EDUCATION
1985-86 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Fifth Year Traveling Scholars Program
1981-85 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
EXHIBITIONS
2022 LABspace, HOLIDAY, Hillsdale NY
BENNINGTON MUSEUM, In the Shadow of the Hills, Bennington, VT
Thompson Giroux Gallery, PART OF THE STORY, Chatham, NY
Collar Works, Painting at Night, Troy, NY
Joyce Goldstein Gallery, Two person exhibition, Chatham, NY
Bernay Fine Art, Two to Tango, Great Barrington, MA
2021 LABspace, HOLIDAY, Hillsdale NY
2020 LABspace, HOLIDAY, Hillsdale NY
2019 The Hyde Collection, Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region, Glen Falls, NY
Images Cinema, Monsters Among Us, Williamstown, MA
The Sanford Gallery at Zea Mays Printmaking, Group Exhibition, Florence, MA
MCLA DownStreet Art, PublicArt, Window Art Installation commission, 107 Main Street, North Adams, MA
Easthampton City Arts, Zea Mays Printmaking Members Exhibition, Easthampton, MA
LABspace, Hillsdale, NY
Thompson Giroux Gallery, En Masse, Chatham, NY
MCLA GALLERY 51, Made by Hand Holiday Art Show, North Adams, MA
MCLA Gallery 51, Five Women Artists You Should Know, North Adams, MA
2018 BENNINGTON MUSEUM, Peace, Love, Harmony 1960s Vermont, Bennington, VT
Installation Space, WINTER SHOW & SALE, North Adams, MA
LABspace, BIG Holiday Show, Hillsdale, NY
MCLA GALLERY 51, Made by Hand Holiday Art Show, North Adams, MA
SMFA at Tufts, The SMFA at Tufts Art Sale, Boston, MA
MCLA Gallery 51, Shelter, North Adams, MA
Left Bank Gallery, Phantasmagoria, Chasing Ghosts, Bennington, VT
DOWNSTREET ART, What Happens in Washington, Happens in North Adams! Sara Farrell Okamura, North Adams, MA
LABspace, True North, Hillsdale, NY
2017 Geoffrey Young Gallery, All Things Great and Small, Great Barrington, MA
2014 MCLA Gallery 51, Things you See, two person exhibit, North Adams, MA
Whitney Center for the Arts, Art & Industry, Pittsfield, MA
Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, BAA Redux: Industrial Manifest, Pittsfield, MA
2013 Press Gallery, Letterpress as Public Art Project, The Politics of_________., North Adams, MA
2012 Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY
Mysteries of Love and Life, June – August
Elements of Art, September - November
2011 University of Texas/Austin, New Prints/2010 Autumn, Austin, Texas
2010 International Print Center, New Prints/2010 Autumn, New York, New York
2009 Rise & Fall, exhibition commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, New York, NY, Miami, FL,
Washington D.C., Boston MA, Los Angeles, CA, Providence RI, Las Vegas, NV
2007 Elmhurst Art Museum, New Acquisitions, Elmhurst, IL
2006 Brown University, Rat Race, Works by Sara Farrell, Providence, RI
2005 HD Gallery, Kids, They Are What You Make Them, New York, NY
2002 Danforth Museum, Making a Mark, Drawing Exhibition, Framingham, MA. curator, Helen Schlein, Framingham, MA
2001 Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston Drawing Project Exhibition, Boston, MA
The Albany Center Gallery, Bluebeard’s Castle, Seven Installations, Sara Farrell, Albany, NY
1999 Exhibition by Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region, Juror’s Award. Harmanus Bleecker Library Building, Albany, NY.
