EDUCATION
2019 OCAD University, Master of Fine Arts, Interdisciplinary Art, Media and Design
2010 OISE, University of Toronto, Bachelor of Education, Visual Art
2009 York University, Toronto, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) Film Production + Visual Art
SOLO + TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2022 Slow Burn, Cloud Gallery, Orillia. ON
2021 Forest Bath, Cloud Gallery, Orillia, ON
Chrysalis, Galerie Montcalm, Gatineau, QC
2019 Figuring Depths, Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON
Gardens & Grottoes, Ignite Gallery, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2017 Sojourn, The Roundhouse Gallery, Steam Whistle Brewing, Toronto, ON
2016 Transcendent, Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON
ReWilding, Graven Feather Gallery, Toronto, ON
Out of the Woods, Baka Gallery, Toronto, ON
2015 Within Grain, The Algonquin Theatre Gallery, Huntsville, ON
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Earth Art, curated: Liza Zhurkovskaya, Arta Gallery, Toronto, ON
2019 A Stone-Transforming Smile, Red Head Gallery, Toronto, ON
Unmade, curated: Jill Price, Propeller Gallery, Toronto, ON
(Re)constructed Landscapes, The Graduate Gallery, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
Grow Op, curated: LeuWebb Projects, The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
2018 Always Already, The Graduate Gallery, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
Hunter’s Moon, Experimental Media Space, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2017 Trace, The Graduate Gallery, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
Feminist Art Conference, curated: Ilene Sova, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2016 SURFACE II, curated: Pam Lobb, Artscape Sandbox Toronto, ON
Feminist Art Residency Show, Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto, ON
Urban Wild, curated: Naama Bar-David, The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
Eco Art Exhibition, curated: Phil Anderson, Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON
2015 Made Here, Graven Feather Gallery, Toronto, ON
SURFACE, curated: Pam Lobb, 99 Sudbury, Toronto, ON
The Bees (and the Birds), curated: Christine Pensa, Graven Feather, Toronto, ON
Emerging Artists 2015, curated: Phil Anderson, Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON
2014 Spirit of the Red Pine, The Pearl Company, Hamilton, ON
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2023 Cloud Gallery Mini Residency, Snug Harbour, ON
2018 Murmur Land Studios, Miguasha National Park, QC
Florence Contemporary, OCAD University, Florence, Italy
2016 Canadian Wilderness Artist Residency, Whitehorse to Dawson City, YT
Feminist Art Conference Residency, Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto, ON
Perennial Threshold Residency, Algonquin Provincial Park, ON
2015 Can Serrat Artist Residency, Montserrat, Barcelona, Spain
Graven Feather Artist Residency, Toronto, ON
AWARDS + DISTINCTIONS
2017 Dean’s Entrance Scholarship, OCAD University, ON
2016 Project Grant, Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC), BC
2016 Travel Bursary, Canadian Wilderness Artist Residency, YT
2015 Selected Artist in Residence, Algonquin Provincial Park, ON
2014 Can Serrat Stipend for Residency, Catalonia International Art Centre, Spain
2010 Best Student Cinematography Finalist, Canadian Society of Cinematographers
2009 Lynne Sarah Torode Memorial Award, academic and artistic excellence, York U
EVENTS
2023 Plein Air Painting Participant, Yport Normandy, France
Dundas Valley School of Art, Fundraiser Auction, Dundas, ON
2022 Dundas Valley School of Art, Fundraiser Auction, Dundas. ON
2021 Art in Action Burlington Studio Tour, Burlington, ON
Leaf for Life, Artscape Fundraiser, Joseph Brant Hospital, Burlington, ON
Canoe Foundation, Indigenous Climate Action Fundraiser Auction, Stoney Creek, ON
2020 Dundas Valley School of Art, Fundraiser Auction, Dundas, ON
2017 Bombay Sapphire Competition, Regional semi-finalist, Toronto, ON
2016 Riverside Arts Festival, juried, Klondike Institute of Art and Culture, Dawson, YT
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, juried, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, ON
2015 A Nuit Blanche Event, Graven Feather, Toronto, ON
Queen West Art Crawl, juried, Trinity Bellwoods Park, Toronto, ON
Harvest Art, juried, Whole Foods Market, Oakville, ON
2014 Art in the Park, juried, Oakville Art Society, Oakville, ON
REVIEWS + PUBLICATIONS
2022 The Globe and Mail, Muse Gallery presents Sarah Carlson, 2 July
2021 Boulianne, Mario. Réouverture de la Galerie Montcalm à Gatineau, Le Droit, March 5
2020 Interview with Sarah Carlson, Curator on the Go Podcast, 1 December
Porous Bodies: Trans-corporeality and Passages of Becoming, Win: The EAAS Women’s Network Journal Issue 2, 12 June
2019. Gardens & Grottoes: An Interdisciplinary Investigation into Passages of Becoming, OCAD University, OCAD U, 10 May
2016 She Does the City, Open Studio: FAC at Artscape Gibraltar Point, 17 May
Ahmed, Samaa, Meet the Artists: Sarah Carlson, Factoronto, 7 May
Pelot, Alice, Sarah Carlson: ReWilding at Graven Feather, Artoronto, 9 April
2015 Rogers, Esther. L’art, par exemple, MISC Magazine, 29 June
2014 Bain, Brinae. Queen Street West Art Crawl 2014, Artoronto, 16 September
Beattie, Samantha. Artists Paint to save northern Ontario old-growth forest, The Hamilton Spectator, 18 July
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS + ARTIST TALKS
Podcast, The Soul Diaries: “Hello Sunshine”, Toronto, ON
Interview, Curator on the Go, Toronto, ON
Trace Panel Discussion, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
Art Outdoors, Arc’teryx Yorkdale, Toronto, ON
Survey of Recent Works, SURFACE II, Artscape Sandbox, Toronto, ON
Emerging Artists Under 33, Younger Than Beyoncé Gallery, Toronto, ON
COLLECTIONS
The Felt Store, Braunschweig, Germany
Nomi Resort, Harcourt, ON
Steam Whistle Brewing, Toronto, ON
Jim Creeggan Private Collection, Barenaked Ladies, Toronto, ON
The Brand Private Collection, Braunschweig, DE
Can Serrat Permanent Collection, Barcelona, ES
The Chapman Family Collection, Banff, AB
The Bryan Bowers Collection, Vancouver, BC
REPRESENTATION
Muse Gallery, Toronto, ON
Cloud Gallery, Orillia, ON