SARAH CAIN
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
2006 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
MFA, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
2001 BFA, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
SARAH CAIN, Broadway, New York, NY
This is the thing they call life, permanent installation Orange Barrel Media, Columbus OH
It’s like seeing a rainbow in the forest, permanent installation, Stanford Health Center, Palo Alto, CA
Day after day on this beautiful stage, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
2022
hand in hand, Colby Museum of Art, Waterville, ME
Or is it because the problem is beautiful to me, Victoria Miro Projects
2021
Sarah Cain, Broadway, New York, NY
ENTER THE CENTER, Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY
My favorite season is the fall of the patriarchy, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
In Nature, the Momentary, Bentonville, AR
2020
The possibility of overcoming negative thought, Vielmetter Los Angeles, CA
2019
We Will Walk Right Up To The Sun, San Francisco International Airport, permanent public artwork commissioned by The San Francisco Arts Commission
The Sun Will Not Wait, Honor Fraser, Los Angeles
2018
Wild Flower, Timothy Taylor, London
2017
Sarah Cain, Aspen Art Museum at the Elk Camp on Snowmass Mountain, CO
now I'm going to tell you everything, Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (ICA LA), CA
racing with the moon, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
2016
Dark Matter, Galerie Lelong, New York, NY
2015
Sarah Cain: The Imaginary Architecture of Love, Contemporary Art Museum Raleigh, Raleigh, NC
Sarah Cain: blue in your body, red when it hits the air, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, CA
BOW DOWN, Honor Fraser, Los Angeles, CA
2014
hey babe take a walk on the wild side, A LAND Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
Burning Bush, Galerie Lelong, New York, NY
2013
LOUD OBJECT, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
feral, Cardi Black Box, Milan, Italy
2012
freedom is a prime number, Honor Fraser, Los Angeles, CA
2011
Sarah Cain: Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Bloom Projects, Santa Barbara, CA
2010
California Does Psychic, Sara Meltzer Gallery/Projects, New York, NY
little by little, CTRL Gallery, Houston, TX
2009
Midnight Mission, off-site installation for the California Biennial, Five Thirty Three Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Double Future, Seiler + Mosseri-Marlio Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
You Aurora Borealis Me, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
As if Only as Atmosphere, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
2006
I Believe We Are Believers, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
2005
A River of Ifs, Queens Nails Annex, San Francisco, CA
2004
The Tree Outside, San Francisco Art Commission, San Francisco, CA
2003
Epigram on Being Alone: A Golden Willow Hits You on the Head, Lucky Tackle Gallery, Oakland, CA
2001
Elephant Juice/ I Love You, The LAB Annex, San Francisco, CA
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
13 Women, Orange County Museum of Art, CA
2019
The light touch, Vielmetter, Los Angeles, CA
cart, horse, cart, Lehmann Maupin, New York, NY
2018
Surface Work, Victoria Miro, London, UK
Artwork for Bedrooms, CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco, CA
Platforms, Armory Art Fair, New York, NY
2017
Jump ball, Dio Horos, Mykonos, Greece
2016
Holdings: Selections from MCASD's Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Contemporary Collection, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
Surrogates, Griffin Art Projects, Vancouver, BC
2014
Variations: Conversations In And Around Abstract Painting, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
In ----- We Trust, Columbus Museum of Art, OH
Now-ism: Abstraction Today, Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, OH
I was a double, Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Saratoga, NY
2013
My Crippled Fried, Columbus College of Arts and Design, Columbus, OH
Something about a Tree, curated by Linda Yablonsky, FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
Outside The Lines, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
Untitled (Hybrid), curated by Kate McNamara, Robert Miller Gallery, NY
Set Pieces, curated by Lauren Mackler and Andrew Berardini, Cardi Black Box, Milan, Italy
Painting in Place, Los Angeles Nomadic Division, Los Angeles, CA
Wall, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH
PAINT THINGS: beyond the stretcher, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA
2012
For the Martian Chronicles, L&M Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Stretching Painting, curated by Veronica Roberts, Galerie Lelong, New York, NY
Bold Tendencies 6, London, UK
Made in L.A. 2012, organized by the Hammer Museum in collaboration with LAXART, Los Angeles, CA
Gold, curated by Thomas Zaunschirm, Imperial Belvedere Palace Museum, Vienna, Austria
2011
Fifty Years of Bay Area Art: The SECA Awards, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Nothing Beside Remains, Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND), Marfa and Los Angeles, CA
Soft Math, Bryan Miller Gallery, Houston, TX
The Thingness of Color, Dodge Gallery, New York, NY
Two Schools of Cool, curated by Sarah Bancroft, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
2010
Feather Throat, Grimmuseum, Berlin, Germany
Fade to Black, curated by Rachel Gugelberger and Jeffrey Walkowiak, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
2009
Rebecca Morris and Sarah Cain, curated by Nancy Meyer, Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
2008
California Biennial, curated by Laurie Firstenberg, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
California Dreamin’, Seiler + Mosseri-Marlio Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
2007
SECA Art Award Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Like Color in Pictures, curated by Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
In the Fullness of Time, The Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006
Busan Biennale, curated by Doryun Chong, Busan, South Korea
A Century of Collage, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
2005
The Sleight of Hand: The Artist’s Touch, Lincart, San Francisco, CA
Book of Small, Open Space, Vancouver, BC
Space is the Place, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2003
Makeshift World, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002
Brilliant Pebbles, Kunst PLUS, Dusseldorf, Germany
Fly Away, The Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001
Group Show, The Smell, Los Angeles, CA
SELECT COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Henry Art Gallery, Seattle
Dallas Museum of Art
Orange County Museum of Art
Perez Art Museum Miami
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Blanton Museum of Art: The University of Texas at Austin
Zabludowicz Collection, London
The FLAG Art Foundation, New York
The Margulies Collection, Miami
Pizzuti Collection, Columbus Ohio
UBS Art Collection
Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Saratoga, NY
North Carolina Museum of Art
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
San Antonio Museum of Art
Select Press
The New York Times, With Big, Bold Art, Sarah Cain Redefines the Seriousness in Painting
The New York Times Style Magazine, The Artist Creating a 150-Foot-Long Glass Rainbow
The New York Times Frieze Los Angeles: Lights, Camera, Art!
Los Angeles Times Review: Sarah Cain’s 1,000-square-foot painting is just the start
Los Angeles Times Sarah Cain's paintings, with grit and spark
Phaidon Sarah Cain - Why I Paint
Huffington Post Abstract Painting Was Never A Boy's Club, And It's Time To Stop Treating It Like One