Sarah Oppenheimer

Sarah Oppenheimer (* 1972 in Austin ) is an American artist .

life and work

Oppenheimer holds a bachelor's degree in semiotics from Brown University (1995) and a master's degree in fine arts from Yale University in painting (1999).

By changing individual architectural elements, Oppenheimer's site-specific works aim to manipulate the perception of the environment. With the help of light and mirrors, she confuses the viewer, steers the gaze in new directions and changes the feeling of gravity. This enables the viewer to recognize complex mental and physical processes that influence the understanding and experience of the living space. It plays with space and time: Instead of a linear conception, it offers the visitor a transformed experience, whereby space and time have a direct influence on the situations it creates - the viewer becomes a direct participant.

Oppenheimer lives in New York, she is represented by Bartha, Basel and Annely Juda -Fine Art, London.

Solo exhibitions

Oppenheimer has exhibited in galleries and museums in the US and Europe.

Solo exhibitions include: S-011110 and S-010100 at Annely Juda Fine Arts, London (2017); S-337473 at the Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus (2017); S-281913 in the Perez Art Museum Miami (2016); P-02 at von Bartha, Basel (2014); 33-D in the Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel (2014); W-120301 at the Baltimore Museum of Art (2012); D-33 at PPOW, New York (2012); MF-142 for Annely Juda Fine Art, London (2009); P-41 at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego (2009); 610-3365 in the Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh (2008); and P-21 x P-41 at Duve, Berlin (2008).

Prizes and awards

• Rome Prize Fellowship (2011-12)
• Joan Mitchell Foundation fellowship (2011)
• Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Fellowship (2009)
• Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship (2007)
• Rema Hort Mann Foundation Fellowship (2003)

Permanent installations

Oppenheimer's work P-131317 was commissioned in 2011 for the entrance to the Metcalf Building of Brown University. It was their first permanent, public installation.

The Baltimore Museum of Art was the first major museum to commission a site-specific installation from Oppenheimer in 2012. The two-part, permanent work of art W-120301 x P-010100 was designed with the architecture of the premises in mind.

literature

• Automatic Cities: The Architectural Imaginary in Contemporary Art, authors: Robin Clark, Giuliana Bruno, published by Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 2009
• Sarah Oppenheimer OE-154511, THERE AND NOT, Text: Nana Last. Edited by von Bartha, Quarterly Report, 2010
• Sarah Oppenheimer, in: Artists, Critical Lexicon of Contemporary Art. Text: Ines Goldbach. Published by Zeit Kunstverlag, 2011
• Sarah Oppenheimer. Authors: Julian Rose, Stephanie Weber. Published by Mills College Art Museum, 2014
• Sarah Oppenheimer: S-337473. Author: Ryan Shafer. Published by Wexner Center for the Arts, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kunsthaus Baselland. Retrieved October 12, 2018 .