Sarah Soward's C.V.
Exhibitions
2023
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Group exhibition, Red List: Reef Building Corals
Ghost Gallery
Seattle, WA -
Group exhibition, Mid-Mod
Desert Art Center Gallery
Palm Springs, CA - Group exhibition, Oswit Land Trust Fundraiser
Desert Art Woman Gallery
Perez Art District, Cathedral City, CA
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Group exhibition, Mini Masterpieces
Desert Art Center Gallery
Palm Springs, CA - Group exhibition, True Beauty
Exhibizone Smart Gallery
Virtual Exhibition
2022
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Juried exhibition in two parts, Legends of the Moon
1. Era Contemporary Gallery
Physical Exhibition at Tyler Arboretum
Media, PA
2. LUNAR CODEX
Digital image of Luna is included in the time capsule that is going to the moon. “The Polaris Collection” is the payload in question associated with an Astrobotic Griffin/NASA VIPER mission, landing in the vicinity of the Lunar South Pole. -
Group exhibition, Inclusion
Desert Art Center Gallery
Palm springs, CA -
Juried exhibition, Open
Camelback Gallery
Virtual Exhibition, Gold Award of Excellence for Red Tara -
Juried exhibition, Seascapes
Light Space Time Gallery
Virtual Exhibition, Special Merit Award for Crash Into Me -
Juried exhibition, Women in Art
Las Lagunas Art Gallery
Virtual Exhibition -
Juried exhibition, Artist Invitational
Camelback Gallery
Virtual Exhibition, Silver Award for Roar: Tiger in Profile -
Juried exhibition, 12th Annual Animals
Light Space Time Gallery
Virtual Exhibition, Top 20 and Honorable Mention Award for Giraffe-itude -
Juried exhibition, Open
Light Space Time Gallery
Virtual Exhibition, Special Merit Award for Locked -
Juried exhibition, Open
Light Space Time Gallery
Virtual Exhibition, Special Recognition Award for Eris -
Juried exhibition, Black and White
Grey Cube Gallery
Virtual Exhibition, Merit Award for 12 Pt. Font -
Solo exhibition, Wild at Heart
Virtual Exhibition -
Group exhibition, Spring Into Wildlife
Art Boss Collection
Virtual Exhibition
2021
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Juried exhibition, Textures
Las Laguna Art Gallery
Laguna Beach, CA -
Juried international exhibition, DSWF Wildlife Artist of the Year 2021
David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation
Virtual exhibition, Finalist -
Solo exhibition, Tiny Birds
Kennedy Grace Gallery
Long Beach, CA -
Group exhibition, ART.HAPPENS (February 2021)
Crashspace and Fun-A-Day LA
Virtual exhibition with gather.town - Group exhibition, Call and Response—Collaboration at a Distance No. 13
Shoebox Arts
Virtual exhibition
2020
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Solo exhibition, Sarah Soward (April 2020–2021)
Kennedy Grace Gallery
Long Beach, CA -
Multidisciplinary publication, Days of Solitude
Art and literature webzine based in Long Beach, CA
Virtual publication/exhibition -
Virtual exhibition, Sarah Soward
Artsy as presented by Kennedy Grace Gallery -
Duo exhibition, Rebecca Ney and Sarah Soward (February–April)
Kennedy Grace Gallery
Long Beach, CA -
Group Exhibition, Fun-A-Day LA
Long Beach, CA -
Group Exhibition, This is a Jar for your F****s
Embark Gallery, organized by Carmina Eliason
San Francisco, CA
2019
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9th Biennial Long Beach Mid-City Studio Tour
Long Beach, CA -
Long Beach Open Studio Tour 2019 (LBOST)
Long Beach, CA
2018
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Juried international exhibition, Artists4Rhino
The accepted work was selected to travel with the exhibition
Teatro di Milano
Milan, Italy -
Selected works from public art installation, Rabbitville
Chuck Jones Gallery
San Diego, CA - Long Beach Open Studio Tour 2018 (LBOST)
Long Beach, CA
2017
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Juried international exhibition, DSWF Wildlife Artist of the Year 2017
Mall Galleries
London, UK -
International conceptual exhibition, Biennial 2017
The Museum of Non-Visible Art
Skelf -
Juried group exhibition, Hop-Up Gallery for Rabbitville
(featured artist on Saturday, 7/22/17)
453 5th Ave, San Diego, CA -
Group exhibition, Bright Lights
