EDUCATION

2009 Masters of Arts in Art History, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON

2007 Bachelor of Arts in History, University of New Brunswick Saint John, Saint John, NB

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2022 ArtsNB Creation Grant (Category A)

2021 ArtsNB Professionalization and Promotion Grant: Arts by Invitation

2020 Canada Council for the Arts, Explore and Create: Concept to Realization Grant

2020 Province of NB Dept of Tourism, Heritage and Culture, Special Project Fund

2019 ArtsNB Creation Grant (Category B)

2018 Canada Council for the Arts, Professional Development for Artists Grant

2018 ArtsNB Career Development Grant

2017 ArtsNB Creation Grant (Category B)

2016 ArtsNB Professionalization and Promotion Grant

2015 ArtsNB Infrastructure Grant for Emerging Artists

2015 New Brunswick Museum Professional Artists’ Fund grant recipient

2014 ArtsNB Creation Grant (Category B)

2014 ArtsNB Arts-by-Invitation Grant

2013 ArtsNB Creation Grant (Category B)

EXHIBITION HISTORY

2022 Tin Can Beach Catalogue, part of Maritime Colours, group exhibition curated by Danika Vautour, Sunbury Shoes, St Andrews, NB

2021 traverse/cross/bridge/commute, Third Shift Contemporary Art Festival, Third Space Artist-Run Centre, Saint John, NB

2021 Idyll, Andrew & Laura McCain Art Gallery, Florencevillle-Bristol, NB (solo exhibition)

2020 A Survey Project, Jones Gallery, Saint John, NB (solo exhibition)

2020 Idyll, part of HARBOUR, group exhibition curated by Amy Ash, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB

2019 In following our common desires, Third Shift Contemporary Art Festival, Third Space Artist-Run Centre, Saint John, NB

2019 Limit of View, Jones Gallery, Saint John, NB (solo exhibition)

2019 Idyll, part of HARBOUR, group exhibition curated by Amy Ash, Saint John Arts Centre, Saint John, NB

2018-2019 Our Industrial Landscape, New Brunswick Art Bank 2017-2018 Acquisitions (touring exhibition) Centre des arts et de la culture, Dieppe NB, 2018 // Galerie Restigouche, Campbellton, NB, 2018 // AX Centre, Sussex NB, 2018 // Centre cultural de Kent-Sud, Bouctouche NB, 2018 // Andrew and Laura McCain Art Gallery, Florenceville NB, 2018 // Centre des arts de la Petite Eglise d’Edmunston, Edmunston NB, 2018 // Galerie ARTcadienne, Miramichi NB, 2019 // University of Maine, Maine, 2019

2017 New Works, Charlotte Street Arts Centre, Fredericton, NB (solo exhibition)

2016 Wire Act, Saint John Arts Centre, Saint John, NB (solo exhibition)

2016 City, Argyle Fine Art, Halifax, NS (solo exhibition)

2016 Indoor/Outdoor group exhibition, Gallery 78, Fredericton, NB

2014-2016 Pre-Shrunk group exhibition, Argyle Fine Art, Halifax, NB

2015 Mortar, Imperial Theatre, Saint John, NB (solo exhibition)

2015 On the Grid III, The Artist Project, Toronto, ON (solo exhibition)

2015 Harbour, Argyle Fine Art, Halifax, NS (solo exhibition)

2015 On the Grid II, Capitol Gallery, Moncton, NB (solo exhibition)

2014 On the Grid, This Town is Small Artist-Run Centre, Charlottetown, PE (solo exhibition)

2014 Beauty group exhibition, Charlotte Street Arts Centre, Fredericton, NB

2014 Canadiana group exhibition, Argyle Fine Art, Halifax, NS

2013 Port City II, University of New Brunswick Lorenzo Art Gallery, Saint John, NB (solo exhibition)

2013 Exhibition of International Finalists, Visual Arts, Jeux de la Francophonie, Nice, France

2013 Fresh Paint group exhibition, Gainsborough Gallery, Calgary, AB

2010 Port City, Saint John Arts Centre, Saint John, NB (solo exhibition)

2010 Exhibition of Saint John Arts Representatives, National Capitals Commission, Ottawa, ON

AFFILIATIONS, RESIDENCIES & JURIES

2015-2021 Saint John International Sculpture Symposium, Member of Board of Directors

2019 VANL-CARFAC (Visual Arts of Newfoundland and Labrador) Excellence in Visual Arts Award, Jury Member

2019 Sheila Hugh McKay Foundation BFA & MFA Scholarship, Jury Member

2018 New Brunswick Arts Board (ArtsNB) Scholarship Program, Jury Member

2018 BDC Symposium, Jury Member

2018 Sunbury Shores Making Waves, Jury Member

2015 Sheila Hugh McKay Foundation BFA & MFA Scholarship, Jury Member

2014 New Brunswick Arts Board (ArtsNB) Creation Grant, Jury Member

2004-2007, 2011-2013 Imperial Theatre, Member of Board of Directors

2011-2013 New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, Assessor for Diploma Program

2010 Saint John Arts Centre Artist-in-Residence, Saint John, NB

2010 Saint John 225 ‘Meeting Place’ Public Art Competition, Jury Member, Saint John, NB

TALKS AND PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS

2021 Artist Talk for Idyll, Andrew & Laura McCain Art Gallery, Florenceville, NB

2019 Artist Talk for HARBOUR (curated by Amy Ash), Saint John Arts Centre, Saint John, NB

2019 Artist Talk for In following our common desires, Third Shift Contemporary Art Festival, Third Space Artist-Run Centre, Saint John, NB

2018 Building an Arts Career, Presentation at Transcultural Exchange International Conference on the Arts, Quebec City, QC

2017 Artist Talk, BDC Symposium, Dalhousie, NB

2011 Sheila Hugh-MacKay Foundation, Visual Arts Conference, Panel Moderator

2010 Artist Talk for Port City, Saint John Arts Centre, Saint John, NB

RECENT PRESS

Sarah Jones, profile by Kathleen Buckley for Created Here, September 2020

Harbour at the Saint John Arts Centre, review written by Jon Claytor for Akimbo, May 2019 https://akimbo.ca/akimblog/harbour-at-the-saint-john-arts-centre/

PUBLICATIONS

“Odd Craft and Folks, and the Strange Shore’: Understanding and Complicating the Historical Maritime Idyll”, published in Shorelines, Third Space & ACAP, 2021

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

University of New Brunswick Saint John, Saint John, NB

New Brunswick Art Bank

New Brunswick School Districts

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Curator - Jones Gallery & Jones Auction House (2010 - ongoing)

Curatorial Coordinator - Arts Atlantic Symposium, ArtsLink NB (2022)

Art History Instructor - University of New Brunswick Saint John (2014-ongoing)

Program Coordinator - Catapult Program, ArtsLink NB (2016-18)