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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I N T E R W O V E N: Interwoven presents work by a group of working artists united by the issues of creating art in our time. Members originate from places as distant as India and Germany, and as near as Davis and Woodland. Educated in many aspect of art and design, the group shares a deep curiosity and immersion in art. Their concerns are reflected through their unique pathways to artistic expressing, playing out in art forms such as painting, collage, photography and sculpture. Work by Lynn Beldner, Joan Jarvis, Hannah Kalus Hunter, Rachel Kline, Jamie Madison, Edith Stuer Polonik, Sara Post and Binuta Sudhakaran
October 11-November 27
The Pence Gallery, Davis CA
Reception: October 14, 6-9pm
Artists' Talk: October 23, 2-3:15pm
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H A B I T A T
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B I O G R A P H Y
Sara Post, American abstract painter, was born in Dallas, Texas. She studied art and English at Southern Methodist University and upon graduation moved to Los Angeles. Over the next five years she traveled widely in the U.S., Spain and England. In London she worked as an assistant at small pottery and upon returning to the U.S., enrolled in Don Bendel's innovative process centered ceramics program at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. After completing graduate studies, she and her husband, artist Thomas Post, moved to Davis, California where they opened a studio pottery, TSPost Ceramics, active from 1981 until 2010.
Post concentrated on ceramic wall pieces, which were recognized for their innovative color and painterly abstract imagery. Her work was exhibited and sold at local and national venues including the American Craft Museum and the Smithsonian. She completed numerous public commissions from large single works to whole floor installations. In 2008, she rediscovered drawing and printmaking during a residency in Italy at Il Bisonte press in Florence. Those activities led to experiments with mixed media painting combining collage, drawing, oil paint and cold wax medium.
Post currently maintains a studio, Art 26 in downtown Davis. Her paintings are known for quiet, but complex abstract surfaces. She exhibits widely and teaches adult workshops in abstract painting and drawing at art centers and studios nationally. She is represented by Sparrow Gallery in Sacramento, California and Sager-Reeves Gallery in Columbia, Missouri.
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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