Art Unites at Kensington Club
San Diego, CA -
Art Festival, Mission Federal ArtWalk
Little Italy, San Diego, CA -
Juried group exhibition
Hype at The Studio Door
San Diego, CA -
Public art installations, Rabbitville
Gaslamp District,
San Diego, CA -
Group show, Prismatic: Rainbow
Iron Fist
San Diego, CA -
Art Festival, Art Around Adams
Adams Avenue
San Diego, CA -
Group show, Prismatic: Orange
Iron Fist
San Diego, CA -
Group show, Prismatic: Blue
Iron Fist
San Diego, CA -
Art Fest, Grub-a-Dub Sunday's
Mercado Del Barrio in Barrio Logan
San Diego, CA -
Fundraising group exhibition, FIGMENT
San Diego, CA -
Group show, Homes for the Homeless/No Place like Home
Expressive Arts
San Diego, CA -
Group show, Prismatic: Green
Iron Fist
San Diego, CA -
Group show, Small Works!
Exhibition by Thumbprint Gallery
San Diego, CA -
Group show, Pancakes and Booze
59 Degrees
San Diego, CA
2016
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SiSoDraft Collaboration, Contralateral Eye
Buunni
New York, New York -
Juried international exhibition, Artists4Rhino
The accepted work was selected to travel with the exhibition
Bologna, Italy -
Art Festival, Art Around Adams
Adams Avenue
San Diego, CA -
Juried international exhibition, Artists4Rhino
The accepted work was selected to travel with the exhibition
Castello di Vigevano,
Italy -
Juried exhibition, Art Ark Gallery
San Jose, CA -
Juried exhibition, In Good Company
Bankhead Theater Gallery
Livermore, CA -
Silicon Valley Open Studios (SVOS)
San Mateo, CA -
Maui Open Studios (MOS),
Hui No'eau Visual Arts Center
Maui, HI
2015
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Juried international exhibition, Artists4Rhino,
The accepted work was selected to travel with the exhibition
Castello di Momeliano, Piacenza, Italy
Palermo, Italy -
Individual exhibition, Colorful Creatures
Highland Partners Boutique Real Estate Offices
Piedmont, CA -
Individual exhibition, Debut of Stellae Errantes/Wandering Stars
(Elephant Paintings for the 21st Century)
Makai Gallery, Hawaii Museum of Contemporary Art
Hilo, HI -
Juried international exhibition, DSWF Wildlife Artist of the Year 2015
Mall Galleries
London, UK -
Juried exhibition, Double X
Valkarie Gallery
Denver, CO -
Individual exhibition, Preview of Stellae Errantes/Wandering Stars
Claremont Art Studios
San Mateo, CA -
Individual exhibition, Stellae Errantes and Selected Work
Highland Partners
Piedmont, CA -
San Mateo County Fair,
1st and 2nd Place in Surrealism,
San Mateo, CA -
Group exhibition, Chillin' Productions Exhibition,
Mezzanine
San Francisco, CA -
First Friday Open Studio events, On-going,
Claremont Art Studios
San Mateo, CA -
Silicon Valley Open Studios (SVOS)
San Mateo and Los Gatos, CA -
Maui Open Studios (MOS),
Hui No'eau Visual Arts Center
Maui, HI -
MOS Preview Exhibition
Maui Tropical Plantation
Maui, HI
2014
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Juried international exhibition, Artists4Rhino,
Museo di Storia Naturale
Genoa, Italy -
Juried exhibition, tiny
STUDIO Gallery
San Francisco, CA -
Juror and Featured Artist, Claremont Art Studios Art Market
Claremont Art Studios
San Mateo, CA -
Juried national exhibition, 30th Annual Juried Show for the National Society of Artists,
Art League of Baytown Art Center
Baytown, TX -
Juried exhibition, Landscapes, Seascapes, and Urbanscapes,
Pacific Art League
Palo Alto, CA -
Solo exhibition, Colorful Creatures,
City Arts of San Mateo Gallery
San Mateo, CA -
Juried national exhibition, Animals 2014,
Light, Space, and Time Online Gallery
Special Merit Award -
Group exhibition, Chillin' Productions Anniversary Finale,
Mezzanine
San Francisco, CA -
Solo exhibition, Rhinotopia® and New Work,
Cheap Pete's Frame Store
San Mateo, CA -
Juried public art exhibition, Gallery Walls, Downtown Art Project,
30' projections of Rhinotopia®
San Mateo, CA -
Duo exhibition, Animals and Archetypes,
550 Bryant
San Francisco, CA -
San Mateo County Fair,
2nd Place and Honorable Mention in Surrealism,
Honorable Mention in Wildlife Painting
San Mateo, CA -
First Friday Open Studio events, On-going,
Claremont Art Studios
San Mateo, CA -
Juried exhibition, Factor XX,
