SARA J. WINSTON
Sara J. Winston, Untitled (Prized Possessions), 2012
EDUCATION
2014 M.F.A. Photography, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
2011 B.F.A. Photography, Corcoran College of Art, Washington, D.C.
ARTIST BOOKS
2017 A Lick and a Promise, Candor Arts, Chicago, IL 2015 Homesick, Zatara Press, Richmond, VA
2014 Flowers for Ruth, self-published, Detroit, MI 2011 Worn Out Joy, self-published, Washington, DC
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 The Qualities of Light, curated by Becky Senf, Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ Joyce Elaine Grant Exhibition, juried by Lisa Sutcliffe, Denton, TX
2019 Photography: Mentorship and Legacy, juried by D’Angelo Lovell Williams for SPE Northeast, Red Eye Gallery, RISD, Providence, RI
Sky High Skies, Transpace, Normal, IL
The Familiar, juried by Gregory Harris, Filter Photo, Chicago, IL
Self and Family, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO UnBound8!, Candela Gallery, Richmond, VA
Woodstock Squared, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY Daddy’s Books Reading Room, Drury Gallery, Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT Labs Slide Slam, Red Hook Labs, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Interlude/Inquiry, Abroms-Engel Institute for Visual Arts, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL The Creative Center’s Hospital Artists-in-Residence Program Benefit, Local Color Gallery, New York, NY And the Light Followed the Flight of Sound, Candela Gallery, Richmond, VA
Tipping Points, Palmer Gallery, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Life, learning, and healing: Candor Arts exhibition, Millner Library, Illinois State University, Normal, IL Daddy's Books, Life Lessons, Far Rockaway, NY
The Feeling is Mutual, Local Project, Long Island City, NY
UnBound7!, Candela Books + Gallery, Richmond, VA
Companion Pieces, Anytime Dept., Cincinnati, OH
Silver Eye’s Biannual Auction Exhibition, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA Z. Archive Exhibition, Claire T. Carney Library, UMass Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA
2016 No Texting, Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
On the Shelf, Filter Space, curated by Kelli Connell, Chicago, IL
Picture Perfect: Contrarian Voices in Photography, Durango Art Center, Durango, CO You Can't Take It With You, Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI
Worn Out Joy / A Lick and a Promise with Ani Katz, Milkweed Gallery, Sugar Loaf, NY
2014 Petty Thieves 5, Hell & Gone Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Perfect Wasn't Bad Part II, Hell & Gone Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Thesis, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2014 Albert P. Weisman Exhibition, Arcade Gallery, Chicago, IL
MFA Thesis, Glass Curtain Gallery, catalog essay by Lisa Sutcliffe, Chicago, IL
2013 Body Dirt, The Refrigerator, Richmond, VA
Petty Thieves 3, curated by Empty Stretch, Furthermore, Washington, DC 13th Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China
Hair Apparent, Athenaeum, Alexandria, VA
2012 Vulnerable, 229 Collective, Brooklyn, NY
2011 On the Lakeshore...And Other Stories with Iris Janke, Goethe Institut, Washington, DC The Monroe Portfolios, curated by Terri Weifenbach, Washington, DC
NEXT at the Corcoran, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
The Secret Making of the Best Persons, Metro Space Gallery, Richmond, VA
Petty Thieves, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Gallery 31, Washington, DC
2010 Civilian Editions, Civilian Art Projects, curated by Jayme McLellan, Washington, DC
Portray, Addison-Ripley Fine Art, curated by Frank Day, Washington, DC
LIBRARY COLLECTIONS
Candela Gallery, Richmond, VA
Cassilhaus, Durham, NC*
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA
Duke University, Perkins Library, Durham, NC
Duke University, Rubenstein Library, Durham, NC
Emory University, Woodruff Library, Atlanta, GA
George Washington University, Gelman Library, Washington, DC
Harvard University, Fine Arts Library at the Littauer Center, Cambridge, MA Illinois State University, Millner Library, Normal, IL
Indiana University, Herman B. Wells Library, Bloomington, IN
Maryland Institute College of Art, Decker Library, Baltimore, Maryland*
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Hirsch Library, Houston, TX*
Pacific Northwest College of Art, Albert Stolheim Library, Portland, OR
Pratt Institute, Franklin Furnace Artists’ Book Collection, Brooklyn, NY
Savannah College of Art and Design, Artists’ Book Collection, Jen Library, Atlanta, GA
