ABOUT
Sarah Balcombe received her Bachelor of Arts in Architecture and her Master of Arts from Cambridge University, followed by a postgraduate diploma in Architecture from the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London. Sarah is interested in memory and absence, particularly how places imprint upon their inhabitants, and how landscape emotionally inhabits. She paints configurations of external spaces, carving into a canvas of oil and acrylic, applying, removing and layering material. Her mark-making derives from an interpretation of the natural ruggedness, resilience and yet fragile nature of the environment.
Born in London, England and now living in coastal Connecticut, landscape has been Sarah’s singular continuity. It has provided infinite, yet eroding iconography. “I could lose myself for days in the cycle and rhythm of color to monochrome, and back again. I see myself as a distiller, condensing and then exploding that narrative."
Sarah is a Guild Member of Silvermine Galleries in New Canaan, CT, where she received the Award of Merit for PAINT2021, and has been included in multiple juried shows. Her work is available through Silvermine Galleries and on Artnet. In Connecticut Sarah's art has also been exhibited at the Bendheim Gallery, The Greenwich Arts Council in Greenwich, Ely Center of Contemporary Art in New Haven and Carriage Barns Art Center, New Canaan. In New York Sarah has exhibited at the Garrison Art Center and Pelham Art Center. Sarah has taught art workshops at the Greenwich Arts Council and in elementary schools and has co-curated many events and exhibitions celebrating cultural heritage and identity. She is founding editor of manhattanmodernist.com providing original content about contemporary art and architecture that have also been published in Forward.com. Sarah’s art can be viewed at www.sarahbalcombe.com and @manhattan_modernist.
EXHIBITIONS:
2023 Summer Salon for Guild Members, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT.
2022 Summer Salon for Guild Members, Silvermine Galleries.
2022 SHE IS RISING, benefitting LiveGirl, Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan.
2022 Perfect/Imperfect:The Next Century, Curator Lilly Wei, Silvermine Galleries.
2022 Spectrum: RENEWAL, Juror James Barron. Carriage Barns.
2022 New Members 2022, Silvermine Galleries.
2021 Summer Salon for Guild Members, Silvermine Galleries.
2021 SHE IS RISING, benefitting LiveGirl, Carriage Barn Arts Center.
2021 PAINT 2021, Juror/Curator Michelle Y. Loh, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan. Award of Merit for "Crossroads" painting.
2021 Embody, Curated by Krista Scenna, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven (see Yale Daily News) .
2020 What Now? Ely Center of Contemporary Art.
2020 USPS Art Project Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven.
2020 smallWORKS Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY.
2020 USPS Art Project Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY.
2019 Art to the Avenue, Miku, Greenwich Ave.
2018 Deconstruction, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich.
2018 Art to the Avenue Makes a Stop at the Bendheim, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich.
2018 Art for Health, Stamford Hospital, Stamford.
2018 Art to the Avenue, Saks Fifth Avenue, Greenwich.
2017 Flower Stories, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich.
2017 Art to the Avenue, Richards, Greenwich.
UK:
Central St Martins, London: Terrence Higgins Trust, AIDs campaign.
Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London: Summer Exhibition.
Cambridge University, Cambridge: Summer Exhibition.
ARTICLES:
Forward.com: At the Age of 95, Alex Katz Finally Gets His Due
Forward.com: How Calder Transfixed Albert Einstein and Jean-Paul Sartre
UJA-JCC: True Colors: Ron Agam Studio Tour
Forward.com: OY! OOF! BLAH! An Artist's Guide to the Three Stages of Grief, April 2020
PRESS:
CT Post: Silvermine Showcases Artists From Across the Globe
WAG Magazine: The "A" Word, October 1, 2019
The Greenwich Sentinel: Make Music Greenwich, June 21, 2019
Greenwich Time: Things to Do In and Around Greenwich: Art Makes a Stop at the Bendheim, May 2nd 2018
Greenwich Time: A Different Kind of Flower at 299, Oct 29, 2017
UJA JCC GJN: Dale Chihuly at The New York Botanical Gardens, June, 2017
ManhattanModernist: New York State of Mind, founding editor of blog since Sept 2017
Sarah Balcombe received her Bachelor of Arts in Architecture and her Master of Arts from Cambridge University, followed by a postgraduate diploma in Architecture from the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London. Sarah is interested in memory and absence, particularly how places imprint upon their inhabitants, and how landscape emotionally inhabits. She paints configurations of external spaces, carving into a canvas of oil and acrylic, applying, removing and layering material. Her mark-making derives from an interpretation of the natural ruggedness, resilience and yet fragile nature of the environment.
