SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2016 

The Art Project, The Oakman, Jersey City, NJ. Curated by Jim Pustorino.

2013 

The Big Small Painting Show, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ.

Out of Step, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ. Curated by Brendan Carroll.

2012 

On The Fence, The Dirty Dirty, Brooklyn, NY.

Prismatic, Arts Guild New Jersey, Rahway, NJ. Curated by Rachel Faillace.

Through You Into Action, Center of Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ and Gallery

Aferro, Newark, NJ.

2011 

Resident Artists of the Creative Center, Johnson & Johnson World Gallery, New

Brunswick, NJ. Curated by Robin Glazer.

2010 

Standing Anywhere, Collaboration with choreographer Penny Hutchinson, performed in

Molissa Fenley and Friends, 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Festival,

92nd Street Y, New York, NY.

Residents of the Creative Center II, Citicorp Building, Long Island City, NY.

Residents of the Creative Center I, Johnson & Johnson World Gallery, New Brunswick,

NJ. Curated by Monvan Hu.

2009

Kork Advent, Kort, Beacon, NY.

Pseudonymous, The Dirty Dirty, Brooklyn, NY.

Team Painting: Stimulus Package, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL.

Curated by James Siena.

I’m Always Thinking of You Even When I’m Kissing Another Boy, Envoy Enterprises,

New York, NY. Collected and retold by Ethan Shoshan.

OMG, Aferro Gallery, Newark, NJ.

Invitational Exhibition, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA.

Artists at Work, Studio Theatre Gallery, Middlesex County College, Edison, NJ.

Curated by Susan Altman and Alane Poirier.

2008 

Newark Invitational 2008, Red Saw Gallery, Newark, NJ.

I Love Jersey City, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ.

Artreach XVI, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ.

2007 

Artreach XV, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ.

2006 

Waterfall Show, Mahan Gallery, Columbus, OH.

Artists in Residence, The Creative Center, New York, NY.

Minus More, Seton Hall, Newark, NJ. Curated by Ben Goldman.

Painting Annual 2006, Victory Hall, Jersey City, NJ.

Small Works Exhibition, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York University,

New York, NY. Curated by Jack Shainman.

2005 

Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY.

Fabricon II, Gaia Studio, Hoboken, NJ.

2004 

The Metro Show, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ. Curated by Rhea Anastas and Rocio

Aranda-Alvarado.

Abstract New Jersey, Seton Hall, Newark, NJ.

The Odds, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ.

Groundswell Community Mural Project Benefit, White Columns, New York, NY.

2003 

Good for You!, Mason Gross Gallery, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.

2002 Reactions, EXIT ART, New York, NY. Traveled to Williamson Gallery, Art Center

College of Design, Pasadena, CA.

2001 

Open Studios, Summer Studio Residency, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY.

1999 

Millennium Mélange, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL.

1998 

Open Show, Spark Gallery, Denver, CO.

Surrealist Show, Antropolis, Denver, CO.

1997 

El Dia de Los Muertos XV, Pirate, Denver, CO.

La Mujer: Women’s Art Exhibit, Chicano Humanities and Arts Council, Denver, CO.

Figurative Show, CORE New Arts Space, Denver, CO.

Local Time: Made in Bentlage, Academy for Visual Arts, Enschede, Germany.

Departures, Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy.


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2014 

Sara Wolfe: Boom Boom Boom, Hamilton Square, Jersey City, NJ. Curated by

Brendan Carroll.

2009 

Babble: New Works by Sara Wolfe, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ (Catalog).

2006 

Rise, Windows on Columbus, Jersey City, NJ (through 2007).

Sara Wolfe: New Paintings, Jersey City Museum at the Majestic Theater, Jersey City,

NJ. Curated by Rocio Aranda-Alvarado.

2005 

Oops, The Brunswick Window, Jersey City, NJ.

2004 

Six Degrees, M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Mason Gross Galleries, Rutgers University,

New Brunswick, NJ.


HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS

2017 Creative Capital Blended Learning Program

2012 Change, Inc.

The Artists Fellowship.

The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Emergency Grant.

2009 Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship to attend Atlantic Center for the Arts, FL.

2008 Yaddo Fellowship

2007 Mentor, Art Reach Program, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ.

2005 Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Full Fellowship. Vermont Studio Centers, Johnson, VT.

2004 Award of Merit. The Metro Show. City Without Walls, Newark, NJ.

Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant, Nominee.