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, John M. Flaxman Library, Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection, Chicago, IL Syracuse University, Carnegie Library, Syracuse, NY
Tate Library and Archive, London, England
Tufts University, Tisch Library, Medford, MA
UMass Dartmouth, Claire T. Carney Library Special Collections, N Dartmouth, MA
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL
University of Michigan, AAEL Artists’ Book Collection, Ann Arbor, MI
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Walter Royal Davis Library, Chapel Hill, NC*
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Victoria & Albert Museum, National Art Library, Knightsbridge, London, England
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Library, Richmond, VA
Washington & Lee University, James G. Leyburn Library, Lexington, VA*
Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, New Haven, CT
Yale University, Haas Family Arts Library, New Haven, CT
PRINT COLLECTIONS
Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
PUBLICATIONS / JOURNALS AS PHOTOGRAPHER
2019 It’s a toss up, Oranbeg Press, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Maternal Journal #2, Artist Mother Studio, Washington, DC
2019 A Matter of Being, Quiet Pages Press, Bethlehem, PA
2019 Silver Tongues 7, A Love Token, Annaheim, CA
2018 And the light followed the flight of sound, One Day Projects, Lexington, VA 2018 As of Late: Sara J. Winston, Oranbeg Press, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Moments that stay, Oranbeg Press, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Petty Thieves 5, Empty Stretch, Washington, DC
2015 Beta, Oranbeg Press, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Interleaves, Oranbeg Press, Brooklyn, NY
2013 (Re)presentation, Anamesa Journal, New York University, New York, NY 2012 Twenty/12, Empty Stretch, Washington, DC
PUBLICATIONS/ JOURNALS AS WRITER
2019 “A Lick and a Promise,” Issue 1, Funny Looking Dog Magazine, Chicago, IL
2019 Issue 3, The Dandelion Review, Fort Wayne, IN
2017 “Illness: A Subjective Genealogy,” Issue #09: Other Eden, Papersafe, Jamaica Plain, MA
AWARDS / HONORS
2018 Dorothea Lange–Paul Taylor Prize, Duke University, Semi-finalist, Durham, NC
2014 Albert P. Weisman Award, Project Completion Award, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL 2014 Anderson Ranch Arts Center Merit Award, Full Workshop Tuition Award, Snowmass Village, CO 2014 John Mulvany Scholarship, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
2011 Follett Merit Award, Full MFA Tuition Scholarship, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
RESIDENCIES/ WORKSHOPS
2020 Picture Berlin, Reimagining Wanders: Art and Activism (upcoming)
2019 Atelier Smedsby with JH Engstrom and Margot Wallard, Montreuil, France
2018 The Photobook in Short Form, Penumbra Foundation, New York, NY
2018 NYFA/NYSCA Artist as Entrepreneur Boot Camp Program, Lake Placid, NY
2018 Bookbinding IA & IB, The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
2018 The Creative Center Training Institute: The Role of Arts in Healthcare, New York, NY 2017 Preserving in One's Existence, Summer Forum for Inquiry + Exchange, Kanohe, HI 2014 Making the Invisible Visible, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
LECTURES/ PANELS
2018 LES Fotobook Fair, Foley Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Silver Eye Book Fair, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA
2017 Filter Photo Festival, Knickerbocker Hotel, Chicago, IL
2015 Photographs in Books: The Complete Story, Aperture Foundation, conversation
with John Gossage and Terri Weifenbach, New York, NY
2014 Thesis panel, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2013 13th Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2013 Facts/Fictions, in partnership with Ani Katz at The Invisible Dog Art Center, Brooklyn, NY
PRESS/ FEATURES ONLINE
TWIRL: A Decade of Artist Interviews, T W I R L
One day project - And light followed the flight of sound, Tique art paper
Featured Artist: March 2018, Lutte Collective
Interview with Jess T. Dugan, Strange Fire Collective
Holding the Unknown with Care: Interview with Sara J. Winston by Lynnette Miranda, This Is Tomorrow Some Days Just Are, Huffington Post
Pictures Without Words Vol 001, Issue 002, S trant
Moments that stay, Oranbeg Press
Habitare, Landscape Stories
Homesick, CUS Photo
Announcing 'A Lick and a Promise' by Sara J. Winston, Candor Arts
Winter 2017, Streit House Space
A Lick and a Promise, A in't-Bad Magazine
Homesick: Book Review by Karen Jenkins, photo-eye
Best Books of 2015: John Gossage, photo-eye
Homesick: Book Review by Aline Smithson, L enscratch
WEB-BASED PUBLICATION AS WRITER
2015 The Autoimmune Diet, Aftertastes
