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SARAH BARNHART FIELDS

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5701 Edgewood Drive

Algonquin, IL 60102

(847) 458-1077

studio (224) 388-4106

FAX (847) 458-1078

EDUCATION

· School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1959-1961

· Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 1957-1959

· College of Lake County, Grayslake, Illinois

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EXHIBITIONS

2012 Anxious Object: Masterpiece or Junk? Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL

2012 Form in Flora, Lincoln Park Conservatory, Chicago, IL

2012 Facemask, 33Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, IL

2009 Group Show, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

2008 The Artist Project, The Merchandise Mart, Chicago, Illinois

1997 Dwelling, Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, Illinois

1995 Evolving Housescapes, Union League Club, Chicago, Illinois (Solo Show)

1994 A Passionate Perspective, Francis and June Spiezer Collection of Art,

Rockford Museum, Rockford, Illinois

1993 Scapes with House, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (Solo Show)

1992 Centro Colombo Americano, Medellin, Columbia

1992 Installation, Harold Washington College, Chicago, Illinois

1991 Hanging with Artemisia, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

1991 Housescapes, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (Solo Show)

1991 Group Show, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, Oregon

1990 18 Artists, 18 Major Works, 1800 N. Clybourn, Chicago, Illinois

1990 For the Birds, Wustum Museum, Racine, Wisconsin

1990 New Works, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (Solo Show)

1989 Two Views/Spaces, CO-OP Gallery, Evanston Art Center, Evanston,

Illinois

1988 Disparate Elements, Hyde Park Art Center, Hyde Park, Illinois

1987 Alice and Arthur Baer Art Competition, Beverly Art Center, Chicago,

Illinois

1987 Mama and Herealism, Chicago Women’s Caucus for Art, Artemisia

Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

1984 Recent Works, College of Lake County, Grayslake, Illinois

1983 Off the Loom, Centennial Gallery, Augustana College, Rock Island,

Illinois

1982 Recent Works, College of Lake County, Grayslake, Illinois

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

· From 1970 to 1980 I was a professional Portrait Artist with approximately 1500 portrait commissions.

· Represented by Portraits Chicago

· Lake County Art League, Juror, Spring Show, Waukegan, Illinois 1978

· College of Lake County, Grayslake, Illinois, Instructor, Portrait Drawing 1976, 1977

COLLECTIONS

Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois

Francis and June Spiezer, Northbrook, Illinois

College of Lake County, Grayslake, Illinois

AWARDS

1984 Best of Show, Recent Works, College of Lake County, Grayslake, Illinois

1983 College of Lake County Foundation Purchase Award, Recent Works on Paper,

College of Lake County, Grayslake Illinois

ARTIST STATEMENT

Every piece I make is a self-portrait. I understand myself and the world a little better with each completed piece. My work s very truthful whereas my words may or may not speak the truth. It seems to me more often than not words cloud the truth.

I have been doing sculpture with found and discarded materials for only about 5 years; most of my life I was painting. In a barn close to my studion there are lots of old rusty farm tools and parts of farm equipmeht. I take an old shovel and think now what can I do to this tool to make it a unique piece. What can I take away from it, add to it; how can I manipulate it to make it an expression of who I am yet still retain its "shovelness". I want to push the boundaries of this shovel as far as I can. When you, the viewer, look at my completed piece you see a part of me and a prt of yourself and we are connected.

Combining my shovel or other tool with found objects/materials and finding their hidden relationships which together creat a work of art is about as close to magic as I will ever get.

Sarah Barnhart Fields