Sara Elizabeth Gates
b.1977 Poughkeepsie NY
Lives in Rockaway Beach, works in Brooklyn
Education
2006 MFA Painting Pratt Institute Brooklyn, NY
2004 Post Graduate Diploma in Fine Art Chelsea College of Art London, UK
1999 BFA Painting Syracuse University Syracuse, NY
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2019 Greenpoint Open Studios Dusty Rose Vintage
2011 Ocean by Cook & Gates Live with Animals Gallery Brooklyn NY
2009 The Not So Distant Outskirts Rebekah Templeton Gallery Philadelphia, PA
2007 Everything Counts in Large Amounts Rebekah Templeton Gallery Philadelphia, PA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 Potters and Printmakers Russell Janis Gallery Brooklyn, NY
2017 Thru the Rabbit Hole2 Sideshow Gallery Brooklyn, NY
Catus Collective Philadephia PA
2016 Everything I Never Made Treasure Gallery New Orleans,LA
Nation IV: Thru the Rabbit Hole Sideshow Gallery Brooklyn, NY
2015 Paperazzi IV Janet Kurnatowski Gallery Brooklyn, NY
Nation III: Circle the Wagons!!! Sideshow Gallery Brooklyn, NY
2014 Paperazzi 3 Janet Kurnatowski Gallery Brooklyn, NY
How ‘Bout Now Temporary Storage Gallery Brooklyn, NY
#NoFilter The Safari Gallery New York, NY
2013 Paperazzi 2 Janet Kurnatowski Gallery Brooklyn, NY
2012 Paperazzi Janet Kurnatowski Gallery Brooklyn, NY
2009 Fit For Habitation Live with Animals Gallery Brooklyn, NY
2006 Susak Expo Gallery 600 Susak, Croatia
Scanners The 2006 NY Film Festival, New York, NY
Diorama-a-rama Live with Animals Gallery Brooklyn, NY
Embellish, Falling Cow Gallery Philadelphia, PA
2005 Emergent The Tower Gallery Philadelphia PA
2003 Sway Gallery Group Show Sway Gallery Berkeley, CA
Under 30, Over 20 Barton Art Gallery Sacramento, CA
Residencies
Pocoapoco March 2020
Susak Expo Susak, Croatia 2006
Academic / Lectures
2009—2014 Lecturer / Guest Instructor, Pratt Pre-College Program Brooklyn, NY
Lecture on the transition from fine artist to business owner to 300 pre-college students and conduct workshops for those students in my print studio.
2011 Guest Instructor, Parsons The New School For Design New York, NY
Taught screen printing techniques utilizing conductive metallic inks as part of MFA Design and Technology “Soft Circuit” course.
2009—2011 Instructor, Spacecraft Brooklyn, NY
Taught introductory screen printing classes at local arts and crafts studio with an emphasis on DIY and at-home techniques.