davidsonsar@gmail.com
b. 1989 (Canada), lives and works in New York
EDUCATION
2019, MFA, Master of Fine Art, University of Guelph, ON, Canada
2015, BFA, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Arts, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2011, HBJ, Honours Bachelor of Journalism and English, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada
SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025, Blending In. Auxier Kline, New York, NY
2024, Wing Shapes. Shin Haus at Shin Gallery, New York, NY
2023, Fingery Eyes. NARS Foundation, New York, NY
2023, NADA NY with Daniel Giordano. Presented by Wil Aballe Art Projects, New York, NY
2022, Swamp Sight. Wil Aballe Art Projects, Vancouver, BC
2021, Side View. Feuilleton, Los Angeles, CA
2020, Deep Vision: Sarah Davidson and David Ruben Piqtoukun. Cassandra Cassandra, Toronto, ON
2019, The Secret Life of Forms. Erin Stump Projects, Toronto, ON
2016, In Line, To Glue: Sarah Davidson and Elisabeth Horan. The Bakery, Vancouver, BC
2015, Backgrounds. Chernoff Fine Art, Vancouver, BC
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025, Homebodies, curated by Watercolour Society. 344 Broome street, New York.
2025, Here, Now. Plum Gallery, New York, NY
2024, Unruly Edges. Upstate Art Weekend, Foxtrot Farm and Flowers, Stanfordville, NY
2023, Tending Otherworlds: New Acquisitions. Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC
2023, PASSE-PARTOUT: Charlie Perez-Tlatenchi, Claudia Passeri, Eric Mangen, Frances Seidl Chodosh, João Freitas, John Pike, Julien Hübsch, Lotte Leerschool, Sam Krack, Sarah Davidson, Vanessa Brown. Luxembourg Institute for Artistic Research, New York, NY
2022, Sift: Nicki
Cherry, MJ Daines, Sarah Davidson, Anna Gustafson, Kumi Kaguraoka,
Hyojae Kim, Nicole Ji Soo Kim, Adrienne Reynolds, Linda Sok, Sam Sundius
and Gabriela Těthalová. NARS Foundation, New York, NY
2022, Diapause: Sarah Davidson, Brennan Kelly and Emily Moriarty. The Plumb, Toronto, ON
2022, Absence and Presence: Sarah Davidson, Catherine Haggarty, Sofia Quirno, and Nishiki Sugawara-Beda, TussleProjects (online)
2021, BLOOMDOOMROOM: Carolina Benitez, Sarah Davidson, Ryan Grover, HaeAhn Kwon, Colin Miner,
Emmanuel Osahor, Dana Slijboom, Alex Tedlie-Stursberg, Soft Turns, SUM,
Susannah van der Zaag, Laurence Veri, and Allanah Vokes. The Plumb, Toronto, ON
2019, Cognizance: Basil AlZeri, Aidan Cowling, Sarah Davidson, Azadeh Elmizadeh, Cassandra Ferguson, Jackson Klie, Deirdre McAdams, Alexine McLeod, Jose Mora, Emily Moriarty, Ben Mosher, Caroline Mousseau, Laurence Pilon, Xiao Xue. Birch Contemporary, Toronto, ON
2019, SUPER, NATURAL: Derya Akay, Maya Beaudry, Francesca Blomfield, Colleen Brown, Sarah Davidson, Fischli & Weiss, Lucien Durey, Sharona Franklin, Ezra Gray, Julian Hou & L'escalier, Tiziana La Melia, Arvo Leo, Emily Neufeld, Ebony Rose, Alex Tedlie-Stursberg, Tristan Unrau. Unit 17, Vancouver, BC
2018, How The Wet Sock Flower Revealed Itself: Sarah Davidson, Simone Jarvis, and Sonja Ratkay. Dynamo Arts Association, Vancouver, BC
2018, Staring Contest Through Fuchsia Membrane: Puddle Popper (Sonja Ratkay, Sarah Davidson, Juli Majer, Mel Thibodeau). Little Sister, Toronto, ON
2018, RBC Canadian Painting Competition Exhibition. The Power Plant, Toronto, ON
2018, Refiguring Worlds: Sarah Davidson, Brendan George Ko, Ginette Legaré, Maryse Larivière, Ed Pien. Birch Contemporary, Toronto, ON
2018, Going On Without Us: Sarah Davidson, Daniel Griffin Hunt, and Emily Moriarty. Bovey Teaching Greenhouse, Guelph, ON
2017, Ancient Follicle Seeks Green Wish: Puddle Popper (Sonja Ratkay, Sarah Davidson, Juli Majer, Mel Thibodeau). The New Gallery, Calgary, AB
2017, A Cabinet of Curiosities: Luke Armitstead, Sarah Davidson, Paul Halley and Juliana Silva, curated by Darius Stein. Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2016, Puddle Popper: Sonja Ratkay, Sarah Davidson, Juli Majer, Mel Thibodeau. Dynamo Arts Association, Vancouver, BC
2015, Geometry of Knowing Part 4. Audain Gallery, Vancouver, BC
PUBLIC ART
2022, Swamp Walk. Evergreen Brickworks, Toronto, ON
2013, The No. 3 Rd. Art Columns. City of Richmond, Richmond, BC
ARTIST BOOKS
2022, Diapause. Drawings by Sarah Davidson, poems by Emily Moriarty, design by Brennan Kelly. Full colour digital print, perfect bound, 82 pages, edition of 100.
