ART ON VIEW
Sarah Meyers Brent
at Catamount Arts in Saint Johnsbury
June 30-August 17, 2018
The sixteen pieces in Sarah Meyers Brent’s exhibition feature works on paper, paintings on canvas, and the assemblage of non-traditional materials for which she has become known. Delighting in an exploration of paint as a viscous, oozing medium that can represent both the beginning and end of life, Brent often incorporates recycled fabric, paint rags, and decaying flowers into her work. Themes of growth and decay pervade. Her paintings and assemblage are vibrant, dynamic, and often in a state of flux. “In this age of technology,” Brent observes, “when we are steps removed from nature, it is important for art to allow the viewer to experience what is alive and physical.”
About Sarah Meyers Brent
Born in Hadley, New York, Sarah Meyers Brent received her BFA from Skidmore College, her Post-Baccalaureate in Studio Art from Brandeis University, and her MFA in painting from the University of New Hampshire at Durham. The artist lives with her family in Lincoln, Massachusetts and maintains a studio at Waltham Mills Artist Association in Waltham, Masssachusetts.
Recipient of a 2015 Walter Feldman Fellowship, which culminated in the exhibition “Primal Garden” at the Walter Feldman Gallery in Boston, Brent was also featured as a 2016 Best of Boston artist by The Improper Bostonian and received the Fay Chandler Emerging Artist Award that same year. Twice resident at the Vermont Studio Center, Brent has also been a recipient of an Artist Resource Trust Grant from the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, who designated her a 25 at 25 Fellow. She was also featured in Volume 16 of New American Painting Northeast edition.
A member of Kingston Gallery in the SOWA district of South Boston, Meyers Brent has exhibited widely. Her solo exhibition “Seep, Spill, Grow” appeared at Danforth Art Museum/School and she was recently featured in the group exhibition “Stitch: Styntax/Action/Reaction” at the New Art Center in Newton, Massachusetts. Reviews of her numerous exhibitions have appeared in Artscope Magazine, Art New England, the Boston Globe, Sculpture Magazine and other publications. Her work is in the permanent collections of Danforth Art Museum/School, Liquitex Corporation, and in numerous private collections.
(adapted from the venue’s press materials)
INFORMATION
Catamount Arts
115 Eastern Avenue
St. Johnsbury 05819
(802) 748-2600
Hours:
Monday-Saturday, 11AM-8PM
Sunday, 1-8PM
Image:
In the Garden
by Sarah Meyers Brent
48″x60″
charcoal and acrylic on canvas
2017
Courtesy of the artist