EDUCATION
Cornell University, College of Architecture, Art and Planning, Bachelor of Fine Arts, May 1995
SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025
Merged Orbits of Various Earths, Kristen Lorello Gallery, New York, NY view
Loaded Tides, Gaa Gallery, Cologne, Germany view
2024
Collected Signals, Gaa Gallery, Cologne, Germany view
2022
Edges of a Sea Change, Gaa Gallery, Provincetown, MA view
2019
Patterns of Intention, New Jörg, Vienna, Austria view
First Landings Between Undectected Earths, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA view
Territorial Expansion of the Innermost Continent, Black Ball Projects, Brooklyn, NY view
2009
Sarah Trigg and Derick Melander, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
2007
Daily Markings on the Face of the Earth, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Water Mill, NY
2005
Some Economic Tissues, Realform Project Space, Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
In the End, Everything Gives, Silver Art Projects, New York, NY
2025
Spectrum, Kristen Lorello Gallery, New York, NY view
Melted City 5, Blanc Gallery, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
2024
On Paper, Ada Gallery, Richmond, VA
Install/Deinstall, 601Artspace, New York, NY
2021
Artists Draw Their Studios, Byrdcliffe Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, Woodstock, NY
2020
(Im)materiality, Gaa Gallery, Provincetown, MA view
2019
Not Flat: Sculpture from the Collection of Francie Bishop Good and David Horvitz, Girls Club Warehouse, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Artists Draw Their Studios, Art and Culture Center/Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
2018
Black Friday 2, George Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Somewhere Nearby, Bridge Productions, Seattle, WA
2017
12 x 12, 2017, Black Ball Projects, Brooklyn, NY view
POSTER, Black Ball Projects, Brooklyn, NY view
Wax by the Edge of the Sun, Black Ball Projects, Brooklyn, NY view
2016
12 x 12, 2016, Black Ball Projects, Brooklyn, NY view
2011
Beyond the Horizon, 60 Wall Street Gallery, Deutsche Bank, New York, NY
2010
Future Tense: Landscape in Transition, Stephan Stoyanov Gallery, New York, NY
2009
Content and Discontent, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York, NY
Intersections, Seton Hall University, Newark, NJ
2008
Future Tense: Reshaping the Landscape, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
Making History, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
Above and Beyond, Cristinerose Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Ladies and Gentlemen…, Sacco Gallery, Miami, FL
Zoom +/–, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2006
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
Red Desert, Heskin Contemporary, New York, NY (curated)
Fantastic Routes, The Roger Smith Lab Gallery, New York, NY
AIM 26 Exhibition, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
Paramnesiac Landscape, New York Center for Art and Media Studies (NYCAMS), New York, NY
2005
On the Subject of War, Smack Mellon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Our World, Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
On the Subject of War, Provisions Library, Washington D.C.
Human Scale, Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY
2003
Unframed First Look, curated by Peter Halley, Sue Williams, and Ross Bleckner, Lehmann Maupin, New York, NY
Some Art Painting II, Educational Alliance Gallery, New York, NY
GRANTS, RESIDENCIES, COMPETITIONS
Grant recipient, Joseph Robert Foundation, NY, 2026
Grant finalist, Jonathan and Barbara Silver Foundation Grant for Sculpture, 2025
Honorable Mention, Material Works, 2025 view
Grant recipient, Tallichet Freedman Foundation, NY, 2024 watch interview
Honorable mention, Ortega Y Gasset, Brooklyn, NY 2020
Artist resident, Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA, June 2018
Artist resident, Cannonball, Miami, September 2011
Artist resident, Threewalls, Chicago, August 2011
Artist resident, Threewalls, Chicago, July 2010
Artist resident, The AIM Program, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY, Spring 2006
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Founder, The Goldminer Project, thegoldminerproject.org, 2009–2014
Co-Director and Director on Board of Directors, Black Ball Projects, Brooklyn, NY, Nov 2018–2020
Author and Photographer of Studio Life: Rituals, Collections, Tools, and Observations on the Artistic Process, Princeton Architectural Press, October 2013
Contributing Writer and Photographer, New York Magazine, 2014–2017
Professor, School of Visual Arts, MFA Fine Arts, 2012–2016
Contributing Editor and Photographer, Blouin Artinfo.com and Modern Painters, 2011–2015
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
“Sarah Trigg: Territorial Expansion of the Innermost Continent.” Hovey Brock, The Brooklyn Rail, April 2019. view
“Editors’ Picks: 17 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World, Frieze Week Edition.” Rachel Corbett, artnet, April 29, 2019
“8 New York Art Exhibtions Not to Miss This April.” Something Curated, April 3, 2019.