Born in London, England and now living in coastal Connecticut, landscape has been Sarah’s singular continuity. It has provided infinite, yet eroding iconography. “I could lose myself for days in the cycle and rhythm of color to monochrome, and back again. I see myself as a distiller, condensing and then exploding that narrative."
Sarah is a Guild Member of Silvermine Galleries in New Canaan, CT, where she received the Award of Merit for PAINT2021, and has been included in multiple juried shows. Her work is available through Silvermine Galleries and on Artnet. In Connecticut Sarah's art has also been exhibited at the Bendheim Gallery, The Greenwich Arts Council in Greenwich, Ely Center of Contemporary Art in New Haven and Carriage Barns Art Center, New Canaan. In New York Sarah has exhibited at the Garrison Art Center and Pelham Art Center. Sarah has taught art workshops at the Greenwich Arts Council and in elementary schools and has co-curated many events and exhibitions celebrating cultural heritage and identity. She is founding editor of manhattanmodernist.com providing original content about contemporary art and architecture that have also been published in Forward.com. Sarah’s art can be viewed at www.sarahbalcombe.com and @manhattan_modernist.
EXHIBITIONS:
2023 Summer Salon for Guild Members, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT.
2022 Summer Salon for Guild Members, Silvermine Galleries.
2022 SHE IS RISING, benefitting LiveGirl, Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan.
2022 Perfect/Imperfect:The Next Century, Curator Lilly Wei, Silvermine Galleries.
2022 Spectrum: RENEWAL, Juror James Barron. Carriage Barns.
2022 New Members 2022, Silvermine Galleries.
2021 Summer Salon for Guild Members, Silvermine Galleries.
2021 SHE IS RISING, benefitting LiveGirl, Carriage Barn Arts Center.
2021 PAINT 2021, Juror/Curator Michelle Y. Loh, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan. Award of Merit for "Crossroads" painting.
2021 Embody, Curated by Krista Scenna, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven (see Yale Daily News) .
2020 What Now? Ely Center of Contemporary Art.
2020 USPS Art Project Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven.
2020 smallWORKS Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY.
2020 USPS Art Project Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY.
2019 Art to the Avenue, Miku, Greenwich Ave.
2018 Deconstruction, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich.
2018 Art to the Avenue Makes a Stop at the Bendheim, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich.
2018 Art for Health, Stamford Hospital, Stamford.
2018 Art to the Avenue, Saks Fifth Avenue, Greenwich.
2017 Flower Stories, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich.
2017 Art to the Avenue, Richards, Greenwich.
UK:
Central St Martins, London: Terrence Higgins Trust, AIDs campaign.
Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London: Summer Exhibition.
Cambridge University, Cambridge: Summer Exhibition.
ARTICLES:
Forward.com: At the Age of 95, Alex Katz Finally Gets His Due
Forward.com: How Calder Transfixed Albert Einstein and Jean-Paul Sartre
UJA-JCC: True Colors: Ron Agam Studio Tour
Forward.com: OY! OOF! BLAH! An Artist's Guide to the Three Stages of Grief, April 2020
PRESS:
CT Post: Silvermine Showcases Artists From Across the Globe
WAG Magazine: The "A" Word, October 1, 2019
The Greenwich Sentinel: Make Music Greenwich, June 21, 2019
Greenwich Time: Things to Do In and Around Greenwich: Art Makes a Stop at the Bendheim, May 2nd 2018
Greenwich Time: A Different Kind of Flower at 299, Oct 29, 2017
UJA JCC GJN: Dale Chihuly at The New York Botanical Gardens, June, 2017
ManhattanModernist: New York State of Mind, founding editor of blog since Sept 2017
