Sahar Khoury › CV
b. 1973
Lives and works in Oakland, CA
Education
MFA, University of California, Berkeley
Certificate in New Media from University of California, Berkeley
BA, University of California, Santa Cruz
Solo Exhibitions
Umm, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
You Can't Cut It Into Pieces, Canada, New York, NY
Orchard, Rebecca Camacho Presents, San Francisco, CA
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Afterhours, Canada, New York, NY
Holder, Rebecca Camacho Presents, San Francisco, CA
Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2 x 2 Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
2nd Floor Projects, San Francisco, CA
2nd Floor Projects, San Francisco, CA
Select Group Exhibitions
Old Sun. New Sun, Et Al, San Francisco, CA
Walk Against the Wind, Presented by Micki Meng and Parker Gallery, New York, NY
Under the Waq Waq Tree, / slash, San Francisco, CA
Midas: how art becomes life and life becomes art, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
The Myth Industry, Friends Indeed Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Best in Show, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, NY
di Rosa Center for Contemporary Arts, Napa, CA
There Will Come Soft Rains, Gallery Candice Madey, New York, NY
Hot Cue, Cloaca Projects, San Fransisco, CA
Part and Parcel, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA
Triennial Exhibition, Bay Area Now 8, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Material Futurity, Law Warschaw Gallery, Saint Paul, MN
Artwork for Bedrooms, CCA The Wattis Institute, San Francisco, CA
Way Bay, UC Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
bow bow, Canada, New York, NY
They, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Limb II, Et Al Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Everything is Best, Interface Gallery, Oakland, CA
Faces and Vases, Royal Nonesuch, Oakland, CA
L. Quan Check Cashing and Healing Arts Center, Ratio 3 Pop Up, San Francisco, CA
New Normal, Guerrero Gallery Pop Up, Oakland, CA
Super Contemporary, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Fertile Ground, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
Karla’s Living Room, The Battery, San Francisco, CA
Magical Thinking, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Table Setting, Jancar Jones Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Richard Shaw Slide Show short film screened at Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, NY
The Tenderloin National Forest Show, The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA
Strange Hope, Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA
The Zine Unbound, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Nonetheless, Needles and Pens, San Francisco, CA
Collector’s Edition, Triple Base, San Francisco, CA
The San Francisco Show, New Image Art, West Hollywood, CA
The Bay Area Show,Tangent Gallery, Detroit, MI
I dart SF, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
Inside of Inside, The Lab, San Francisco, CA
Hair Revival, Six Months, Los Angeles, CA
The2—3 ABCO Creepshow, ABCO Warehouse, Oakland, CA
Neo Dandy Cabaret, Conservatory Theatre Center, San Francisco, CA
Hot Pink, GLBT Historical Society of Northern California, San Francisco, CA
The Cathedral House of Doodoo, 949 Market, San Francisco, CA
Clarion Alley Mural Project,Clarion Alley, San Francisco, CA
Awards
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art SECA Art Award, San Francisco, CA
Kala Institute fellowship, Berkeley, CA
Murphy & Cadogen Contemporary Art Awards, The San Francisco Foundation, San Francisco, CA
Eisner Award for Creative Excellence, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Alternative Exposure grant recipient, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
Public Collections
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
de Young
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMoMA)
Publications
SECA Art Award, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Bibliography
Nancy Gilson, “Three Exhibits at Wexner Center Explore Artists’ Cultures”, The Columbus Dispatch, November 5
Chloe Veltman, “Mr. Whiskers Is Ready for His Close-up: When an Artist's Pet Is Also Their Muse”, NPR, February 20
Sarah Hotchkiss, “De Young Museum Acquires 42 New Works by Bay Area Artists”, KQED, July 11
Anna Betbeze, "Swallow the Parts Whole: Sahar Khoury Interviewed by Anna Betbeze", Bomb, March 21
Jaimie Baron, "Faces, furniture, flowers are alchemically transformed at Berkeley Art Center", Berkeleyside, February 21
Danica Sachs, "One Work: Sahar Khoury’s ‘Untitled (Cooperative Trees)", Art in America, February 14
Natasha Boas in Critic's Guides, et al. "What to See during San Francisco Art Week", Frieze, January 19
Sarah Hotchkiss, "New Year, New Art: What to see in the Bay Area this Month", KQED, January 4
Sahar Kharbani, "Sahar Khoury: After Hours", Brooklyn Rail, October 1
Ruth Gebreyesus, "In a Future-Oriented SECA Show, East Bay Artists Shine", KQED, November 21
Johanna Fateman, "ART Xylor Jane, Sahar Khoury", The New Yorker, September 30
Charles Desmarais, "Bay Area ceramics scene fired up in new ways", Datebook, July 24
Sahar Khoury. Journal.
Charles Desmarais, "YBCA’s 'Bay Area Now 8': a bad show redeemed by good art", Datebook, November 14
Sarah Hotchkiss, "Bay Area Sculpture Right Now: Sahar Khoury Revels in Rupture", KQED, February 16
Charles Desmarais, "Galleries outside the mainstream but worth the effort", SFGate, March 13
Jerry Saltz, "Right Now Is a Blockbuster Moment in New York for Female Artists", Vulture, May 19
Sarah Hotchkiss, "Two Flights Up: Art and Text at [2nd floor projects]", KQED, July 14
Bob, "Sahar Khoury at 2nd Floor (SF)", Art Fever, May 17