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Sarah Comerford
54 County Road 234A Durango, CO 81301
sarahswan111@hotmail.com 970-247-1975
Education
2002 BFA from Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Nazareth College, Pittsford, New York
Shows/Exhibits/Inclusions
10/06 Shy Rabbit "Forms, Figures, Symbols"
Juried Exhibit of Contemporary Work
10/06 Durango Friends of the Arts auction fundraiser
7/06 Shy Rabbit "Select Works"
2/06 Shy Rabbit "Primarily Found Objects"
1/06 Durango Arts Center Juried Members Exhibit
11/05 Shy Rabbit Artists Invitational
9/05 Durango Arts Center "Eclectic"
5/02 Montclair State University Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition
2002-2003 House Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
2002-2003 Tumblety Howell Art Gallery, Ocean Grove, NJ
2001-2003 Member of Studio Montclair
1997 Mujeres en la Plastic Fronteriza, Departamento de Cultura,
Tijuana, Mexico
1997 San Diego Legal Aid Society art auction fundraiser
1997 Balboa Art Museum juried show
1996 San Diego State University art auction fundraiser
Inclusion in published articles
Pagosa Sun July 13, 2006 "The Preview" by Leanne Goebel
Durango Telegraph Dec. 29, 2005 "Arting Around" by Jules Masterjohn
Pagosa Daily Post 12/16/05 "Outstanding Art: Shy Rabbit's
Contemporary Art Show"
Durango Herald 11/22/05 Arts and Entertainment
The Daily Aztec12/6/93 KPBS/Gateway mural painted for peace
Public Art Projects
1997 "Bringing the Museum to You" San Diego, CA
1997 Formed/chaired committee to develop memorial to murdered SDSU professors
1996-1998 Annual mural projects at Chicano Park in Logan Heights,
San Diego
1997 Mural on SDSU Campus "How diverse are we?"
1996 Mural at Southwest Jr. High School, San Diego
1995 Mural at Mar Vista High School, San Diego
1994 Mural at Montgomery Jr. High School, San Diego
1993 KPBS/Gateway Mural Painting at SDSU
Professional Resume
Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon,
Director of Development 4/04 - 4/05
Montclair State Univ., Montclair NJ, Dir.,
Corporate/Foundation Relations 9/99 - 4/04
SDSU, San Diego, CA, Program Coordinator Talent Search 11/92-6/98
Quotes from articles:
There is so much going on in Comerford's work - the little details that peek out from the gold leaf, the figurative technique, the surrealism that defies logic.
Comerford's work demands a level of intellectualism that many do not give to art. It's exhausting, but worth the effort.
Leanne Gobel
From an article in The Preview
There are plenty of venues showing quality regional work, but very few in the immediate area that feature the fresh, new work of emerging and mid-career artists.
One of these is Durango artist Sarah Comerford, whose three life-sized nude paintings dominate the space and set a contemporary tone for the exhibit. Regional galleries rarely display nude images, so Comerford's paintings are refreshing to see. They breathe expansive and provocative air into our sometimes provincial local art scenes.
There is no mistaking her paintings for portraying earthbound reality, though the figures on her canvases are somewhat realistically painted: her figures float surrounded by gold foil and symbols, suggesting surrealism as her genre. Light emanates off the paintings' gold-covered surfaces, acting as a precious distraction from the quit, disquieting images that subtly scratch through their reflective exteriors. These are gorgeous artworks, offering much for the eye, mind and heart to contemplate.
Comerford's paintings lure us to them with their richness of color and painterly surfaces, as well as their historical references and harmonious marriage of various painting styles. Once we are up close to a painting. Like any relationship that allows for proximity and intimacy, the artist's exploration of contemporary issues, those that touch her personally and those that she finds socially compelling, are revealed.
Arting Around by Jules Masterjohn
A visit to the Shy Rabbit
The Durango Telegraph
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