Sarah McCoubrey
Professor, Department of Art
College of Visual and Performing Arts
Syracuse University
Education
University of Pennsylvania, M.F.A., Painting, 1981
University of Pennsylvania, B.F.A., Painting, 1979
University of Pennsylvania, B.A., English, 1979
Yale Norfolk Program, Painting, 1977
Awards and Grants
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Painting, 2010
Kauffman Foundation E-Initiative Grant, 2009
Syracuse University Partnership for Better Education Grant, 2009
Interdisciplinary Grant Award, College, 2008
Interdisciplinary Research Group Grant, Syracuse University, 2007
American Antiquarian Society Visual Art Research Fellowship, 2007
The Ballinglen Foundation Residency in Ireland Fellowship, 2006
CVPA Outstanding Faculty Award 2005
New York State Council on the Arts Sites Re-Seen Pilot Grant in
Collaboration with The Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation, 2005
New York Foundation for the Arts, Special Opportunity Stipend, 2004
The Ballinglen Foundation Residency in Ireland Fellowship, 2004
The Saltonstall Foundation Grant Award, 2002
The Saltonstall Foundation Grant Award, 1997
The Milton Avery Foundation Fellowship to the Millay Colony, 1996
Honorable Mention, Vietnam Women’s Memorial Competition, 1991
MacDowell Colony Fellowship, 1990
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Painting, 2004
Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award, 1990
National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Grant Award, 1989
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant Award, 1981
Solo Exhibitions
2015 Dowd Gallery, SUNY Cortland, Cortland, NY
2014 Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
2013 Fate and Transport, Clifford Gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
2012 Fate and Transport, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Earthbound, Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI
2009 Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
2008 Mitigation, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2005 Signs of Life, Locks Gallery Philadelphia, PA
2005 A Painting Lesson: Hannah Morse: Landscape Painter, Matilda Josyln Gage House, Fayetteville, NY
2003 Hannah Morse: Landscape Painter, CVPA Dean’s Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2002 Signs Taken For Wonders, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2002 Hannah Morse: Landscape Painter, Earlville Opera House, Earlville, NY
1999 Recent Paintings, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1998 Ideas for Landscaping, Stone Quarry Art Park, Cazenovia, NY
1997 Tyler Art Gallery, SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY
1996 Morris Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1996 Recent Paintings, Robert Brown Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1993 Recent Paintings, Robert Brown Gallery
1990 Recent Paintings, Robert Brown Gallery
1990 Recent Paintings, Comfort Gallery, Haverford, PA
1989 Leslie Cecil Gallery, New York, NY
1985 The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016 Happiness, Liberty, Life? American Art and Politics, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2014 The Continuing View: Historic and Contemporary Landscape, Tyler Art Gallery, SUNY Oswego
2013 Fertile Imagination: Art and Agriculture, Schweinfurth Art Memorial art Center, Auburn, NY
It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine), Ramapo College, Ramapo, NY, curated by Amy Lipton
2012 The Female Gaze: Women Artists Making Their World, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine, Philadelphia
Beyond Horizon II, Ecoartspace, New York, NY
Beyond Horizon I, Deutshe Bank, New York, NY, curated by Amy Lipton
Painter Picks Painters, 3 Person Exhibit, Earlville Opera House, Earlville, NY
Hudson River Contemporary Works On Paper, Boscobel House, Garrison, NY
2010 Sense of Place, Gandee Gallery, Fabius New York
Decadent Eclipse, Curated by Natalia Mount, Pool Art Fair, NY, New York
2009 Decadent Eclipse, KK Projects/Life as Art Foundation, New Orleans, LA
Images from North Mayo, The Courthouse Gallery, Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland
Drawing the Other: Works by S.U. and S. U. F. Faculty, SUF Gallery, Florence, Italy
2008 Global Suburbia, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA, curated by Sue Spaid
61st Annual Exhibition of Artists of Central New York, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY
The Object and Beyond, Biennial Exhibition, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
Specificities of Place, Cazenovia College Art Gallery, Cazenovia, NY
2007 Drawing On Purpose, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Gallery, Auburn, NY
2006 Saltonstall: The First 10 Years, Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
From the Studio: Three Artists, Gallery at the Ann Felton Multicultural Center, Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, NY
2005 Drawing Lives, Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse University
2004 In the Studio: 30 Years of the Millay Colony for the Arts, Albany International Airport, Albany, NY
2003 Branching Out; Women Look at Nature (3 person exhibit), Schweinfurth, Memorial Art Gallery, Auburn, NY
Graduate School of Fine Arts Alumni Juried Exhibition, University of Pennsylvania
2002 Twenty Years, Robert Brown Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Everson Biennial, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
2001 Small, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Less Than a Thousand, Robert Brown Gallery
Survey of Contemporary Realism, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Gallery
