Sarah Kabot

July-August 2009

About the Artist:

Sarah Kabot, was born in Troy, Michigan. The visually repetitive environment of the suburbs continues to inform and influence her sculptures, drawings, and installations. In 2006, Sarah was awarded the Wendy L. Moore Emerging Artist Grant, and had her first solo museum exhibition and catalog, titled On the Flip Side, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland, Ohio. Recent exhibitions include Paper City, and X at Mixed Greens Gallery in New York, New York, and One by One at Smack Mellon in Brooklyn, New York. Sarah’s work has also been featured in exhibitions Retreat at Raw & Co, in Cleveland, Ohio, Trace in Kirkland, WA, and a traveling exhibition and catalog entitled Hot House: Expanding the Field of Fiber at Cranbrook, 1970-2007. She has been granted a 2008-2009 Workspace Residency at Dieu Donne Papermill in New York City and a 2009 Residency at Sculpture Space in Utica New York.

Sarah received her B.F.A. from the University of Michigan School of Art and Design in 1998, and her M.F.A. from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2002. She is currently Assistant Professor of Drawing at the Cleveland Institute of Art in Ohio.