SARAH GRATZ
she/they | 347-385-0189
sarahgratz919@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2019....................BA magna cum laude | Studio Art and Education Studies | Middlebury College, Middlebury VT
SELECTED EXHIBTIONS & SHOWS
2026....................Brooklyn Pride Festival Fair | Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY
2025....................Dave's Lesbian Bar Craft Fair | Astoria, Queens, NY
2024....................J&M Open Studio | Group Show | Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NY
2019....................Setting Place: A Dinner Party | Group Show | NE Sculpture Gallery Factory, Minneapolis MN
............................Tybee | Solo Show | The Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury VT
............................Free Association | Two Person Show | Johnson Memorial Gallery, Middlebury VT
............................Spring Senior Thesis Show | Group Show | Johnson Memorial Gallery, Middlebury VT
............................Pictures in Space | Seminar Group Show | Johnson Memorial Gallery, Middlebury VT
............................Nocturne | Arts Festival | Axinn Center, Middlebury, VT
2018....................Fall Senior Thesis Show | Group Show | Johnson Memorial Gallery, Middlebury VT
............................Rocky Lump Bumpy | 3D Animation Screening | Dana Auditorium, Middlebury VT
2017....................Landscape: Re-Imagined | Seminar Group Show | Johnson Memorial Gallery, Middlebury VT
............................Scratching the Surface | Seminar Group Show | Johnson Memorial Gallery, Middlebury VT
2016....................Landscape, Geography, Photography | Seminar Group Show | Johnson Memorial Pit, Middlebury VT
2015....................Sculptural Architecture | Seminar Group Show | Johnson Memorial Gallery, Middlebury VT
AWARDS, RESIDENCIES AND APPRENTICESHIPS
2024....................Apprentice | Nazz Forge, Brooklyn, NY
2019....................Resident Artist Fellowship | NE Sculpture Gallery Factory, Minneapolis, MN
2015....................Art Education Intern | Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
............................Recipient of Three Gold Keys | Scholastic Art and Writing Awards | Exhibition at the Met, NY
............................Recipient of $2,000 Scholarship | Dedalus Foundation | Exhibition at Industry City Gallery, NY
............................Painting Winner | Brooklyn Borough Arts Festival | Exhibition at The Brooklyn Museum, NY
2014....................RISD Pre-College Program Student | Rhode Island School of Design, RI
............................Student Exhibitor | Pratt Institute Juried Show | Pratt Institute, NY
CURATION, EXHIBITION DESIGN AND INSTALLATION
2019....................Winner Winner Chicken Dinner | Artists Mary Johnson, Andrew MacGuffie | NE Sculpture | Gallery Factory | Minneapolis, MN
............................Shelterbelt | Artist Mary Johnson | Conkling Gallery, University of Minnesota | Mankato, MN
............................Big Bender Blues | Artist Pocket Toscani | NE Sculpture | Gallery Factory | Minneapolis, MN
............................Setting Place: A Dinner Party | NE Sculpture | Gallery Factory | Minneapolis, MN
............................Tybee | Mahaney Center for the Arts | Middlebury, VT
............................Free Association | Johnson Memorial Gallery | Middlebury, VT
............................Spring Senior Thesis Show | Johnson Memorial Gallery | Middlebury, VT
............................Pictures in Space | The Classroom Gallery | Middlebury, VT
2018....................Fall Senior Thesis Show | Johnson Memorial Gallery | Middlebury, VT
2017....................Beyond The Vagina (Monologues) Zine and Auction | Hepburn Theater | Middlebury, VT
2015....................Vigil | Murrow Senior Art Show | Brooklyn, NY
TEACHING
2025-26...............Teaching Artist | Nazz Forge | Brooklyn, NY
2024-26...............Instructor | Brooklyn Boatworks | Brooklyn, NY
2024....................Teaching Artist | Abrons Arts | Manhattan, NY
2022....................Assistant Teaching Artist | Marquis Studios | Brooklyn, NY
2018-19...............Teaching Artist | Brooklyn Youth Music Project Summer Camp | Brooklyn, NY
2018....................Teaching Artist | Barking Cat Summer Camp | Brooklyn, NY
2017....................Teacher's Assistant | Mary Johnson Day Care | Middlebury, VT
2016-17...............Forge and Carpentry Teacher | Farm & Wilderness Summer Camps | Plymouth, VT
2013-15..............Teacher's Assistant | Brooklyn Museum Education Department | Brooklyn, NY
FABRICATION & DESIGN
2021-2024...........Fabricator | Creative Consulting & Fabrication, Brooklyn, NY
2021-2022...........Fabricator | Bing Bang Jewelry, NY, NY
2020-2024...........Administrative Assistant | NE SCULPTURE | Gallery Factory, Minneapolis, MN
2019....................Shop assistant | Various projects | Sara Hanson Metal Casting Studio, Minneapolis, MN
............................Blender Animator | "The Bonefish" | Middlebury College Animation Studio, Middlebury VT
............................Set Design & Fabrication | "Autobiography of Red//Decreation" | Directed by Caleb Green | Hepburn Theater, Middlebury VT
............................Technical Direction and Fabrication | "The Violet Sisters" | Directed by Steph Miller | Hepburn Theater, Middlebury VT
............................Design and Fabrication Collaborator | Tiffany Smith | Johnson Memorial Gallery, Middlebury VT
............................Fabrication | "The Baltimore Waltz" | Directed by Claudio Medeiros | Seeler Theater, Middlebury VT
............................Fabrication | "American Idiot" | Directed by Michelle Biancosino | Wright Memorial Theater, Middlebury VT
2018....................Fabrication | "Havel: The Passion of Thought" | Directed by Richard Romagnoli | Wright Memorial Theater, Middlebury VT
............................Fabrication | "Men on Boats" | Directed by Cheryl Faraone | Seeler Theater, Middlebury VT
2017....................Print Shop Technician | Middlebury College Art Department, Middlebury, VT
............................Art Director | "Liked" | Middlebury VT
............................Set Design and Fabrication | "Chronic Blush" | Directed by Eliza Renner | Hepburn Theater, Middlebury VT
............................Fabrication | "Glengarry Glen Ross" | Directed by Richard Romagnoli | Seeler Theater, Middlebury VT
............................Fabrication | "Middletown" | Directed by Alex Draper | Wright Memorial Theater, Middlebury VT
............................Fabrication | "Women of Troy" | Directed by Vanessa Milidenberg | Seeler Theater, Middlebury VT
............................Fabrication | "Arcadia" | Directed by Cheryl Faraone | Wright Memorial Theater, Middlebury VT
2016....................Assistant Art Director & Production Assistant | "Vermont House" | Middlebury, VT
............................Fabrication | "Late: A Cowboy's Song" | Directed by Rebecca Coates-Finke | Hepburn Theater, Middlebury VT
............................Fabrication | "A Midsummer Night's Dream" | Directed by Claudio Medeiros | Wright Memorial Theater, Middlebury VT
............................Fabrication | "The Antigone Project" | Directed by Richard Romagnoli | Wright Memorial Theater, Middlebury VT
............................Fabrication | "American Sunrise/Sunset" | Directed by Cheryl Faraone | Seeler Theater, Middlebury VT
............................Fabrication | "Stupid F**king Bird" | Directed by Cheryl Faraone | Seeler Theater, Middlebury VT
2015....................Fabrication | "Clickshare" | Directed by Alex Draper | Seeler Theater, Middlebury VT
............................Fabrication | "Flare Path" | Directed by Richard Romagnoli | Wright Memorial Theater Theater, Middlebury VT