2000 Thought as Place, Signal 66, Washington, D.C.
Time as Place, Salve Regina Gallery, Catholic University, Washington, D.C.
Pa d’angel, Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse University
Twenty-Fifth Annual National Invitational Drawing Exhibition, Norman R. Eppink Art Gallery, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS
Recent Acquisitions, Robert Brown Gallery, Washington, D.C.
My Point of View: Visual and Literary Artists, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
1998 Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts’ Annual Exhibition by the 1997 Award Recipients, State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY
Drawing, Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY, curated by Mary Murray
Gallery 210, Syracuse, NY
Drawing, Robert Brown Gallery
In Proximity, George Waters Gallery, Elmira College, Elmira, NY
1997 Art in Embassies, American Embassy, Caracas, Venezuela
Prints, Robert Brown Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1996 F. A. N. Gallery, 2nd and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia, PA
Drawing from Perception, Wright State University Art Galleries, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
Robert Brown Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1995 Painting Today, Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT
Robert Brown Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1994 Appliance Art, Altered Space, Syracuse, NY
Robert Brown Gallery, Washington, D.C.
The Hill Becomes the Valley: A Survey of Central New York Landscape Painters, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
Women’s Art Works 4; Work on Paper, National Women’s Hall of Fame, Seneca Falls, NY
Women’s Art Works 4; Work on Paper, Shoestring Gallery, Rochester, NY
1993 Twilight Intervals, Patricia Shea Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Border to Border, Larson Biennial National Drawing Exhibition, Trahorn Gallery, Austin Peay University, Clarksville, TN
Matrilineage, Women Art and Change, Altered Space, Syracuse, NY
1992 Perspective VI American Society of Architectural Perspectivists, Gwenda Jay Gallery, Chicago, IL
Perspective VI American Society of Architectural Perspectivists, AIA National Convention, Boston, MA
1992 Perspective VI American Society of Architectural Perspectivists, Security Pacific Gallery, Seattle, WA
1991 Perspective VI American Society of Architectural Perspectivists, American Society of Civil Engineers, Washington, D.C.
Perspective VI American Society of Architectural Perspectivists, the Urban Center of Municipal Art Society, New York, NY
Cheekwood National Contemporary Painting Competition, Fine Arts Center, Nashville, TN
Robert Brown Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Back to Basics, Gallery K, Washington, D.C.
Evidence of Man, Gallery 10, Washington, D.C.
