S A R A  P O S T 

My current paintings and drawings are based in a series of events created by weather, light and space and the effects of lingering over small changes.  This work is necessarily abstract--layered and non linear. Subtle shifts in light and color, varying textures, shapes hidden, revealed and drawn surface lines combine to create a sense of dynamic space--a reflection of the generous and sometimes disturbing natural world.

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Beginning the new year with two solo shows:

Here and Now  January 11-March 31, painting, collage, Yorba Wines, Sutter Creek, CA  

Source Material  March 1-April 13, painting, drawing and collage, Manna Gallery, Oakland

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PAPER TRAILS artists' works on paper and about paper--collage, books, sculpture

Danville Village Theater Gallery
Danville, Ca
through October 28. 2023

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Sara Post

Exhibits

2022

Interwoven, The Pence Gallery, Davis, CA  group show

35x35, Benicia Arts, Benicia, CA  invitational group show

Airborne, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA  solo show

Habitat, with Thomas Post, Dolphin Gallery, Gualala, CA  

Stuck Together and Torn Apart: Printmaking in the Pandemic, Gallery 625, Yolo Arts, Woodland, CA, invitational group show

2021

Compass, Sparrow Gallery, Sacramento, CA  two person show

Where The Journey Takes Us, Gualala Arts, Gualala, CA

New Year, New Directions, The Pence Gallery, Davis CA, invitational

Lifting The Sky, American Women Artists 2021 National Online Juried Show 

Yosemite Renaissance, Yosemite Gateway Art Center/Yosemite Museum, private jury, Yosemite National Park, CA, purchase prize

2020

This Is Not A Dream, The Pence Gallery, Davis, CA  solo show

Slice: A Selection of Regional Art, Hearne Pardee, juror, Pence Gallery, Davis CA

Small Works, Sager-Braudis Gallery, Columbia, MO, invitational

2019

Other Places, Jen Tough Gallery, Benicia, CA  solo show

Content Matters, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA, Jack Fischer, juror

Yellow/Yellow, Orangeland Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Candace Loheed, juror

The March Show, Sager-Braudis Gallery, Columbia, MO, invitational

Coastal, Downtown Art Works, San Rafael, CA, Elia Haworth, juror

2018

Weather, Sparrow Gallery, Sacramento, CA solo show

Diurnal/Unexplored Territory, with Julie Clements, The Pence Gallery, Davis, CA, invitational

2017

Shoreline, Sparrow Gallery, Sacramento, CA  solo show

Home + The World, International House, University of California Davis, Davis, CA  solo show

Looking Around, Bresnick-Holmes Gallery, Winters, CA  solo show

Bluets: To Fall Under A Spell, GearBox Gallery, Oakland, CA, Jack Fischer, juror

Wax, Jen Tough Gallery, Vallejo, CA, invitationalWomen In The Abstract, Jen Tough Gallery, Vallejo, CA, invitational

2016

North Coast, Art 26, Davis, CA  solo show

Fall National Exhibit, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA, Susan Snyder, juror

Slice: A Selection of Regional Art, Pence Gallery, Davis CA, DeWitt Cheng, juror

2015

Material Worlds: Sixteen Artists + Their Materials, Davis Arts Center Tsao Gallery, Davis, CA, invitational

California Fine Arts, California State Fair, Sacramento, CA merit award for 2D work, Selected Five Best of Show

2014

Winter’s Tales: 23 Artists Interpret The Season, The Artery Gallery, Davis, CA

Slice: A Survey of Regional Art, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA, Carrie Lederer, juror

2013

Camp Barbera, with Thomas Post, The Artery, Davis, CA

California Clay Competition, Tony Natsoulas, juror, The Artery, Davis, CA, juror’s award

Good Company: Great Clay and Glass in California 1932-2012, Kathleen Hanna, juror, Petaluma Art Center, Petaluma, CA

2011

Close To Home, with Thomas Post, The Artery, Davis, CA

2010

Ink, Paper, Wax, Latitudes, Auburn, CA, solo show

Lessons From Things, Davis Art Center Tsao Gallery, Davis, CA

20/20, 20th Street Gallery, Sacramento, CA

2009

Thinking In Layers, Davis Art Center Tsao Gallery, Davis, CA

ACGA at PARC, Ceramics at Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, CA, invitational

2000-2006

“Clay and Fiber”, Freehand, Los Angeles, CA

“Get Fired: 4 Perspectives on Clay”, Davis Art Center, Davis, CA

“Sixty Years Of Fire, Form & Function”, Fallkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA

