John Sarra

Education

• 1995-97 M.F.A., Washington University in St. Louis, major in Painting
• 1990-94 B.A., College of Charleston, major in Studio Art

Selected Exhibitions:

• 2005 Contemporary Realism, Centre for the Living Arts, AL
• 2004 Space B Holiday Variety Show, Space B Fine Arts, NY
• 2004 Space B Group Exhibition, Space B Fine Arts, NY
• 2004 Thou My Vision, Nancy Hughes, Curator, Grace and Peace Fellowship, MO
• 2003 John Sarra: Paintings, Fontbonne University Gallery, MO
• 2003 Regarding Objects, Olivia Lahs Gonzales, Curator, Sheldon Concert Hall and Art Galleries, MO, and Innsbrook Conference Center, MO
• 2001 The Forest and the Trees, Elliot Smith Contemporary Art, MO
  Particular Space (New Faces), Elliot Smith Contemporary Art, MO
  Landscape, Desmond E. Lee Gallery, MO
• 2000 Fresh Work, Halsey Gallery, SC
• 1999 (space) between us, Forest Park Gallery, MO
  paintings (plus), Innsbrook Conference Center, MO
• 1999 The Artist of Faith in the New Millennium, The Francis Schaeffer Institute,
  Covenant Theological Seminary, MO
• 1998 John Sarra/You Shou-Jong, Mong Jyau Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
• 1997 Recent Work, The Gallery, University City Public Library, MO
• 1995 John Sarra, City Gallery, Charleston, SC
• 1995 Annual Piccolo Spoleto Juried Exhibit, Guest Curator Diane Gingold, Charleston, SC
• 1994 Young Contemporaries, Guest Curator Eleanor Heartney, Halsey Gallery, SC
• 1993 Scenes from Mazyck Wraggborough, African American Art Gallery, Charleston, SC

Special Projects:

• 2000-present: In September of 2000 John Sarra began a meticulous renovation and restoration of his one-hundred year old home in the City of St. Louis. Through thought, action, and conversation he has shaped the redesign, restoration, and repair of surfaces and systems into a template for making and understanding works of art in a contemporary context.

Lectures/Panel Discussions:

• 2005 Living in the Garden: Color and the Infinite, Classroom Lecture for “Ancient Worlds to Contemporary Practice”, Washington University in St. Louis, MO
• 2003 Color in Contemporary American Painting, Keynote Speaker for the International Color Conference, Fu Jen University, Taipei, Taiwan
• 2003 Color Culture in Taiwan, Panel Discussion as a part of the International Color Conference, Fu Jen University, Taipei, Taiwan
• 2003 The Calligraphy of Fu Shen, Panel Discussion, Saint Louis Art Museum, MO
• 2003 Living in the Garden: Asian Aesthetic, Classroom Lecture for “Ancient Worlds to Contemporary Practice”, Washington University in St. Louis, MO
• 2002 Potential and Painting, Washington University in St. Louis, MO
  Fresh Work, Panel Discussion in conjunction with the exhibition, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
• 2000 Particular Space, Fontbonne College, St. Louis, MO

Professional Experience:

• 2001-present Lecturer (Full Time), Painting Department, Washington University in St. Louis, MO
• 1997-2001 Lecturer (Adjunct), Painting Department, Washington University in St. Louis, MO
• 1997-2000 Adjunct Faculty, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO
• 1996-2001 Woodworker, John Lesch Design, St. Louis, MO
• 1994-96 Instructor, Summer Art Program, Colleton County School District, SC
• 1994-95 Graphics Technician, College of Charleston, SC
• 1993-94 Instructor, Gibbes Museum School, Charleston, SC

Gallery Affiliation:

Philip Slein Gallery
1319 Washington Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63103

Space B Fine Arts
257B West 19th Street
New York, NY 10011