Sponsored by Albany Institute of History and Art, Schenectady Museum, University Art Museum, University at Albany,
State University of NY; Juror: Mike Glier
The Albany Center Galleries, 1999 Contemporary Drawing Exhibition, First Prize, Albany, NY
Juror: Jene Highstein
1998 P.S. 122 Gallery, Group Exhibition, New York, NY
1997 Berkshire Museum, Berkshire Art Association, 1997 Exhibition of Works on Paper, Pittsfield, MA
Curator: Jerry Saltz
RAW (Real Art Ways) No England/No Amsterdam II, Hartford, CT
Curator: Kenny Schachter
1993 Rockford Art Museum, Emerging Chicago Abstraction, Rockford, IL
1992 World Tattoo Gallery, Art Against Aids, Benefit to Weiss Memorial Hospital’s Immune Disorders Unit. Chicago, IL
Jamison/Thomas Gallery, The Cross , Portland, OR
Prospectus Gallery, Diarios Visuales, Jesus Acuna & Sara Farrell, Chicago, IL
1991 Dittmar Memorial Gallery, Northwestern Univ, Evanston, IL
Metropolitan Structures, 1 Illinois Center, Chicago, IL
Curator: Dennis Adrian
1935 Gallery, Sara Farrell, Chicago, IL
1990 Centro de Difusion Cultural I.P.B.A.,3 Pintores Contemporaneos Norteamerica, San Luis Potosi, S.L.P., Mexico
1935 Gallery, Obras en Pilsen, Bird, Farrell, Keller, Chicago, IL
1989 Governor’s Award Auction, Illinois State Center, Chicago, IL
Partners Gallery, Chicago Artists, Bethesda, MD
1935 Gallery, Sara Farrell, Chicago, IL
Partners Gallery, Summer Group Show, Bethesda, MD
1935 Gallery, Constructive Anxiety, Chicago, IL
Curator: Sara Farrell
1988 ARC Gallery, ARC Birthday Invitational Show, Chicago, IL
1935 Gallery, New Work, Sara Farrell Okamura, Chicago, IL
1987 Maris Gallery, 16th Annual Competitive Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, Westfield State College, Westfield, MA
Juror: Michael Beauchamin; Director, Zoe Gallery, Boston, MA
1986 Alpha Gallery, New Talent, Boston, MA
Boston Center for the Arts, Fifth Year Traveling Scholars Show, Boston, MA
1985 Berkshire Museum, Berkshire Art Association, 1985 Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture, Pittsfield, MA
Juror: Kathy Halbreich
Boston Arts Festival, 1 Bullfinch Place, Boston, MA
Jurors: Lisa Lieberman, Katherine Porter, Mark Rosenthal, Allan Stone
FELLOWSHIPS
1999 A.R.T. Fund, Sponsored by Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, INC., Great Barrington, MA
1988/89 Illinois Arts Council, Fellowship Recipient, Chicago, IL
SELECTED PERMANENT & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Elmhurst Art Museum, Permanent Collection, Elmhurst, IL
Rockford Art Museum, Permanent Collection, Rockford, IL
Fitchburg Museum of Art, Contemporary Collection, Fitchburg, MA
Henry J. DuLaurence III, Hingham, MA
Asahi Shizai Co., Tokyo, Japan
Kyoei Kanko Co., Tokyo, Japan
Mark & Marilyn Taff, Potomac, MD
Michael & Shirley Madigan, Springfield, IL
Harold & Barbara Klawans, Munster, IN
Danette & Jack Weichman, Munster, IN
James Young, Chicago, IL
Richard Behr, Rockford, IL
H. Stonecipher, Rockford, IL
Vivian Patterson, Williamstown, MA
AFFILIATIONS
Bernard Toale Gallery, Drawing Project, Boston, MA
The Drawing Center, New York, NY, Viewing Program, 1999-2001, 2004-2006
Artist Space, New York, NY
Art in the Embassy, Washington, D.C
Painting Center Registry, New York, NY
REVIEWS, PUBLICATIONS, ETC.
Berkshire Eagle, Sept. 2019, Five Women Artists MCLA Gallery 51 Wants You to Know, Jennifer Huberdeau.