“Vessel/Sculpture/Tile: ACGA in Oakland”, The Gallery at 1515 Clay, Oakland CA

“Small Works”, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA

“For The Love Of Flowers”, Kentucky Museum of Art And Craft, Louisville, KY

“Showcase 2”, Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, CA

“The Art of Tile”, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA

“Tile”, Sacramento Art Commission SMUD Gallery, Sacramento, CA

“California: Inventing Tradition”, Freehand, Los Angeles, CA

“Artistry In Tile”, Greater Reston Art Center, Reston VA, purchase prize

1983-2000

“T.S. Post Maiolica ’98”, Sawbridge Gallery, Winnetka, IL, Chicago, IL

“Side By Side”, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL

“Tile ‘95”, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI, Best of Show

“Come To Dinner”, Gallery 8, La Jolla, CA

“Flora and Fauna”, Elizabeth Fortner Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

“Sara Post: New Works in Maiolica”, Artful Hand Gallery, Boston, MA solo show 

“Bewitched By Craft”, American Craft Museum, New York, NY

“Tea Party”, Pinch Pottery/Ferrin Gallery, Northampton, MA

“Art For The Table”, Society for Art In Craft, Pittsburgh, PA

“California Crafts”, Renwick Gallery, The Smithsonian, Washington, D.C.

“Stars and Stripes”, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA

“Couples”, Freehand, Los Angeles, CA

“American Ceramics National IV”, Art Works Gallery, Fair Oaks, CA

“Contemporary Cups” University of Oregon Art Museum, Eugene, OR

“Jeu d’Esprit”, The Hand and The Spirit Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

“New West”, America House, Tenafly, NJ

“Pottery About Pottery”, Pinch Pottery, Northampton, MA

“Soup To Nuts”, Renwick Gallery, The Smithsonian, Washington, DC

“American Ceramics National III”, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA

“Table Art”, Benchmarks Gallery, Washington, D.C.

“California Works”, California State Fair, Sacramento, CA, honor award

Commissions/Public Collections

University Retirement Center, Davis, CA, 

Davis Transmedia Sculpture Walk, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA

Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ

Riverside Medical Center, Riverside, CA

Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX

Alta Bates, Berkeley, CA

Carol Read Breast Care Center, Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, Berkeley, CA

Kaiser Permanente, Washington D.C., San Diego, CA, Walnut Creek, CA, Irvine, CA

Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston TX

Mercy Hospital, Ypsalanti, MI

Northwestern Mutual Insurance, Franklin, WI

Eisenhower Medical Center, Renker Pavillion, Rancho Mirage, CA

Gilette Children’s Hospital, Minneapolis, MN

Prentice Women’s Hospial, Chicago, IL

Marriot Hotel, Laguna Cliffs, CA

Memorial Hemann Katy Hospital, Katy TX

Residencies 

Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA, September, 2022

Westerbeke Ranch, Sonoma CA, August 1-31, 2020

Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA, July 24-31, 2018

Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA, January 15-March 1, 2018

Publications / Projects / Workshops

Publications

Goat Rodeo Blog, art issues, sarapostart.com

Jung Journal, Artists On Creativity, Blue Line, Sara Post, Summer, 2019

Cold Wax Medium: Techniques, Concepts, Conversation, Rebecca Crowell, Jerry McLaughlin, Squeegee Press, 2017

Making and Installing Handmade Tile, Lark Books, 2005

The Artful Home, Guild Publications, 2005, 2006, 2007

Crafts Of Northern California, Alcove Books, 2003

The Best Of Pottery, Angela Fina, Writers Digest Book, 1996

Projects

Curatorial: Tsao Gallery, Davis Arts Center, Davis, CA  2002-2014

Textile Collection: Close to Home, 24 designs, P-B Fabrics 2012

Juror

Sierra Wax Artists At The Crocker, 2020, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA

Flux: Wax In All Forms (national exhibit), 2020, Benicia Arts, Benicia, CA

Workshop Leader

Pence Gallery, Davis, CA 2020, 2022

Pacific Northwest School of the Arts, Whidbey Island, WA, 2019, oil mixed media

Shake Rag Alley, Mineral Point, WI, Collage, Oil Mixed Media, 2018, 2019

Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA, Collage, Oil Mixed Media,February and August, 2012-present

Myrtle Press at Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, CA, 2016, 2019 watercolor monotype
Art 26, Davis CA 2015-present

Davis Arts Center, Davis, CA 2002-2017

Art 26, Davis, Ca, 2015-2020

Education

Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, BA English/studio art/art education Northern Arizona 

University, Flagstaff, AZ, MA ceramics/art education

University of California, Davis, CA, directed studies with Robert Arneson, ceramics