Sarah Sense (b. 1980) lives and works in California. Sense has traveled extensively through the Americas, Europe, United Kingdom and Southeast Asia. Her landscape photography is an essential part of her travel and visual art practice. Sense’s weaving practice began in New York while a master’s student at Parson New School for Design (2003-2005). While director and curator of the American Indian Community House Gallery, New York, Sense catalogued the gallery’s thirty-year history, inspiring her search for Indigenous art internationally. Her world travels were charged with archive research, photo-weaving project that expanded to community programming, international Indigenous artist interviews and a book Weaving the Americas.
Artist Statement
Living and traveling through Europe, the United Kingdom, Southeast Asia and the Americas, has privileged me the opportunity of learning about contemporary Indigenous life and settler-colonial histories. With my landscape photography and familial weaving traditions, I re-envision basket patterning from my Chitimacha and Choctaw heritage by weaving photographs of maps, manuscripts and landscapes to tell stories of colonialism, resistance, and resilience. The act of cutting and weaving together old maps and new landscapes with traditional patterns re-indigenizes the landscapes while decolonizing maps.
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Story Weaver
Sarah Sense Unveils the Rich Tapestry of her artistic journey, weaving Chitimacha and Choctaw heritage into contemporary masterpiecesLisa Robertson-Dziedzic, Casino Player, March 1, 2024 -
Hinushi
A Talk with Sarah Sense and MFA curator, Marina TyquiengcoThe Griffin Museum of Photography, November 28, 2023 -
"SPEAKING WITH LIGHT" EXHIBIT AT THE DENVER ART MUSEUM
Denver Art Museum, Denver Art Museum, February 28, 2023 -
FORBES: FIERCE, NOT AFRAID. INDIGENOUS PHOTOGRAPHY TAKES THE SPOTLIGHT
Chadd Scott, Forbes, December 13, 2022 -
EXHIBITION REVIEW: SARAH SENSE, POWER LINES
Diana McClure, Photograph Magazine, December 1, 2022 -
THE BRITISH LIBRARY: SARAH SENSE
British Library, October 27, 2022 -
ANDERMAN PHOTOGRAPHY LECTURE
Denver Museum of Art
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Reflecting Lenses
6 Mar - 1 Sep 2024 Public ExhibitionsReflecting Lenses: Twenty Years of Photography at the Gorman Museum will be presented March 6 – September 1, 2024 . We are looking at hosting an event on Friday, April...Read more -
New Terrains
Contemporary Native American Art 5 - 23 Jan 2024 Public ExhibitionsPhillipsX is pleased to present New Terrains , a watershed selling exhibition of important works of contemporary Native American art curated by Tony Abeyta, Bruce Hartman, and James Trotta-Bono. Exploring...Read more -
Entanglements
Center for Visual Art / MSU Denver 13 Jan - 25 Mar 2023 Public Exhibitions -
Sarah Sense
Power Lines 22 Sep - 5 Nov 2022 Gallery ExhibitionsBruce Silverstein Gallery is pleased to announce the exclusive representation of contemporary Native artist, curator, writer, and activist, Sarah Sense, as well as the opening of her first New York...Read more
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AIPAD 2024
25 - 28 Apr 2024For AIPAD 2024, Bruce Silverstein Gallery will present photographic and mixed media works with a predominant focus on the Native diaspora, featuring new works by...Read more -
PARIS PHOTO 2023
5 Nov 2023 - 10 Feb 2024In a profound celebration of indigenous art and heritage, Bruce Silverstein Gallery is proud to present the works of two remarkable Native American artists, Sarah...Read more -
THE ARMORY SHOW 2023
8 - 10 Sep 2023For The Armory Show 2023, Bruce Silverstein Gallery will present photographic and mixed media works with a predominant focus on the Native diaspora, featuring works...Read more -
AIPAD 2023
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AIPAD 2022
20 - 22 May 2022