Sarah Canright

Artist Details

• Email rococo@austin.utexas.edu
• First Name Sarah
• Surname Canright
• Birth Date 1941
• Categories Painter-Oil, Watercolorist
• Training 1964: BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  
• Exhibitions History Solo Exhibitions:
  
  2018: “Next Moves” Collaboration with Sue Graze, Testsite, Austin, Texas [solo]
  
  2012: The Courtyard Gallery at the AT&T Center, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas [solo]
  
  November 19, 2011-January 14, 2012: Sarah Canright, Cue Art Foundation, New York, New York (catalogue) [solo]
  
  1993, 1999: Lyons-Matrix Gallery, Austin, Texas [solo]
  
  1987:Marvin Seline Gallery, Austin, Texas [solo]
  
  1986: Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois [solo]
  
  1979, 1981, 1983, 1984: Pam Adler Gallery, New York, New York [solo]
  
  1974, 1979: Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, Illinois [solo]
  
  1979: Franklin Furnace, New York, New York [solo]
  
  1976: University Art Galleries, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio [solo]
  
  Group Exhibitions:
  
  2019: How Chicago! Imagists, 1960’s 1970’s, Goldsmiths Center for Contemporary Art, London, England and De La Warr Pavilion, Brexhill-on-Sea, England (catalogue)
  
  2018: “Rebels in the Middle”, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  
  2018: “Chicago Now”, Brooklyn, NY,
  
  2016: “At Home” curated by Dan Nadal, Launch F18, New York,
  
  2011: “Chicago Imagists”, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, Wisconsin  (catalogue)
  
  2010: “Ray Yoshida and his Spheres of Influence" Sullivan Gallery, Chicago
  
  2008: “Early Paintings” with Robert Lostutter, Corbett vs Dempsey Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
  
  2007: “Measured Strokes Spontaneous Beasts,” Paintings by Sarah Canright and Melissa W. Miller,
  
  Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas
  
  2006: “Abstract Imagists”, Corbett vs. Dempsey Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
  
  2000: "Chicago Loop," The Whitney Museum of Art at Champion, Stamford, Connecticut
  
  2000: "Jumpin' Backflash:  Original Imagist Artwork, 1966-1969," Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois
  
  2000: "Contemplative Exactitude - 1/4 Hora," Elgin, Texas
  
  1997: "Chicago Women Imagists," Illinois State Museum, Chicago, Illinois
  
  1996: "Women and Chicago Imagism," Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois (catalogue)
  
  1996: "Sarah Canright, Neil Maurer, Steve Murphy," Martin-Rathburn Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
  
  1996: "New Paintings and Sculpture," Lyons Matrix Gallery, Austin, Texas
  
  1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999: "Faculty Show," Blanton Art Museum, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas
  
  2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009: CRL
  
  1985: "A Decade of Visual Arts at Princeton," The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
  
  1985: "ICI Tenth Anniversary Celebration," New York, New York
  
  1985: "The Red Show," Zim-Lerner Gallery, New York, New York
  
  1985: "Painting 1985," Pam Adler Gallery, New York, New York
  
  1984-87: "Large Drawings," Traveling exhibition organized by Independent Curators, Inc.
  
  1984: "Group Exhibition," Pam Adler Gallery, New York, New York
  
  1984: "Alternative Spaces; A History in Chicago," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois (catalogue)
  
  1983: "Sarah Canright, Don Dudley, D. Jack Solomon," Pam Adler Gallery, New York, New York
  
  1983: "Canright, Saul, Yarber," Patrick Gallery, Austin, Texas
  
  1983: "New Works by Austin Artists," Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Texas (catalogue, illus.)
  
  1982: "Selected Women Painters," Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, New York
  
  1982: "Chicago Imagists," Kansas City Art Institute, MO, (catalogue)
  
  1982: "Art on Paper," Weatherspoon Art Gallery, North Carolina (catalogue)
  
  1982: "New Drawing in America," The Drawing Center, New York, New York
  
  1982: "Selections from the Dennis Adrian Collection," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
  
  1982: Franklin Furnace Benefit, Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York, New York
  
  1982: "Artists' Books," Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, New York
  
  1982: "Artists' Books," Magnuson-Lee Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
  
  1981: "Artists' Books," William Patterson College, New Jersey
  
  "Art for Your Collection," Museum of Art, R.I. School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
  
  1981: Group Show, Pam Adler Gallery, New York, New York
  
  1981: "Artists' Book Exhibition," Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  
  1981: "New Drawing in America," The Drawing Center, New York, New York
  
  1981: "The Broken Surface," Tibor de Nagy Gallery, NY, Bennington College, Vermont
  
  1981-1982: "Bookworks:  New Approaches to Artists' Books," Western States Circulating Exhibition
  
  1981: "Heresies:  The Second Annual Benefit Exhibition," Gray Art Gallery, New York, New York
  
  1980: "Book Show," Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
  
  1980: "Some Recent Art from Chicago," Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, South Carolina
  
  1980: "Group Show," Pam Adler Gallery, New York, New York
  
  1980: "Visual and Sculptural Book Works," Montclair Art Museum, Chapel Hill, South Carolina
  
  1979: "Artists' Book Show," Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
  
  1979: "Artists' Books," Seibu Museum, Tokyo, Japan
  
  1978: "CAPS Graphic Art Awards Exhibition," Pratt Graphic Center, New York, New York
  
  1978: "Inaugural Exhibition," Pam Adler Gallery, New York, New York
  
  1978: "Group Show," Rosa Esman Gallery, New York, New York
  
  1978: "Double Take," The New Museum, New York, New York
  
  1978: "Drawings," Gallery K, Washington, D.C.
  
