Education
2015
M.F.A., Painting, Rhode Island School of Design
2009
B.F.A., Painting, Boston University
Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
2020
Everything might spill, Spite Haus – Philadelphia
2017
Anyoffice, University of the Arts – Philadelphia
2015
Nothing / Will Have Taken Place / but the Place, Sarah Pater and Lauren Comito (curated by Hilary Doyle & Reid Hitt), Projekt 722 – Brooklyn
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
Light Accumulation, Pulp – Holyoke MA (forthcoming)
2021
Spring, West Chester University – West Chester PA (forthcoming)
2019
Unseen (curated by Akili Tommasino), Collar Works – Troy NY
Be. Long., Dutoit Gallery – Dayton OH
THERE IS NO BAND (organized by A.J. Rombach), Distillery Gallery – Boston
2018
Double Meeting, Orgy Park – Brooklyn
A Few Conversations Between Women, Boston University – Boston
Made in Paint, Sam & Adele Golden Gallery – New Berlin NY
2016
106 Green Presents, Brennan & Griffin – New York
A Body Has No Center, Tiger Strikes Asteroid – Philadelphia
Brick Moon, FJORD – Philadelphia
Dirty Particles, 18th Street Arts Center – Santa Monica
2015
Sub-Scheme, Western Exhibitions – Chicago
RISD MFA Painting (essay), Kathryn Markel Fine Arts – New York
Fever Dream, RISD Museum – Providence
RISD Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Convention Center – Providence
2014
UFO Hunters, Sol Koffler Gallery – Providence
Not Tight, Memorial Hall Gallery – Providence
The Rainbow Room, 111 Front Street – Brooklyn
New Talent, New York Design Center – New York
2013
Pool Rules, Sarah Pater, Natessa Amin, & Sean Gerstley, FJORD – Philadelphia
2012
In Celebration of the Barnes, CSA Gallery – Philadelphia
Considering the Provisional, FJORD – Philadelphia
Awards / Fellowships / Residencies
2021
Lighthouse Works Fellowship – Fishers Island NY (forthcoming)
Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency – Granville NY
2020/21
Soaring Gardens Residency, Ora Lerman Charitable Trust – Laceyville PA
2018
Lacawac Sanctuary & Biological Field Station Artist Residency – Lake Ariel PA
2017
The Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts Residency – New Berlin NY
2013/14
Graduate Division Fellowship, Rhode Island School of Design
RISD Fellowship, Rhode Island School of Design
Curatorial
2020
Slow Burn (curated with David Aipperspach), West Chester University – West Chester PA
2015
Paper Chasers, Memorial Hall Gallery – Providence
(curated with Tony Bragg, Irmak Canevi, Andy Giannakakis, Suzy Gonzalez, Michael R. Leon, Jon Merritt, Fernando Pezzino, Whitney Oldenburg, & Katie Darby-Slater)
2013
Ivory Tower (curated with Kaitlynd O'Doherty), FJORD – Philadelphia
Selected Bibliography
2019
2015
Hyperallergic: “Highlights from the RISD MFA Painting Exhibition in Chelsea”
2013
The Nicola Midnight St. Claire: “Form Review - Pool Rules at FJORD”
SPRING, Baker Gallery, West Chester University, West Chester, PA
August 30 – October 15, 2021
Reception: September 9Matt Bollinger, Angelina Gualdoni, Annette Hur, Vera Iliatova, Breehan James, Caitlin MacBride, Sangram Majumda, Joshua Marsh, Sarah Pater, Zahava Rozman, Amy Talluto, and Todd Arsenault/Kristopher Benedict. Organized by Kristopher Benedict.
Light Accumulation, PULP, Holyoke, MA
June 10 – July 10, 2022
Chang Yuchen, Ilana Harris-Babou, Sarah Pater. Curated by Ali Osborn.