C. Grimaldis Gallery, October 2020.
Pamela Reynolds, 6 New England Exhibits Offer Art Without the Crowds, WBUR Boston, 17 July 2020.
The Hopper Prize Journal, Sarah Tortora, Grant Finalist Interview, April 2020.
Inertia Studio Visits, Sarah Tortora, March 2020.
Foundwork Guest Curator Selection, Sara Maria Salamone, March 2020.
2018
Foundwork Guest Curator Selection, Francisco Correa Cordero, December 2018.
Maria Vogel, Artist Interview: Sarah Tortora, Art of Choice, September 2018.
Cara Ober, Ten Must-See Baltimore Contemporary Art Exhibits, BMoreArt, 24 Sept. 2018.
Anna Nelson Daniel, Lindsey Stapleton and Corey Oberlander of GRIN and The Rib, BURNAWAY, 13 Sept. 2018.
Rachel Elizabeth Jones, Object Impermanence: Sarah Tortora, Seven Days, August 2018.
Peripheral Vision, Issue 9, Salon 2018.
Friend of the Artist, Volume 6.
Debbie Way, Artists to Watch. Take Magazine, December 2017/January 2018.
2017
A.M. Weaver, Material Potentialities: Terry Adkins and His Influence, artcritical, January 2017.
2016
Andrea Feldman, Grin Reapers. Take Magazine, April/May 2016.
Artsy, Featured Show, May 2016.