  1978: "First Anniversary Exhibition," The Drawing Center, New York, New York
  
  1977-1978: "New Works, New York," Independent Curators, Inc., Circulating Exhibition,
  
  1977: "Memory," C Space, New York, New York
  
  1976: "Visions," School of the Art Institute Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
  
  1975: "Art on Paper," Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina
  
  1975: "American Drawing:  1940 to the Present," Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
  
  1975: “Whitney Biennial," Whitney Museum of  American Art, New York, New York
  
  1972-1974: "What They're Up To In Chicago," National Gallery of Canada Circulating Exhibition
  
  1972: "Society for Contemporary Art," Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  
  1972: "73rd Chicago and Vicinity Show," Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  
  1971-1971: "Illinois Painters," Illinois Arts Council, Circulating Exhibition
  
  1971: "Group Show," Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
  
  1971: "Chicago Antigua," Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
  
  1970: "Transplant," Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin
  
  1970: "Famous Artists:  Another Load," San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
  
  1970: "Famous Artists From Chicago," Sacramento State University, Sacramento, California
  
  1970: "Marriage Chicago Style," Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
  
  1969: "Chicago's Famous Artists," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
  
  1969: ‘Nonplussed Some:  Some More," Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
  
  1968: "Nonplussed Some," Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
• Publications "The Fiction of Image Making," by Erik Keever, November 28, 2018 Adrien Searle, “Return of Hairy Who and the Non-Plussed Some”, The Guardian, March 23, 2019 Erin Keever, The Fiction of Image Making: Sarah Canright Transcends Subject” Sightlines, November 28, 2018 Phong, Bui. “ Sarah Canright,” The Brooklyn Rail, December 2011 Freudenheim, Tom L. “A Subtle Pop,” The Wall Street Journal, October 27, 2011 Artner, Alan, “Abstract Imagists”, The Chicago Tribune, November, 2006 McCombie, Mel.  "Sarah Canright," Art News, May 1987, p. 45 (illustrated) McCombie, Mel. "Geometries of the Seraphim," Art Week, February 28, 1987, p. 3 (illustrated) Artner, Alan.  The Chicago Tribune, November 20, 1986, p. 131. Dow-Johnson, Susan, The Trenton Times, December 1, 1985, p. DD1, (illustrated) Cameron, Dan.  Art News, May 1985, p. 185. Storr, Robert, "Sarah Canright at Pam Adler," Art in America, February, 1985, p. 141 (illustrated) Raynor, Vivien.  The New York Times, November 23,1984, p. C17. Carlozzi, Annette DiMeo.  "New Works by Austin Artists," catalogue, Austin, TX, 1983 (illustrated) Raynor, Vivien.  The New York Times, February 4, 1983, p. C21 Westfall, Stephen.  "Sarah Canright," Arts, April, 1983, p. 7 (illustrated) Derrickson, Stephen.  "Making Art on the Cultural Front Lines,"  Austin Chronicle, November 11,1983, Carpenter, Gelbert F.  "Art on Paper...Since 1960," catalogue, November-December 1982. Kuspit, Donald B.  "New Drawings in America," Artforum, April, 1982, p. 83 Westfall, Stephen.  Review, Arts, 1981, p. 6 (illustrated) Storr, Robert.  "Sarah Canright," Arts, 1981, p. 6 (illustrated) Yorgrau, Barry.  Arts, February, 1980, p. 45 Russell, John.  "Summer Group Show," The New York Times, June 20, 1980 Krainak, Paul.  The New Art Examiner, Summer 1979, p. 15 (illustrated) Frank, Peter.  "To Be Young, Gifted, and Avant-Garde:  III,"  Village Voice, July 10, 1978, p. 68. Anderson, Alexandra.  "Voice Choice," Village Voice, September 25, 1978 Olson, Roberta J.N.  "Two First for NYC," Soho Weekly News, June 2, 1977, p. 19. Adrian, Dennis.  "The Seamless Paintings of Sarah Canright," Chicago Daily News, February 24, 1974 Wells, Daniel.  "Artful Codgers," Chicago Tribune, April 4, 1971 Schultz, Frans.  "Upset Dogma," Chicago Daily News, October 10, 1970 Haydon, Harold.  "They Arrived," Chicago Sun Times, March 2, 1969
• Website(s) her website
  
  page on The University of Texas at Austin website
  
  interview with Barbara Purcell
  
  Cue Art Foundation website
  
   
• Biography Sarah Canright studied painting at the Art Institute of Chicago. Following graduation, she resided in Chicago for six additional years and began exhibiting regularly there; first at the Hyde Park Art Center and then at the Phyllis Kind Gallery. In the early 1970s, she moved to New York and was included in the 1974 Whitney Biennial. She showed with the Pam Adler Gallery from 1978 to 1985 and also exhibited books at the Franklin Furnace. In the course of her career, she has been awarded three National Endowment for the Arts grants and one New York State Council on the Arts grant. Canright held numerous teaching positions and visiting artist appointments before coming to The University of Texas at Austin in 1982. In 1991, she was selected by students in the College of Fine Arts to receive the Teaching Excellence Award.
  
  video interview