1990 Bauhaus, Charles Street, Baltimore, MD
One Hundred Years, The Graduate School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania, Meyerson Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Collector’s Exhibition, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AK
1989 Collector’s Exhibition, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AK
Leslie Cecil Gallery, New York, NY
Robert Brown Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1988 Landscape Transformed, The Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Leslie Cecil Gallery, New York, NY
The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1987 Four Contemporary Artists, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
1986 Twentieth Juried Exhibition, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
Contemporary Philadelphia Painting, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Art in City Hall: Philadelphia Urbanscape, Philadelphia City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
1985 Juried Exhibition, Camden County Cultural and Heritage Commission, Camden, NJ
The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1984 Northeast Coast Painting, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1982 Forty-First Award Exhibition of the Cheltenham Art Center, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
New Figurative Painting, University City Arts League, Philadelphia, PA
1981 New Talent Show, Marion Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Invited Lectures
State University of New York, Cortland, 2015
Art Students League, New York, NY, 2011
Rhode Island College, Providence, RI, 2010
Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio, 2010
Cazenovia College, Art Gallery, Cazenovia, NY, 2008, 2007, 2005
University of Pennsylvania, School of Design, 2005
Art Institute of Boston, (panel on Landscape) 2005
Nature in Crises, College Art Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 2004
Beauty, Artist talk, Syracuse University A&S Symposium at Minnowbrook, Blue Mountain Lake, NY
Hannah Morse: Landscape Painter, CCHA Conference: Landscape In the Humanities, Santa Fe, 2003
Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY, On Hannah Morse, 2002
Cultural Resource Council of Onondaga, Panel/Artist Talk, 1999
Museum Studies Department, Syracuse University 1997
Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY, Painting Practicum 1997
Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY, Lecture/Demonstration 1997
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Lecture and Visiting Critic, Philadelphia, PA 1997
Midwest College Art Association Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, 1995
College Art Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 1995
Friends of the School of Art, Syracuse University, 1994
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1993
Prince George’s County Community College, MD, 1991
American University, Washington, D.C., 1990
Books and Catalogs
Catamaran Literary Reader, 2016
The Female Gaze: Women Artists Making Their World Drawing the Other: Exhibition Catalogue, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2012
Works on Paper by S.U. and S.U. Florence Faculty, 2009
Looking For the Normal, catalog with essay by Vincent Katz, Locks Gallery and The Luther Brady Art Gallery, George Washington University, 2008
61st Annual Exhibition of Artists of Central New York, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Exhibition Catalog
Stone Canoe, a journal of arts and ideas from Upstate New York, 2nd Issue, 2007
Twenty-fifth Annual Invitational Drawing Exhibition, Norman R. Eppink Art Gallery, catalog, 2000
Catalog with essay by Brian Kitely (in conjunction with Morris Gallery Exhibition at the Museum of American Art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts), 1996
Border to Border, Larson Biennial, catalog, 1993
Cheekwood National Painting Competition, catalog, 1991
Architecture in Perspective VI, A competitive Exhibition of Architectural Delineation, The American Society of Architectural Perspectivists, catalog, 1991
The Book of the School, 100 Years, Ann L. Strong and George E. Thomas, The Graduate School of Fine Arts of the University of Pennsylvania, 1991
Kate Chopin, edited by Harold Bloom, Chelsea House Publishers, Cover Illustration, 1986
Contemporary Philadelphia Painting, catalog, 1986
Reviews/Recognition in print and media
ART in AMERICA, Jennie Hirsch, April 2013
ARTGRIND, At Locks: “Fate and Transport” and “Works on Paper”
Sabina Tichindeleanu, January 3, 2013
Philadelphia Inquirer, Galleries: Diverse styles exploring a bit of magic realism , Edith Newhall, Dec 16, 2012
WIRED, Disturbing or Beautiful? Artists Evaluate Man’s Impact on Nature. Brandon Keim, August 10, 2011
