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Sara True Rosenthal
saratrueart@gmail.com
Instagram: @saratrueart
Based in New York and Lisbon
Education
● MFA Performance, Design, and Practice, Central Saint Martin's College Art & Design, London, England June 2019
● BA Fine Arts, University of California Santa Cruz, USA June 2013
● Study Abroad, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel, Spring 2012
Completed Courses in Art Theory, Painting, Drawing, Hebrew, Kabbalah Studies
● Study Abroad, Hellenic Institute for the Study of the Arts, Paroikia, Paros, Greece, Fall 2011
Completed Courses in Painting, Drawing, Philosophy
● Semester in the Wilderness, Sierra Institute, Campsites Across California, Spring 2011
Completed Courses in Nature Philosophy, Wilderness Skills, Ecology
Selected Solo Exhibitions
● Vegetal//Flesh, Two Thirds Project Space, Athens, GR, 2020
● After the Feast: Open Studios, Snehta, Athens, GR 2020
● these blues, White Lab, London, UK 2019
● Tales from Inn Between, Booth House, London, UK 2019
● House of Wonders: An Open House Art Show, House of Wonders, Los Angeles, CA 2017
● Everything is Metaphor- Colorlab Tierrasal Contemporary Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2014
● Out[set]- Basement Studios, Los Angeles, CA 2013
● Don't Bleed So Loud (I can't hear the TV)- Santa Cruz Rehearsal Studios, Santa Cruz, CA, 2013
● I guess this is life: poems and paintings- Eduardo Carrillo Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA, 2013
● Suck- Eduardo Carrillo Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA, 2013
● Boom: Selected Paintings- Dizikes Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA, 2013
● Mind Theater- Studio C, Santa Cruz, CA, USA, 2013
Selected Group Exhibitions/ Performances
2021
● Junktown Duende, Teatro LATEA, New York, NY
● Faith Mills, Arts Letters & Numbers, Averill Park, NY
● This Show is Curated By A Machine, MoWNA, NY and online
2020
● Telephone II, online
● Home, Acogedor Space Gallery, Los Angeles and online
2019
● Video Art Selection- LACDA, Los Angeles, CA
● DA Fest- International Digital Art Festival, Sofia, BG
● Reliquary: An Ascent- Wolfson Museum, Jerusalem Biennale, Jerusalem, IL
● Art Night- King's Cross, London, UK
● PROJECT130619- Prague Quadrennial, Prague, CZ
● Degree Show Two- Central Saint Martins, London, UK
● Revolt She Said- Chelsea College of Art, London, UK
2018
● Sluice Biennale- Berlin, Germany
● Autumn Gathering- Carousel Institute of the Arts, Poolbrook, UK
● Carousel Parade- Carousel Institute of the Arts, Poolbrook, UK
● Dash Arts Eurosquat- Latitude Festival, Suffolk, UK
● Research(er) Dialogues- Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK
● Behind the Scenes- Illisos Theatre, Athens, Greece
● Encounters in the Labyrinth- Embros Theatre, Athens, Greece
● Interventions- Athens, Greece
● Site Specific- Inteatro, Polverigi, Italy
● Passing Over- The Braid, Santa Monica, CA
● In the Studio- Tate Modern, London, UK
2017
● PG Art Auction- Lethaby Gallery, London UK
● Performance Showcase- Elmer Project Space, London, UK
● Shoreditch Short Film Festival- New Shoreditch Theatre, London, UK
● Art for Pa Pa Pa- The Banana Jam Space, Shenzhen, China
● The Dance of Paint- Santa Monica Art Studios, Santa Monica, CA
● Exile: Kisses on Both Cheeks- The Braid, Santa Monica, CA
● The Immigrant Show- Neutra Institute Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2016
● Reverberations- Museum of Tolerance, Los Angeles, CA
● Celebration!- Portland's5 Centers for the Arts, Portland, OR
● Women- Neutra Institute Museum, Los Angeles, CA
● the Breakdown: Recombinant Poetics- ARENA 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
● The Portrait Show- The Gallery Presents, Hawthorne, CA
● Play- LAMAG at the Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, CA
● Out There- Gallery 825, West Hollywood, CA
● 49 Days: Women Who Count- ARENA 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2015
● the blank of blank- The Safe Room, Dallas, TX
● Pop-Up Art Salon- Pacific Palisades, CA
● Venice Art Crawl- The Room of Excess, Venice, CA
● CicLAvia- Venice, CA
● LACE Happening Benefit & Art Auction- LACE, Hollywood, CA
● Telephone- Satellite Collective New York, NY
2014
● Tallers Oberts- Can Serrat, Montserrat, Spain
● Visions- Malibleu Gallery, Malibu, CA
● Permanent Collection- Eli and Edythe Broad Stage, Santa Monica, CA
2013
● Solidarity- Wildfire Collective, Bozeman, MT
