Paintings and Drawings by Sarah Ammons
I use graphite, gouache and oil to explore the natural world, the fabricated world, and the internal world.
latest publications
2023 Bonton Studio Journal, Healdsburg, CA. “At Home with Sarah Ammons"
Videos from the studio
Sarah Ammons Curriculum Vitae
Healdsburg, CA. 95448
email: sarahammons@mac.com
Education
2012 - 2014 San Francisco Art Institute, Masters of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing, San Francisco, CA. USA.
2008 - 2012 Queen’s University, Bachelor of Fine Arts/Bachelor of Arts in Art History and Philosophy, Kingston, ON. Canada.
2007 - 2008 University of King’s College, Foundation Year Program (Lib. Arts), Halifax, NS. Canada.
2006 - 2007 Trinity College School, Port Hope, ON. Canada.
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Gouache and Oil, Gather, Bowmanville, ON, Canada.
2019 Gouache and Oil, Horse and Plow Winery, Sebastopol, CA.
2016 Thought Patterns, Santa Rosa City Hall, Santa Rosa, CA.
2016 Paintings by Sarah Ammons, Insomnia Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Group Exhibitions
2022 Superfine Art Fair, San Francisco, CA.
2021 La Jolla Art and Wine Festival, La Jolla, CA.
2021 Mill Valley Art Festival, Mill Valley, CA.
2021 Camelback Gallery, Online Figurative Show, CO.
2021 Superfine Online E-Fair, San Francisco, CA.
2021 Sol Caravan Social Club, San Anselmo, CA.
2020 Toronto Online Art Festival, Toronto, ON Canada.
2019 Sacramento Art Festival, Sacramento, CA.
2019 Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival, Mill Valley, CA.
2019 Healdsburg Art Festival, Healdsburg, CA.
2019 Engage Art Fair, Calistoga, CA.
2019 Toronto Artist Project, Toronto, ON. Canada.
2018 Sausalito Art Festival, Sausalito, CA.
2018 Healdsburg Art Festival, Healdsburg, CA.
2018 Toronto Artist Project, Toronto, ON. Canada.
2018 Color Emotion, Art Works Downtown, San Raphael, CA.
2017 Venison Magazine Group Show, Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany, CA.
2016 Collectively Searching, Art Bar, Kingston, NY.
2016 Projections, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, ON, Canada.
2016 Entangled, The Peninsula Art Institute, San Francisco, CA.
2015 Graduate Fellows, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA.
2014 Hang Over, Studio 110 Projects, Sausalito, CA.
2014 Principal, The Old Mint, San Francisco, CA.
2014 Engendering Performance, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA.
2013 Contemporary Figurative Painters, Canadian Fine Arts, Toronto ON.
2013 Murphy and Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards Ceremony, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA.
2012 New Paintings by Emerging Artists; Next Generation, Canadian Fine Arts, Toronto ON.
2012 The Artist Project Toronto, Exhibition Centre: Queen Elizabeth Building, Toronto, ON
Publications
Pretty Girls Making Cool Shit, Sarah Ammons, http://www.prettygirlsmakingcoolshit.com/2019/05/sarah-ammons.html May 2019.
Art House Press, Work used as cover image volume III. https://www.arthousepress.org/ December 2017
Venison Magazine, Sarah Ammons, http://www.venisonmagazine.com/sarah-ammons.html September 2016.
Young Space, Sarah Ammons. http://young-space.com/tag/sarah-ammons/ June 12, 2014.
Studio 110 Projects, Hang | Over 2014. http://studio110projects.com/hangover2014 June 2014.
SF Art Enthusiast, Murphy and Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards at SOMArts Cultural Center, http://sfartenthusiast.com/2013/09/murphy-cadogan-contemporary-art-awards-at-somarts-cultural-center/ September 2013.
Plaid Magazine, Sarah Ammons: Artist’s Self-Analysis Explored through Multiplicity. http://www.plaidmag.com/2012/07/sarah-ammons/ Fall/Winter 2012.
Weld Art Collective, Artist of the Month. http://www.we-ld.com/?portfolio=march-sarah-ammons March, 3, 2012.
Toronto Life, Thirty Must See Pieces at the Artist Project. March 2, 2012
Toronto Life, The Artist Project Brought Big Names and Emerging Talent to Opening Night at the Queen Elizabeth Building. March 2, 2012
The Queen’s Journal, Inspiration Through Time and Space. March 2, 2012. Vol. 139, iss. 39.
Grants and Awards
2021 Camelback Gallery Bronze Figurative Award
2014 Headlands Graduate Fellowship Award
2013 Murphy and Cadogan Contemporary Art Award
2013 SFAI Graduate Student Merit Award
2012 SFAI Graduate Student Merit Award
2012 Untapped Artist award, Toronto Artist Project
2010 Spark Box Studio Residency Award
Residencies
2014 Marin Headlands, Sausalito, Headlands Center for the Arts. Graduate Fellowship awarded for Painting and Drawing, July 2014 - June 2015.
2010 Prince Edward County/Picton, Spark Box Studio. Concentrating in etching/intaglio printing, April 23-25.
Commissions
2020 City of Healdsburg, CA. (Mural design for parking barrier, located in the Plaza)
2016 Three Dog Yoga, Santa Rosa, CA. (Mural design and community project)
2015 The Donum Estate Winery and Vineyards, Sonoma, CA. (Mural in a collection including Ai Wei Wei, Keith Herring, Louise Bourgeois, and Richard Hudson.)
2011 Queen’s Student Opera Company, Kingston, ON.
Collections
Canvas Gallery, Toronto, ON.
Hatton Daniels Wine Cellars, Sonoma, CA.
Spark Box Studio - Picton/Prince Edward County, ON.
Trinity College School, Port Hope, ON.
Private Collections across Canada and USA.
