Education

  • 1985-7 Masters Degree in Fine Arts; Painting, The American University, Washington, D.C.
  • 1984-5 Cycle Avancé in painting L’Ecole Nationale d’Arts Decoratifs, Villa Arson, Nice, France
  • 1983 Auditeur Libre, Painting, L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
  • 1981-3 Painting, Filmmaking, Animation, Drawing, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
  • 1981 Sculpture, Women’s Studies Portland State University, Portland, OR
  • 1980 Summer Painting, Drawing The American University, Washington, D.C.
  • 1979-81 Painting, Humanities Reed College, Portland, OR

Exhibitions

Solo

  • 2006 Pro Arts, “Open Studios”, Oakland, CA
  • 2004 Pro Arts, “Open Studios”, Oakland, CA
  • 2003 Aesclepion School for Psychic Healing, "New Work", San Rafael, CA
  • 2001 The Black Box Gallery, “26 Paintings”, Oakland, CA
  • 2000 M.J.C. Les Salvages Maison Pour Tous Castres, France
  • 1998 Depot Bookstore & Cafe, Mill Valley, CA
  • 1997 Center for Massage Therapy, "Transformational Doorways", Mill Valley, CA
  • 1995 Second Street Gallery, Waterford, VA
  • 1995 India Joze Restaurant, Santa Cruz, CA
  • 1994 The Linda Pope Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
  • 1994 Mobo Sushi and the Moon Restaurant, Santa Cruz, CA
  • 1992 Dumbarton Concert Gallery, Washington, D.C.

Group

  • 2006-2007 Mad River Post, “Fall into Winter”, San Francisco, CA, Juror: William Torphy
  • 2001 Marin Arts Council Juried Show, Mill Valley Community Center “Doorways Toward Center”
  • 1999 The Asian Aesthetic: Interpretations, Bradford Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • 1999 AIDS Benefit, 250 Sutter St., San Francisco, CA, Juror: Kristin Smith
  • 1998 1998 Northern California Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA Juror: John Berggruen, Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • 1995 W.C.A. Membership Show, Cabrillo College Gallery, Soquel, CA
    Open Invitational, The Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
    New Women's Art Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
  • 1994 Poets and Painters: the Meeting of Earth and Spirit Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, CA
  • 1991 The Light Palette, Anton Gallery, Washington, D.C. Juror: John Figura
  • 1990 Champagne Auction 1990, Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, VA
    Young Talent 1990, Art Barn Gallery, Washington, D.C. Juror: Chris Addison, Addison-Ripley Gallery, Washington, D.C.
    Painting '90, Juror: Charlotta Kotik, Curator of Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
    Fifteen Washington Area Artists, Emerson Gallery/McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
  • 1988 Phillips Collection Show, Susan Conway Carroll Gallery, Washington, D.C.
  • 1985-7 Watkins Gallery, The American University, Washington, D.C
  • 1986 Women in the Arts, Kreeger Auditorium, Washington, D.C. Juried By Norma Broude and Mary Garrard, The American University, Washington, D.C.
  • 1984 Young Talent, Village Voice Gallery, Paris, France. Juror: Patrick Laymarie, The Village Voice Gallery, Paris, France
  • 1983 La Degustation de Moissy, Pré-St. Gervais, Paris, France
  • 1982 School of the Museum of Fine Arts Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
  • 1981 Reed College Gallery, Reed College, Portland, OR

Bibliography

  • Marco Aidala, “Art of Spirit: Sarah Spector” Sisyphus, October, 1998
  • William Moulton, “The Reenchantment of the Art of Sarah Spector” Tisra Til, September, 1998
  • David Carter, "Sarah Spector at Dumbarton Concert Gallery", Eyewash, April, 1992
  • Eric Gibson, "For Art, View the Alternates", Washington Weekend, February, 1990

Languages

  • French: Fluently written and spoken
  • Italian
  • Hebrew
  • Corsican: Comprehension.

Strong aptitude for learning and interpreting languages