Jennifer and Philip DiNapoli Gallery
San Jose, CA -
Silicon Valley Open Studios,
Claremont Art Studios
San Mateo, CA -
Group exhibition, Saratoga Library SVOS Preview Exhibition
Saratoga, CA -
Group exhibition, San Jose Bridge Club SVOS Preview Exhibition
Campbell, CA -
Maui Open Studios,
Sacred Garden
Maui, HI
2013
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Juried international exhibition, DSWF Wildlife Artist of the Year 2013
Mall Galleries
London, UK -
Group exhibition, A Million Little Pictures
Art House
NY, LA, touring show -
Claremont Art Studios Open Studio,
San Mateo, CA -
Juried exhibition, Hawai’i Ne’i,
Wailoa Center Gallery
Hilo, HI -
Featured artist, The Wild Life,
One Gallery
Hilo, HI -
Juried exhibition, 37th Annual Fall Arts Exhibition,
Hawaii Museum of Contemporary Art, Hilo, HI -
Juried exhibition, Collaborations,
Wailoa Center Gallery
Hilo, HI -
Juried exhibition, WonderlandSF Anniversary,
WonderlandSF Gallery
San Francisco, CA -
Individual exhibition, Rhinotopia®,
Mauka & Makai Galleries
East Hawaii Cultural Center, Hilo, HI
2012
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Group exhibition, EHCC Member Show,
East Hawaii Cultural Center
Hilo, HI -
Supporting artist for Beastmaster#
60 Rausch
San Francisco, CA -
Group exhibition with Chillin’ Productions
Mezzanine
San Francisco, CA -
Juried exhibition, Dimensions of Love,
East Hawaii Cultural Center
Hilo, HI -
Juried exhibition, EHCC Spring Art Show,
East Hawaii Cultural Center, Hilo, HI -
Juried exhibition La Jungla,
WonderlandSF
San Francisco, CA
2011
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Group exhibitions with Chillin’ Productions,
San Francisco, CA -
Group multimedia public art piece for Doors to Nowhere,
San Francisco, CA -
San Mateo County Fair
3rd Place for Wildlife Painting
San Mateo, CA -
Juried exhibition, Swankety Swank Art Collective,
San Francisco, CA
2010
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Group exhibition at BAVC
San Francisco, CA -
Group exhibition at Sub-Mission Gallery
San Francisco, CA
2009
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Group exhibition with Art WorkSF
San Francisco, CA -
Group exhibition at Six by Six art gallery
New York, NY
2008
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Group exhibition with Art House
Atlanta, GA -
Individual exhibition Divine Being
The Lighthouse Community Center
Hayward, CA
2007
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Group exhibition with Chillin’ Productions
San Francisco, CA -
Group exhibition at Pantheacon
San Jose, CA
2006
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Group exhibition with Art WorkSF
San Francisco, CA -
Juried exhibition at the Boontling Gallery
San Francisco, CA
2005 and Earlier
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2003–2005 Group exhibitions with Chillin’ Productions
San Francisco, CA -
2004 Juried exhibition, Gift
by Altruity.com
San Francisco, CA -
2002–2004 Group exhibitions with The Muse Studios
various locations
Bay Area, CA -
2002 Group exhibition at 111 Minna
San Francisco, CA -
2002 Open Studio
Marin, CA -
2001 Individual exhibition at Acabello Salon
San Francisco, CA -
1999–2001 Various individual exhibitions at Papalote
San Francisco, CA -
1998–2002 Various group and individual exhibitions at the
California College of the Arts, Oakland and San Francisco, CA - 1997 and earlier Various group and individual exhibitions in the United States and Germany
Current Galleries
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Kennedy Grace Gallery, Long Beach, CA
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Dreams of Paradise Gallery, Hilo, HI
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Jungle Love, Pahoa, HI
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Jungle Love, Hilo, HI
- WonderlandSF
Museums
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International conceptual show, Biennial 2017
The Museum of Non-Visible Art, Skelf -
Solo exhibition at the EHCC: Hawaii Museum of Contemporary Art, Hilo, HI, 2015
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Group exhibition at the Museo di Storia Naturale, Genoa, Italy, 2014