“Sarah Trigg.” Gorky’s Granddaughter, Oct 2016, http://www.gorkysgranddaughter.com/2016/11/sarah-trigg-oct-2016.html
“Episode 481: Dr. Robert Cozzolino and Sarah Trigg.” Bad At Sports, Fall 2014.
“Art Uncovered.” Breakthru Radio, January 2014.
“David Altmejd from Studio Life by Sarah Trigg.” Monica Khemsurov, Sight Unseen, November 2013. view
“Studio Life by Sarah Trigg.” Katy Diamond Hamer, Eyes Towards the Dove, November 2013. view
“Inside the Artist’s Studio with Sarah Trigg.” Huffington Post, September 2013. view
“How William Wegman Got His Furniture Back.” New York Magazine, October 7, 2013.
“Studio Life: Rituals, Collections, Tools, and Observations on the Artistic Process.” Cara Despain, The Miami Rail, Fall 2013.
“Inside the Artist’s Studio with Sarah Trigg.” Huffington Post, September 2013.
“A New Book Takes Its Readers Inside the Artist’s Studio.” Meredith Mendelsohn, Archetypes, September 2013.
“Studio Life: Inside the Artist’s Studio with Sarah Trigg.” Lori Zimmer, Mutual Art, September 25, 2013.
“Four Creative Lessons From the Studios of Famous Artists.” Jessica Grose, Fast Company, September 17, 2013. view
“Entrevista a Sarah Trigg.” Nicolas Sobrero. BK Mag, June 2011.
“The Agenda (May 25-31): Sarah Trigg ‘Goldminer’” Daniel Kunitz. Artinfo.com, May 25, 2011.
“Don’t Artists Drink and Fight Anymore?” Anthony Haden Guest, The Art Newspaper, no. 216, September 2010.
“Virilio Now: Current Perspectives in Virilio Studies.” John Armitage, ed. Polity Press, Oxford, 2009
The Map as Art. Kitty Harmon, Princeton Architectural Press, New York. Spring 2009.
Genocchio, Benjamin, Today’s Landscapes, Tomorrow’s Dystopia, New York Times, June 1, 2008
Must-See Museums: Neuberger Museum of Art, westchestermagazine.com, March 21, 2008
Future Tense: Reshaping the Landscape. Neuberger Museum of Art, Spring 2008. (video catalog)
“Trigg-onometry.” Richard Martin. Miami Magazine, September/October 2007: 96.
“Basking in the Light.” Dede Young, Hamptons Cottages and Gardens May 2007: 101.
“At the Galleries.” The Southhampton Press 19 April 2007: B11
RxArt Coloring Book. RxArt November 2007, Volume 1.
Art on Paper. Weatherspoon Art Museum. November 2006 (exhibition catalog)
Red Desert, Sarah Trigg. Heskin Contemporary, NY, October 2006 (exhibition catalog)
Unambiguous. Art World Digest 2006: 55.
AIM 26. Bronx Museum of the Arts, March 2006. (exhibition catalog)
“New Territory: Paintings of Sarah Trigg.” Karen Steen. Metropolis April 2004: 82.
“Out Side In.” Stefano Pasquini. New York Arts Magazine July/August 2000: 65.
