SARAH BERNSTEIN
EDUCATION
2023 MFA, Studio Art with a concentration in Time Based Art, University of Tennessee
2009 BFA, Drawing and Printmaking, Washington University in St. Louis
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2024 Assistant Professor of Art, Maryville College, Maryville, TN
2023 Adjunct Lecturer, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
2022-2023 Foundations Studio Instructor, 4D Department, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2021-2022 Foundations Studio Instructor, 4D Department, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2020-2021 Teaching Assistant, 4D Department, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2022 smART Digital Lab Tech, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2020-2021 2D & 3D Foundations Studio Tech, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2019 Quilt Designer and Cutter, Happy Dance Quilting, Louisville, KY
2016 Stargazing Tour Developer and Manager, Tekapo Stargazing Tours, Lake Tekapo, NZ
2013-2015 Gallery Coordinator, Denizen Co-op Gallery; Portland, OR
2011 Service Learning Coordinator, Americorps Wyman Center, St. Louis, MO
2009 Artist Assistant, Artist: Lisa Bulawsky, St. Louis, MO
2009 Arts Director. Camp Kalsman, Arlington, WA
SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023 Terrible Miracles, Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture, Knoxville, TN
2022 The Advent of Longing, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
2018 Norm/Well, Galt Gallery, Ashland, OR
2013 The Heart’s Epic Schlep, St. Louis Artists Guild, St. Louis, MO
GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES
2023 Handheld Student Film Festival, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2022 Water, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
2021 Women and Horror, John C. Hodges Library, Knoxville, TN
Improper, Folx Gallery, Louisville, KY
74th Annual Student Art Competition, Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture, Knoxville, TN
2020 Butoh in the Digital Age, International Online Butoh Festival
2019 Circus Cabaret, Ashland Fringe Festival, Ashland, OR
2018 Clown Act, Lunacy Festival, Ashland, OR
Over the Garden Wall, Ensemble member, AmuseZoo Theater, Ashland, OR
A Clown’s Life, Ensemble member, Boulder Circus Center, Boulder, CO
2017 Interior Raining, WeBook Performance Space, Langkawi Malaysia
2016 Making Ends Meet; Denizen Gallery, Portland, OR
Himalayan Butoh Festival, Group performance, Dharamsala, INDIA
2015 Butoh Ritual Performance, Ensemble member, Portland, OR
2014 Glean, Disjecta Gallery, Portland, OR
2011 Winter Always Turns to Spring, Broadway Art Space, St. Louis MO
2010 INPRINT II, SCA Contemporary, Albuquerque, NM
Porte Ouverte, Cité International Des Artes, Paris, FR
2009 CMYK, BFA Thesis Show, Des Lee Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Rock and Roll, Actors Theater of Louisville, Louisville, KY
RESIDENCIES
2017 Teaching Artist: Craft and Performance, FIX in Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
2017 Performance Residency, Webook Arts Space, Langkawi, Malaysia
2016 Artist in Residence, ComPeung Art Residency, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2014 Artist in Residence, GLEAN + Recology Partnership, Portland, OR
2013 Printmaker in Residence, St. Louis Artists Guild, St. Louis, MO
2010 Resident Artist, Cité Internationale des Artes; Paris, France
WORKSHOPS FACILITATED
2021 Screen Printing workshop with The Bottom, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2019 Physical Theater and Clown (Weekly Series), Levity Circus Center, Ashland, OR
2017 Butoh Basics, FIX in Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
2019 Summer Training Intensive. Dell’Arte School of Physical Theater, Blue Lake, CA
2018 Red Nose Technique with Giovanni Fusetti. Circus Center, Boulder, CO
Clown Movement Teacher Training with Giovanni Fusetti. Circus Center, Boulder, CO
2016 Butoh Dance Training Program (3 month Intensive), Uttar Pradesh, India
2014-2015 Butoh Training and Butoh Ensemble Member, Headwaters Theater, Portland, OR
2010-2020 Dream Study Apprenticeship with Phoenix Czarnik. Slavic Dreaming Lineage Holder.
AWARDS
2022 Graduate Fellowship: MFA Pilot Project Grant, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Big Ears Artist Scholarship, Big Ears Music Festival, Knoxville, TN
Graduate Travel Award, University of Tennessee School of Art, Knoxville, TN
2021 Paige Braddock Graduate School Scholarship, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Mary Phipps Shepard Graduate Fellowship, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Juror’s Award, Annual Student Art Competition, University of Tennessee
2020 Lori Mayer Fellowship, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2010 Billboard Artist Award Recipient. Equally Yours Billboard contest. Louisville, KY.
2009 Bell Cramer Award for Printmaking. Washington University in St. Louis
Milliken Foreign Travel Award. Washington University in St. Louis
ARTIST TALKS
2023 Artist Talk, The Bodecker Foundation, Portland, OR
2022 Research Presentation, SOA Development Council, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Fourth Semester Artist Talks, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2022 Panel Co-chair, Collaborative Poetry, Nexus Interdisciplinary Conference, University of
Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2021 Presenter, “The Mask of Karen”, Women and Masks: A transdisciplinary Arts-Research
Conference, Boston University, Online
PUBLICATIONS
2024 All-Ways-Open. Knoxville, TN. Issue 2
2022 Passing Notes. Publication of New York Crit Club. Issue
2010 Zeek: A Jewish Journal of Thought and Culture. Summer Issue.
2008 X Magazine. Saint Louis, MO. Fall Issue