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Work in the collection of the Churchill Downs Derby Museum, Louisville, KY, 1995
Articles And Press Releases
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November 2021: Medium “Book Review: Rhinotopia Beginnings: The Art of Sarah Soward”
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November 2021: Well-Seasoned Librarian Podcast “Rhinotopia” episode
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March 2021: Shoutout LA "Meet Amy Stock: Gallerist" (Multiple paintings used for article)
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February 2021: ART.HAPPENS "Illustrating the Rhinoceros Sutra" artist talk/presentation
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July 2017: San Diego Downtown News "Celebrating the days of 'Rabbitville'"
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June 2017: Gaslamp Quarter "Meet the Next Artist of Rabbitville: Sarah Soward"
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May 2017: Bloomin Uterus "Excision vs Ablation" article uses "The Endo-Graphic" image I created
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January 2017: International Rhino Foundation "An Incredible Comeback Story" featured artist
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June 2015: BBC Wildlife Magazine (Painting used for exhibition review)
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June 2015: The Londonist (Painting used for exhibition review)
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November 2014: San Mateo Daily Journal "Seasons of life explored in art"
Select Catalogs Online
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DSWF Wildlife Artist of the Year Exhibition 2017
Issuu, DWSF site -
DSWF Wildlife Artist of the Year Exhibition 2015
Issuu
Publications: Art And Creative Writing
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Rhinotopia Beginnings, art book
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Terrene biannual art and literature publication, selected artist
- Days of Solitude, selected artist
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Self-Portraits of the Apocalypse: Shelter-in-Place
- “Sky Creature” painting featured in BBC Wildlife Magazine
- “Sky Creature” painting featured in The Londonist
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The Comprehensive Pocket Guide for the Badass Artist, contributing writer
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“Yellow Sadness” in The Colors of Life
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“Einstein’s Daughters” review for Gilded Serpent Webzine
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“White Out Wedding” for Gilded Serpent Webzine
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Featured as a performer in California 24/7
Education
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California College of the Arts
BFA in Painting & Drawing, 2002
Curator/Co-Curator:
- Wild Heart Gallery's Artist Invitational 2022
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Claremont Art Studios First Friday Featured Artist exhibitions 2014, 2015
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Claremont Art Studios Art Market 2014
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CCA’s Women’s Caucus Association Show
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Guerilla Girls lecture presented by the Women’s Caucus Association at CCA
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The Muse Studio’s “Glub Glub–A Show About Fish” at The 1923 Tea House
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“The Muse” group show at Chevil Ate’ Theatre
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Various fundraisers for The Pagan Alliance
Exhibition Juror:
- Wild Heart Gallery, Lead Juror 2022 through 2023 for various animal-themed virtual art shows
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15th Annual City Arts of San Mateo High School Arts Recogntion Program
City Arts of San Mateo, 2015 -
First Friday Guest Artist Juror
Claremont Art Studios, 2014–2015 -
Claremont Art Studios Art Market
Claremont Art Studios, 2014