Sara Cwynar

Rose Gold, 2017. Video. 8 min.

Soft Film, 2016. Video. 7 min 06 sec.

BIOGRAPHY

Born: Vancouver, Canada, 1985

Resides: Brooklyn, New York

Education: Yale University School of Art (M.F.A., 2016); York University (BDes, 2010)



SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020  “Marilyn,” Approach Gallery, London.

2019 “Gilded Age,” Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut.
  “Image Model Muse,” Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin.

2018 “Image Model Muse,” Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota.

2017  “Rose Gold,” Foxy Production, New York.
  “Soft Film,” MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany.

2016 “Soft Film” Art Basel Statements with Foxy Production, Basel, Switzerland.


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020  “Objects of Desire: Photography and the Language of Advertising,” Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

2019  “Don’t! Photography and the Art of Mistakes,” Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco.
  “Age of You,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto.

2018  “To Our Parents,” curated by Alejandro Cesarco, 33rd São Paulo Biennial, Brazil.

2017  “Subjektiv,” Malmö Konsthall, Sweden.

2016  “L’Image Volée,” Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy.

2015  “Greater New York,” MoMA PS1, New York.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2019 Heinrich, Will. “Art: Reflecting on Sara Cwynar’s ‘Rose Gold’ and More,” New York Times (March 5). 

2017 Vogel, Wendy. "Sara Cwynar, Rose Gold: On the Politics of Color in Beauty Products,” ArtReview (Summer).
  Schwendener, Martha. "Sara Cwynar,” New York Times (May 12).
  Scott, Andrea. K. "An Artist’s Meditation on Color Reveals a Secret History of Film,” The New Yorker (April 30).
  Stamler, Hannah. "Critic's Picks: Sara Cwynar, Foxy Production,” Artforum (April 21).

2014 Smith, Roberta. "Sara Cwynar: Flat Death," New York Times (April 25). 

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