Syracuse Post Standard, Landscape Through An Environmentalists Eyes, Melinda Johnson, Arts Editor, July 4, 2010
Central New York Magazine Landscapes, Katherine Rushworth, March/April 2010
Philadelphia Inquirer, Views of the ‘burbs suddenly sprouting like crabgrass, September 14, 2008, Edith Newhall
Syracuse New Times, An Impressive showing of New York-centric art stretches east and west from Syracuse, Jon Dufort, August 13-20, 2008
Syracuse Post-Standard, Everson Stellar, Katherine Rushworth, June 22, 2008
Syracuse New Times, Anything Goes, (review of Munson-Proctor exhibit), Jon Dufort, 2008
Syracuse University Magazine, View From the Hill, Jay Cox, Fall 2006
Philadelphia City Paper, “Best of the Year,” Jan 2006
Philadelphia Inquirer, December 2, 2005
AroundTown, interview on WCNY TV, November 22, 2005
Eagle Bulletin, From Fayetteville to the Emerald Isle, Kathryne Sparraco, September 8, 2005
Sunday Gazette (Albany), Millay Colony Marks 30 Years with Exhibition, Joanne McFadden, May 2, 2004
Syracuse Post Standard, The Timeless Theme of Landscape, Katherine Rushwoth, May 18, 2003
Pennsylvania Gazette, Alumni Profiles, Jan/Feb 2003
Syracuse New Times, Year in Review, Carl Mellor, Dec. 31, 2002 – Jan. 8, 2003
Philadelphia City Paper, Paradise Redefined, Susan Hagen, October 10, 2002
Philadelphia Inquirer, Stepchild Landscapes, Edward Sozanski, October 4, 2002
Syracuse Post Standard, Everyday’s Landscape, Katherine Rushworth, September 29, 2002
Syracuse New Times, She’s Not There, Ellen Portnoy, August 14-22, 2002
Art Papers, Dan Talley, September/October 1999
Syracuse New Times, Realism Check, Carl Mellor, June 6-13, 2001
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Postmodern Landscapes, Edward Sozanski, June 25, 1999
Philadelphia Weekly, Filling In, Gerard Brown, June 30, 1999
The World and I, Postmodern Pastoral, The Editor, March 1999
Ithaca Journal, “Less is More” at State of the Art Gallery, David Estes, September 24, 1998
Syracuse Herald American, Contemporary Artist Springs from the Masters, Sherry Chayat, September 27, 1998
Syracuse Herald American, New on the Block, Sherry Chayat, July 12, 1998
Where? Washington, Jean Cohen Lawlor, January ,1998
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Edward Sozanski, December 6, 1996
Art Matters, Puzzling Paintings at PAFA, B. Wasserman, December 1996
Philadelphia City Paper, Robin Rice, November 22-28, 1996
Philadelphia Weekly, Something in the Landscape, Jeanne Nugent, October 16, 1996
The Washington Post, Matters of Light and Depth, Ferdinand Protzman, May 25, 1996
Where? Washington, Surreal Scenes, Jean Lawlor Cohen, May 1996
Syracuse New Times, Ghosts in the Machine, Monica Anke Koenig, September 28, 1994
New Art Examiner, Anthony Apesos, Summer 1994
The Syracuse Herald-American, A lifetime’s exposure to art, Sherry Chayat, March 27, 1994
The Syracuse Herald-American, CNY through artist’s eyes, Sherry Chayat, March 27, 1994
Art Papers, Vol. 18, Toni Morino, March/April 1994
The Washington Post, Pastoral Scenes on the Edge, Lee Fleming, December 18,1993
The Washington Post, Lurking Bargains at Summer Shows, Michael Welzenbach, August 8, 1992
The Syracuse Herald-American, Sherry Chayat, November 22, 1992
The Syracuse Herald-American, S.U.’s Faculty, Sherry Chayat, October 20, 1991
Washington Review, Evidence of Man, Lenore Miller, October/November 1991
The Washington Post, Summer’s Saving Graces, Michael Welzenbach, August 17, 1991
The Washington Post, ‘Evidence’ at Gallery 10, Michael Welzenbach, June 22, 1991
The Washington Post, 2 Designs for Women’s Memorial, Benjamin Forgey, November 12, 1990
The New York Times, Susan Slesin, June 29, 1989 (photo: architectural project perspective)
Washington Museum & Arts, Urban Landscape, Judith Bell, April 1989
The Washington Post, Landscapes at Robert Brown, Michael Welzenbach, May 20, 1989
Bethlehem Globe Times, Museum offers thought provoking exhibit, Adrienne Redd, June 18, 1987
Reading Eagle, ‘Four Artists’ shuns public pressure, Marilyn Fox, June 1987
Allentown Morning Call, Realism with a twist, Tim Higgins, June 7, 1987
Philadelphia City Paper, Philly’s Art Mind, Robin Rice, March 1986
Allentown Morning Call, Sentimentality not in the picture at Allentown Art Museum, Jane Maulfair, March 1986
Art Matters, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Urbanscape: Picture of the City, Tom Mossman, February 1986
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Showing off new talent in Philadelphia, Victoria Donahoe, January 3, 1986
The Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Urbanscape: Picture of The City, Dan Geringe, December 1985
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Landscape artist lends romanticism, Victoria Donahoe, May 18, 1985
Fresh Air, WHYY, Public Radio, Philadelphia, Judith Stein, May 1981
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