Sarah Sutro, born outside Boston, graduated from Cornell University, studying with Gillian Pederson-Krag; Yale at Norfolk, and The University of the Arts, London (MFA). Her current paintings present encounters between people of different cultures and times, involved in urgent conversations. Sculptured heads and masks are cast against vast landscape backgrounds suggesting an infinite stage “out of time.” All embody a strange power that comes from the juxtaposition of the real and the imagined. She is also known for her ink drawings, watercolor/acrylic landscapes and ‘watercolor texts.’ Paintings and drawings have been shown and are in collections nationally and internationally, including the Museum of Modern Art, Harvard Art Museums, Chicago Art Institute, Johnson Art Museum and Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry. She has had fellowships at the American Academy of Rome, MacDowell Colony, Ossabaw Island Foundation, Millay Colony for the Arts, Blue Mountain Center, Art Dulcinium (Montenegro) and Goetemann artist residency; and grants from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Taconic Foundation and MA Cultural Council.
Also a writer of poetry and essays, Sutro is the author of COLORS: Passages through Art, Asia and Nature (Blue Asia Press), and the chapbooks Études and Natural Wonders (Finishing Line Press). Her reviews and articles have appeared in American Arts Quarterly and Berkshire Fine Arts.
Articles by Sarah Sutro
Article, “Color as a Narrative Tool in Surimono Prints,” in American Arts Quarterly, Fall 2013
Article, “Max Ginsburg, Social Commentator of His Time,” in American Arts Quarterly, Summer 2013
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North Adams, MA 01247
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