2017, for the trees. Drawings by Sarah Davidson, essay by Brynn McNab, book design by Erica Wilk. Printed & published by Moniker Press. Risograph printed, perfect bound with fabric book tape binding. 52 pages, edition of 150.
TALKS
2023, Artist talk in conversation with Jacq Groves, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
2021, Artist talk, Puddle Popper Lounge, Vancouver Comic Arts Festival, Vancouver, BC
2021, Artist talk, invited by Jennifer Carvahlo, University of Toronto
2020, Plugging in: Networking in the Arts for Post-Secondary Students, The Power Plant, Toronto, ON
2019, Artist talk, invited by Shirley Wiitasalo, University of Toronto
2019, Artist talk, invited by Derek Liddington, Sibling, Toronto, ON
SELECTED TEACHING
2024-25, Teaching Artist, The Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
2019-22, Visiting Artist, Havergal College, Toronto, ON
2018, Graduate Teaching Assistant, SART*4760 (01) W18 Specialized Studio Practice II, University of Guelph
2018, Graduate Teaching Assistant, SART 1050 F18 Foundation Studio, University of Guelph
2017, Workshop Leader, Professional Development Workshops for Artists, University of Guelph
2017, Enrichment workshops, Artists for Kids, The Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art, North Vancouver
2016, ArtsToGo workshops, Arts Council of New Westminster, New Westminster, BC
PRESS
2025, ‘Sarah Davidson explores queer ecology at Auxier Kline’, Artdaily, April 10, 2025
2025, ‘Sarah Davidson: Embracing Ambiguity’, Epicenter NYC, April 4, 2025
2024, ‘Queer Ecology and the Arts’ Fukt Magazine Issue 22 (The Nature Issue), October 2024
2024, ‘Sarah Davidson’ (interview), BIOMASS volume 3: mud puddling
2023, ‘The Best Booths at NADA New York 2023’, ARTnews
2022, ‘Sarah Davidson at Wil Aballe Art Projects’, Art Viewer
2021, Artist Feature, Art Maze Magazine,
issue 25
2021, Artist Feature, Peripheral Review 2020-2021 Print Publication
2021, ‘Puddle Popper’, Discorder Magazine, September/October 2021
2021, ‘BLOOMDOOMROOM: Face to Face with the Slow Apocalypse’, Femme Art Review
2021, ‘BLOOMDOOMROOM at the plumb’, Art Viewer
2021, ‘Sarah Davidson at Feuilleton’, Art Viewer
2020, ‘Deep Vision: Sarah Davidson and David Ruben Piqtoukun’, Terremoto
2019, Review: Cognizance, Birch Contemporary, Toronto, Canadian Art
2019, ‘Sarah Davidson's Woven World’, Indoor Recess
2019, ‘SUPER, NATURAL at Unit 17’, Vancouver, Mousse Magazine
2019, Editor’s Pick (SUPER, NATURAL), Art Agenda, Canadian Art
2018, Editor’s Pick (How The Wet Sock Flower Revealed Itself), Art Agenda, Canadian Art
2018, ‘Staring Contest Through Fuchsia Membrane at Little Sister Gallery’, TZVETNIK
2018, ‘Meet September's Featured Artist’, SAD Magazine
2018, ‘Sarah Davidson and Aimée Henny Brown on Fragments’, Femme Art Review
2018, ‘Review: Refiguring Worlds / Birch Contemporary’, ARTORONTO
2018, ‘Finalists Announced for RBC Canadian Painting Competition’, Canadian Art
2018, ‘MFA students explore the life of plants in Going On Without Us,’ The Ontarion, March 15, 2018
2017, ‘Must-Sees This Week: November 9 to 15, 2017’, Canadian Art
2016, ‘Artist Interview Series: Sarah Davidson’, The Volumes Project
2016, ‘Print’s charming for reinvigorated zine scene’, Vancouver Courier, December 20, 2016
2016, ‘Artist Portfolio: Sarah Davidson’, Kolaj Magazine, October 2016
2015, ‘Sarah Davidson’s Nothing AZ’, Scout Magazine
2015, Review: Intuition (Sarah Davidson and Linton Murphy), Broken Pencil Magazine, Issue 66
AWARDS
2022, Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2022, Concept to Realization Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2021, Visual Artists Creation Projects Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2021, Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2020, Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2020, RBC Emerging Artist Network at The Power Plant
2020, Emerging Visual Artist Grant, Toronto Arts Council
2018, Finalist, RBC Canadian Painting Competition
RESIDENCIES
2022, New York Art Residency and Studios (NARS) Foundation, Brooklyn, USA
2022, Ecologies of Precarious Abundance: Queer Life and Natures, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Canada
2020, Artist in Residence, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Canada
2016, AiR Sandnes, Sandnes, Norway
COLLECTIONS
Burnaby Art Gallery
Royal Bank of Canada
Colart Collection