Hyde Collection, Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region, Curator: Victoria Palermo, Brochure. October, 2019
Berkshire Eagle, North Adams Artists, Galen Cheney, Anna Farrington, Hideyo Okamura, Sara Farrell Okamura, Emilee Yawn, Installation Space Takes a New Form, Benjamin Cassidy, December, 2018
Berkshire Magazine, The Art of It, Inflicted Anxiety, John Seven, Sept. 2014
Tupelo Quarterly, Pairings: Poets & Painters, editor, Cassandra Cleghorn, Jan. 7, 2014
http://www.tupeloquarterly.com/pairings-poets-and-painters-by-cassandra-cleghorn
Art World with Nancy Mathews, Sept. 2013. https://vimeo.com/75595432
Transcript, August, 30, 2013, DownStreet Art: Graphic Violence, John Seven, North Adams, MA
TMI Arts Page, An Ominous Daydream: “Elements of Art” on paper at Thompson Giroux Gallery, Oct. 2012, Tatiana Klacsmann
Examiner.com, Rise & Fall Events in Major Cities Showcase Breaking Down Barriers, Nov.25, 2009, Mark Leevan
The Daily Gazette, July 14,1999, Artists of Mohawk-Hudson Region Exhibit Opens at Former Library, Karen Bjornland, Albany, NY
Art of the Month Club, Sara Farrell Okamura, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA
Albany Times Union, May 30,1999, Upstairs, Downstairs, William Jaeger, Albany, NY
1999 Exhibition by Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region Catalog, Albany Institute of Art, Albany, NY
1997 Berkshire Art Association’s Exhibition of Works on Paper Catalog, Pittsfield, MA
Berkshire Eagle, Sept. 4, 1997, Uncharted Territory, Randall Howe, Pittsfield, MA
The Valley Advocate, May 29-June 4, 1997, Mere Trifles, Patricia Rosoff, Hartford, CT
El Sol De San Luis, Oct. 17, 1990, pg 1, Section 2, 3 pintores de norteamerica, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
1989 Governor’s Awards for the Arts Catalog, Chicago, IL
New Art Examiner, Sept. 1989, vol.17, #1 pg 54, Sara Farrell, 1935 Gallery, Mitchell Stevens, Chicago, IL
Art Muscle, Dec. 1988, Chicago Roundup, Obras en Pilsen, 1935 Gallery, Michelle Grabner, Milwaukee, WI
1985 Boston Arts Festival Catalog, Boston, MA
1985 Berkshire Art Association’s Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture Catalog, Pittsfield, MA
Boston Herald, June 27, 1986, Catch a Rising Star, New Talent, Nancy Stapen, Boston, MA
Boston Globe, June 27, 1986, Pick of the Week, New Talent, Alpha Gallery, Christine Temins, Boston, MA
ART WRITING
Hyperallergic,
Deceptively Playful Portraits Mask Personal Traumas, Susan Carr, Flipside, LABspace, Hillsdale, NY
Greylock Glass,
May 6, 2019, Suffering from Realness, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
April 14, 2019, Katherine Bernhardt, Gold, New Mark Gallery at Art Omi, Ghent NY
April 7, 2019, What We Leave Behind, Dan Devine, Impact, Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY
March 24, 2019, The Body Stops Here: Keiko Narahashi & Sarah Peters, Suzanne Lemberg Usdan Gllaery, Bennington College, Bennington, VT
March 17, 2019, Once in a Lifetime Odyssey, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Mind of the Mound: Critical Mass, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
March 3, 2019, An Artists’ Artist in Our Midst, Jane Hudson, Recent Paintings, Spring St Market & Café, Williamstown, MA
February 23, 2019, Immortal Material, Plastic Entanglements: Ecology, Aesthetics, Materials, Smith College Museum of Art, Smith College, North Hampton, MA
February 17, 2019, 17 Years a Boy: Epilogue Works by Dr. Imo Nse Imeh, Readywipe Gallery, Holyoke, MA
February 10, 2019, Two Distinct Exhibits In A Historic Building, Xylor Jane: Counterclockwise & Terry Winters: Facts and Fiction, University of Massachusetts Amherst Fine Arts Center, University Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
February 3, 2019, Colour and Form: Beauty in Abstraction, MCLA Gallery 51, North Adams, MA
January 26, 2019, Rafa Esparza, Staring At The Sun, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
January 18, 2019, Possible Selves: Queer Foto Vernaculars, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA
January 9, 2019, Environmentally Radical Views of Turner & Constable, Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA
ART EDUCATION
Pine Cobble School, 2019-2020, Summer Art Program, Substitute teacher throughout academic year
Berkshire Museum, 2010-2013, Pittsfield, MA, School and Teacher Program Manager
Northern Berkshire Creative Arts, 2002-2005, North Adams, MA, Founding Executive Director
MASS MoCA, Kidspace, 2001-2002, North Adams, MA
CURATING
Zea Mays Printmaking, Infinite Possibilities, The Art of Using Multiple Techniques in Printmaking, Nov. 2019, Florence, MA
1935 Gallery, Co-director, 35 exhibitions, cultural exchanges with San Luis Potosi in Mexico, Chicago, IL