Sarah Walker received a BFA degree from the California College of the Arts and an MFA degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Walker has attended the MacDowell Colony, Ucross Foundation, Virginia Center of Creative Arts, and the American Academy in Rome. She was the recipient of a Joan Mitchell fellowship and a Rappaport Foundation Fellowship. Walker is a member of the National Academy of Art and Design.
Her work has been exhibited abroad recently at Galerie Joli (Netherlands), Gropea Kunstraum (Germany), Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder (Norway), and in the US at: Pierogi, Gregory Lind Gallery, DC Moore, McKenzie Fine Art, The Rose Museum, The Frist Art Museum, Weatherspoon Art Museum, The Crocker Museum, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
The NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship makes unrestricted cash grants of $8,000 to New York State-based artists working in 15 disciplines, recognizing five disciplines per year on a triennial basis. This program is administered by New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), with leadership support from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA).
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Image: Sarah Walker, Headdress, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 52 x 48 inches, courtesy of the artist