PRESENTATIONS & LECTURES
Panelist, “Artists Draw Their Studios,” Art and Culture Center/Hollywood, Hollywood, FL, October 2019
Panelist, “Juxtapositions,” TransBorder Art TV Program, June 2017
Panelist with Hrag Vartanian and Jennifer Krasinski on Summer Wheat’s “Walk-in Pantry” exhibition, Fridman Gallery, New York, April 2015
Artist/Author Lecturer, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, New York, June 16, 2015
Artist Lecturer, Sarah Trigg, School of Visual Arts, MFA Fine Art, September 2014
Artist Lecturer, Sarah Trigg: Studio Life, Boston University Art Gallery, April 2014
Author, Book Launch: Studio Life by Sarah Trigg, Samson Projects, Boston, April 2014
Author Lecturer: Sarah Trigg: Studio Life, MOCA Cleveland, January 2014
Panel Moderator: Studio Life by Sarah Trigg, Gallery Diet, Miami, October 2013
Author, Book Launch: Studio Life by Sarah Trigg, The Mandrake, Los Angeles, October 2013
Author, Book Launch: Studio Life by Sarah Trigg, Hotel Particulier, New York, October 2013
WRITING & EDITORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
“The Art World in Brussels, a Month After the Attacks, Sarah Trigg, New York magazine’s vulture.com, April 27, 2016. view
Tour an Artist’s Light-Filled Parisian-Style Studio in Harlem, Sarah Trigg, The CUT, New York Magazine, April 22, 2016. view
SEEN in the Studio: Canines to Cannabis in Artist Huma Bhabha’s New Show, Sarah Trigg, New York magazine’s vulture.com, May 26, 2015. view
SEEN in the Studio: Tony Oursler’s Ghost Stories, Sarah Trigg, New York magazine’s vulture.com, May 20, 2015. view
SEEN in the Studio: See How Penn Station, Cindy Crawford, Hermès, and Oysters Hybridized in Keith Edmier’s Studio for His New Exhibition, Sarah Trigg, New York magazine’s vulture.com, December 17, 2014.view
SEEN in the Studio: Shirin Neshat, Sarah Trigg, New York magazine’s vulture.com, December 17, 2014. view
Why We’re Seduced by Rashid Johnson’s Studio Rituals, Sarah Trigg, New York magazine’s vulture.com, December 16, 2014. view
A Visit to William Wegman’s Studio—and a Reunion with a Beloved Relic From His Past, Sarah Trigg, New York magazine’s vulture.com, December 12, 2014. view
The Legendary Past of Analia Saban’s Santa Monica Studio, Sarah Trigg, New York magazine’s vulture.com, December 10, 2014. view
This Artist Made Soy Sauce Out of Human Hair, Sarah Trigg, New York magazine’s vulture.com, December 8, 2014. view
APeek at Marilyn Minter’s Bush Book (NSFW), Sarah Trigg, New York magazine’s vulture.com, December 1, 2014. view
How to Spot a Lawrence Weiner in the Wild, Sarah Trigg, New York magazine’s vulture.com, November 21, 2014. view
SEEN in the Studio: Lawrence Weiner, Sarah Trigg, New York magazine’s vulture.com, November 21, 2014. view
SEEN in the Studio: Ajay Kurian, Sarah Trigg, New York magazine’s vulture.com, December 2, 2014. view
SEEN in the Studio: Marilyn Minter, Sarah Trigg, New York magazine’s vulture.com, November 26, 2014. view
SEEN in the Studio: Kalup Linzy, Sarah Trigg, New York magazine’s vulture.com, November 21, 2014. view
Studio Check: Carol Bove, Sarah Trigg, Blouin Artinfo.com/Modern Painters, October 2012.
Studio Life: Rituals, Collections, Tools, and Observations on the Artistic Process, Sarah Trigg, Princeton Architectural Press, September 2013.
Culture: Commandeered, Sarah Trigg, Miami Rail, Fall 2012.
Culture: Commandeered, Sarah Trigg, Art Practical, issue 4.4.
Studio Check: Trenton Doyle Hancock, Sarah Trigg, Blouin Artinfo.com/Modern Painters, November 2012, pages 46-47.
Studio Check: Aaron Curry, Sarah Trigg, Modern Painters, May 2012, pages 36-37.
Studio Check: Mark Handforth, Sarah Trigg, Modern Painters, Dec 2011/Jan 2012, pages 46-47.
Studio Check: Byron Kim, Daniel Kunitz, Modern Painters, November 2011.
Secrets of the Artist’s Studio, Sarah Trigg, Artinfo.com, July 19, 2011.
Studio Check: Diana Al-Hadid, Sarah Trigg, Modern Painters, Summer 2011.
Studio Check: Nate Lowman, Scott Indrisek, Modern Painters, May 2011.
Studio Check: Tauba Auerbach, Modern Painters, April 2011.
Modern Painters cover of Laurel Nakadate, March 2011.
In the Studio: Cai Guo Qiang, Meghan Dailey, Art and Auction, March 2011.
Daily Markings on the Face of the Earth, Sarah Trigg, Cultural Politics, July 2009.
Red Desert (exhibition catalog), Heskin Contemporary, New York, NY, October 2006