● Painting on Vinyl- Emergency Arts, Las Vegas, NV
● Continuous Present Tense- Tulsa Living Arts, Tulsa, OK
● Abandoned Europe- Solodov Contemporary Gallery, Ericeira, Portugal
● Seek- Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA
● Public Screen- Cairo, Egypt
● Subzero Festival- Zero1 Gallery, San Jose, CA
● New Voices in Abstraction- Gallery Universal, Santa Cruz, CA
● Ground (Ctrl)- Digital Arts and New Media Exhibition, Santa Cruz, CA
● Community Art Festival- Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA
2012
● Switch- Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
2011
● Pomegranate- Holland Tunnel Gallery, Paroikia, Paros, Greece
Selected Performance
● Puppetry, costume, dance, weaving collaborations with Cookie Tongue, New York 2021-2022
● "Reliquary: An Ascent" solo devised by Doni Silver Simons, Jerusalem Biennale, Israel 2019
● Collaborative theatre works by WhimCo at Theatre Embros in Athens, Greece 2018
● Site Specific collaborative devised performances at Inteatro in Polverigi, Italy 2018
● "From Tag to Dance"- Alexandre Bavard performance at TedX Bari, Italy 2017
● Bar Wotever cabaret variety show at Royal Vauxhall Tavern, London 2017
● "Frankenstein's Monsters", performative lecture by Mette Sterre, Queen Mary University, London 2017
● "Avant Avant Event Event! presents: The Time's End Kabarett", co-host, The Other Space Theater in West Hollywood, 2017
● Planet Queer, monthly variety show at Akbar, Los Angeles, 2017
● "Reverberations" by Doni Silver Simons at the LA Museum of Tolerance, 2016
● "49 Days: Women Who Count", contemporary dance/ performance art by Donna Sternberg and Doni Silver Simons, 2016
● “Telephone”, an international collaborative project hosted by Satellite Collective, 2013-2015
● "Tree Temple" short film by Marina FINI, 2013
● "Seekago" art film and live performance series by Eve Warnock, 2013
Affiliations
● Founding Member, LAC (Lady Art Collective), 2023-ongoing
● Founder, the Magic Theatre Collective
● Founder, Wild Geese: Women Community Empowerment
● Rhizomatic Arts Los Angeles
● Member of Los Angeles Art Association
● Member of Southern California Jewish Arts Initiative
Awards
● Emerging Artist Fellowship, NEXT @ The Braid, 2020
● Irwin Grant, 2013
● Kresge Project Grant, 2013
● 1st Place, Santa Cruz Interfaith Council's Art and Spirituality Contest, 2012
Residencies
● Arts Letters & Numbers AIR, Averill Park, NY, USA 2021
● SNETHA, Athens, GR 2020
● Inteatro at Villa Nappi, Polverigi, Italy 2018-2019
● Painted Wagons Artist in Residence at Carousel Institute of the Arts, Poolbrook, UK, 2018
● Can Serrat Artist in Residence Program, Montserrat National Park, Spain, 2014
Artist Talks and Teaching
● Artist Walk-through at 2/3 Project Space, Athens, GR 2020
● Guest Designer at ReWrite Summer Theatre Intensive, London, UK, 2019
● Interactive Lecture at "This is Research" Conference, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK 2018
● Artist Talk at The Braid, Los Angeles, CA, USA 2017
● Speaker at 5th Annual Judeo-Spanish Symposium, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2016
● Speaker at Kristeva Circle Conference, University of Memphis, TN, USA, 2015
● Art Specialist, SMS Hebrew School, Santa Monica, CA, USA 2014-2021
Curatorial Practice
● Co-producer of "Avant Avant Event Event! presents: The Time's End Kabarett", The Other Space Theater, West Hollywood, CA, 2017
● Curator of "the Breakdown: Recombinant Poetics" Art Show, ARENA 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, 2016
● Gallery Assistant, Shulamit Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2015
● Curator, Pop-up Art Salon, Pacific Palisades, CA, USA, 2015
Collections
● UAL Library Collection, London
● Broad Stage Collection, Los Angeles
● Cover Image, "We and She, You and Then, You Again" Poetry Chapbook by Leah Tieger
Publications/ Press
● Interview on Shout Out LA, 2021
● Interview on Voyage LA, 2020
● Interview on LA Enthusiast, 2020
● The Making of 'Reverberations'- LA Made Video Roundtable, 2021
● Peripheral ARTeries magazine, 2013
● Interview on "Artists on Art" Radio Show, KZSC, 2013
Selected Writing
● A) Glimpse) Of), 2020
● UAL Post-Grad Community Newsletter, 2018
● Entropy magazine, 2017
● Gravel Mag, 2017
● Anti-Heroin Chic, 2017
● 805 Lit + Art magazine, 2017
● Transmission magazine, 2014
● Serendipity magazine, 2013
● Red Wheelbarrow Literary Journal, 2013
● Leviathan Jewish Journal, 2013