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Sarah McKenzie
BornApril 15, 1971
Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.
Education1998, MFA, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; 1993, BA, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Known forPainting
Equilibrium (Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum with Piet Mondrian, 2019), 2019, oil and acrylic on canvas, 36" x 54"

Sarah McKenzie (born 1971) is an American painter born in Greenwich, Connecticut. She has had numerous solo exhibitions, most notably with Denver's David B. Smith Gallery,[1][2][3][4] New York's Jen Bekman Gallery,[5][6] and the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art.[7][8] Her paintings have been included in group exhibitions at the Walker Art Center,[9] the Carnegie Museum of Art,[10] the Yale School of Architecture,[11] the New Mexico Museum of Art,[12] the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver,[13] and the Aspen Art Museum.[14]

McKenzie is the 2021 recipient of the Marion International Fellowship for the Visual and Performing Arts (Fredonia, NY)[15][16] and a 2012 recipient of a Painters & Sculptors Grant from the Joan Mitchell Foundation (New York, NY).[17][18] Other awards include the 10th Alexander Rutsch Award in Painting from the Pelham Art Center (Pelham, NY) in 2019;[19] an Individual Artist Award from the Santo Foundation (St. Louis, MO) in 2019;[20] and First Place in the National Young Painters Exhibition at Miami University (Oxford, OH) in 2006.[21] Her paintings have been featured in Artforum,[22] New American Paintings,[23] Modern in Denver Magazine,[24] the New York Times,[25] Dwell Magazine,[26][27] Art Ltd. Magazine,[28] Art in America,[29][30] and the 2014 book, Imagine Architecture: Artistic Visions of the Urban Realm,[31] among other publications.

Cage (Whitney Museum with Brendan Fernandes, 2019), 2020, oil and acrylic on canvas, 60" x 60"

McKenzie paints with oil and acrylic on canvas. Her work captures architecture in transition. Past series have focused on construction sites, abandoned structures, hotel rooms, and parking garages– spaces that are fluid rather than fixed.[32] With White Walls, the series of paintings McKenzie created from 2014 to 2020, she depicts the architecture of exhibition space: art fair tents, minimalist museum and gallery interiors, and video-screening rooms.[33] Her work has been influenced by the writings of Brian O'Doherty, particularly his 1976 book, Inside the White Cube: The Ideology of the Gallery Space, which explores the history and development of gallery architecture in response to modern art. In 2021, with the support of the Marion Fellowship, McKenzie launched a new project exploring the architecture of the US prison system.

References

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  1. ^ "Sarah McKenzie". art ltd. magazine. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  2. ^ Rinaldi, Ray (April 3, 2014). "Artists Sarah McKenzie, Mark Dean Veca have the un-time of their lives". Denver Post. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  3. ^ Paglia, Michael (October 6, 2016). "Review: White Walls Is an Art Show About Art Shows". Westword. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  4. ^ Paglia, Michael (February 19, 2020). "Solos Take Contemporary Painting and Sculpture in New Directions". Westword. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  5. ^ Stanley, Caroline (January 20, 2009). "Jen Bekman Artist to Watch: Sarah Mckenzie". Flavorwire.com. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  6. ^ Wesseler, Sarah (February 25, 2009). "Building on Canvas: Sarah McKenzie and the New American Landscape". ArchDaily.com. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  7. ^ Seed, John (2016-06-10). "Sarah McKenzie 'White Walls' at the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art". HuffPost. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  8. ^ Grossman, Dan (July 13, 2016). "Review: Sarah McKenzie's 'White Walls'". NUVO.
  9. ^ Riddle, Mason (Fall–Winter 2008). "Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes". Public Art Review. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  10. ^ O'Neill, Brian (October 5, 2008). "The Suburbs as a Museum Piece". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  11. ^ Tidmarsh, David (March 3, 2009). "Suburbia Seduces in Art & Architecture". Yale Daily News. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  12. ^ Limon, Enrique (April 14, 2015). "Jury Duty: New Exhibit Celebrates Artists on the Edge". Santa Fe Reporter. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  13. ^ Paglia, Michael (August 23, 2012). "Continental Drift Brings a Sense of Place to the MCA". Westword. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  14. ^ Oksenhorn, Stewart (October 17, 2012). "'Continental Drift,' A Show of Ideas". Aspen Times Weekly. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  15. ^ "Architectural artist named 2021 Marion Fellow | Fredonia.edu". www.fredonia.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
  16. ^ Liu, Jasmine (2021-06-02). "Boulder Painter Sarah McKenzie Explores Power and Prison Architecture". Westword. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
  17. ^ "Painters & Sculptors Program". JoanMitchellFoundation.org. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  18. ^ "Announcing 2012 Recipients of Painters & Sculptors Grants". Joan Mitchell Foundation. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  19. ^ "Rutsch Winner Sarah McKenzie Solo Exhibition Opens May 3 at Pelham Art Center". PelhamArtCenter.org. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  20. ^ "Individual Artist Awards". SantoFoundation.org. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  21. ^ "Young Painters Competition winners". Miami University News Release. January 26, 2006. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  22. ^ "Dan Beachy-Quick on Sarah McKenzie". www.artforum.com. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  23. ^ "Sarah McKenzie". NewAmericanPaintings.com. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  24. ^ Bardeen, Tara (Fall 2016). "The Space Between". Modern in Denver. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  25. ^ Arieff, Allison (January 11, 2009). "What Will Save the Suburbs?". New York Times. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  26. ^ Britt, Aaron (July 2010). "Land Use Survey at Jen Bekman Gallery". Dwell. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  27. ^ Bravo, Amber (January 2008). "Suburban subversion". Dwell.
  28. ^ Paglia, Michael (November 10, 2016). "Sarah McKenzie". Art Ltd. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  29. ^ Orendorff, Danny (May 8, 2009). "Art for All at Chicago's Fairs". Art in America. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  30. ^ Cash, Stephanie (February 2007). "Report from Colorado: The Hills Are Alive" (PDF). Art in America. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  31. ^ Feireiss, Lukas (2014). Imagine Architecture: Artistic Visions of the Urban Realm. Berlin: Gestalten Press. p. 228. ISBN 978-3899555448.
  32. ^ MacMillan, Kyle (December 15, 2010). "Artist Sarah McKenzie builds fine foundation". Denver Post. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  33. ^ Seed, John (June 10, 2016). "Sarah McKenzie 'White Walls' at the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art". Huffington Post. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
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  • Sarah McKenzie's official website [1]
  • Sarah McKenzie at David B. Smith Gallery [2]
  • Sarah McKenzie on Artsy.net [3]
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