2002-2004 Teaching Fellowship, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University.

2002-2003 Mason Gross School of the Arts State Scholarship in Art, Rutgers University.

1997 Juror’s Choice Award. Figurative Show. CORE New Arts Space, Denver, CO.

Association of Independent Schools of Art and Design Scholarship.

Studio Art Centers International Scholarship.

1990-1993 Creative and Performing Arts Scholarship.

1991 Margery E. Wilson Scholarship.


ARTIST IN RESIDENCIES/ WORKSHOPS

2015-2017 Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ.

2009 Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL.

2008 Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY.

Gallery Aferro Studio Residency, Newark, NJ.

2006 Byrdcliffe Artist Colony, Woodstock/ Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock, NY.

2005 Vermont Studio Centers, Johnson, VT.

2001 Summer Studio Residency, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY.

1997 Local Time Workshop, Association of Independent Schools of Art and Design, Kloster

Bentlage, Rheine, Germany.


BIBLIOGRAPHY

Russinof, Anne, "Out of Step in New Jersey," Gallery Travels: Seen Around Town, October 11,

2013. http://gallerytravels.blogspot.com/2013/10/out-of-step-in-new-jersey.html.

Butler, Sharon, "Abstraction is Not a cul-de-sac," Two Coats of Paint, October 6, 2013.

http://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2013/10/abstraction-is-not-cul-de-sac.html.

Carroll, Brendan, "Jersey City-based artist Sara Wolfe keeping busy with two openings this weekend for her colorful work," NJ.com, May 3, 2012, http://ww.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2012/-5/jersey_city-based_artist_sara.html.

Prismatic, Arts Guild New Jersey, Rahway, NJ, 2012.

Aferro Resident Exhibition, Center of Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ and Gallery Aferro,

Newark, NJ, 2012.

Yaddo Annual Report, Saratoga Springs, NY, 2008.

Bischoff, Dan, “Practicing Art,” The Newark Star-Ledger, June 12, 2008.

“Artist-in-Residence Profile: Sara Wolfe,” Creative Center Fall 2007 Newsletter, New York, NY, 2007.

Artreach XV Catalog, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ, 2007.

“Thinking Big in Small Spaces,” The Newark Star-Ledger, November 19, 2004.

Local Time Catalog, Association of Independent Schools of Art and Design, Rheine, Germany, 1997.

“Kunstler aus aller Welt arbeiten weider in Bentlage (Artists from Around the World Work in Bentlage),”

Munsterlandisch Volleszeitung, Germany, May 29, 1997.

“Geist von Bentlage wirk auf Kunstler aus der ganzen welt (Spirits of Bentlage Effect Artists from

Around the World),” Munstersche Zeitung, Germany, May 29, 1997.


LECTURES/ TEACHING

2019-present 

Hudson County Community College, Jersey City, NJ. Drawing Explorations.

2008-present 

New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ. Adjunct Professor, Drawing and

Composition, Principles of Painting, Painting Fundamentals.

2006-present 

Studio in a School, New York, NY. Content Specialist, Teaching Artist in New York City Public Schools.

2012-present 

Battery Park City Park, New York, NY. Teaching Artist.

2006-2015 

Creative Center, New York, NY. Resident artist at Englewood Hospital, NJ.

2006-2013 

Middlesex County College, Edison, NJ. Adjunct Professor, Drawing, Traditional

Painting, Figure Drawing, 2D Design, Intro to Art; Art History.

2012-2013 

Arts High School, Arts and Education Center, Ocean County College, Tom’s River, NJ. Art Professor, Basic Drawing,

2012 

Arts Horizons, NJ. Teaching Artist.

2009-2010 

Essex County College, Newark, NJ. Adjunct Professor, Drawing I & II, Art Appreciation, Art History.

2005-2006 

SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY. Adjunct Professor, Intermediate Drawing, Basic and Intermediate Painting.

2006 

State University of New York, New Paltz, NY. Guest Artist, Interdisciplinary Graduate Critique.

2005 

Jersey City Art Museum, Studio Visit and Lecture, Intern Day, Jersey City, NJ.

2003-2004 

Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. Graduate Teaching Assistant, Drawing I, Painting I and II.


EDUCATION

2004 

Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.

Master of Fine Arts.

1999-2001 

 School of Visual Arts, New York, NY. Painting and Art Criticism.

1997 

 Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy. Post-Baccalaureate in Painting.

1993 

 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. Bachelor of Fine Arts, Cum Laude.