OVERVIEW | CV | GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
EDUCATION
2005 M.F.A. Columbia University, New York, NY
2000 B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2017 New Information, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Gloves Off, University Art Museum, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY
Gloves Off, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
2016 DOCUMENT, Chicago, IL
Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Art in General, kim? Contemporary Art Center, Riga, Latvia
Rachel Uffner Gallery, NY
Fourteen30 Contemporary, Portland, OR
2012 Friends (with Andrew Kuo), Halsey McKay, East Hampton, NY
2011 Remote, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
The Suburban, Oak Park, IL
2010 In Residence Exhibition, Eli Marsh Gallery, Fayerweather Hall, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
2009 Tears, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
BANANAS, The Kitchen, New York, NY, curated by Matthew Lyons
SGR: Recent Photos and Videos, Eli Marsh Gallery, Fayerweather Hall, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
2006 De/Feat and Drawings, Sandroni Rey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES
2017 Loss for Words, BAM, Brooklyn, NY
Women to the Front, Works from the Miller Meigs Collection, Lumber Room, Portland, OR
2016 Her Wherever, curated by Sara Greenberger Rafferty and Sara VanDerBeek, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Certain Skins, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
Gallery Artist Group Show, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
The Lasting Concept, curated by Rob Halverson, Portland Institute For Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
MDF Blog, Planthouse Gallery, New York, NY
Terms of Use, Curtain Gallery, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
Untitled Body Parts, Simone Subal Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Paris London Hong Kong Gallery, Chicago, IL
Road to Ruin, Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, ON
Beyond the Surface: Image as Object, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, curated by Dan Leers , Philadelphia, PA
A Sentimental Education, curated by Franklin Melendez, Galerie Andres Huber, Vienna, Austria
Comedy LP Listening Hour, Andrew Kuo and Scott Reeder: It Gets Beta, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
Laugh-In, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA
Pratfall Tramps, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
2014 Ghost Current, curated by Ryan Wallace, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
SHAPESHIFTING: Contemporary Masculinities, curated by Kitty McManus, Zurko, College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, OH
Paraprosdokians and Rubber Chickens, The Art Gym at Marylhurst University, Portland, OR
East Side to the West Side, curated by Brennan & Griffin, James Fuentes, Rachel Uffner, FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
Awkward Phase, Williamsburg, NY
Public Fiction, Hammer Biennial, Los Angeles, CA
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Spitball, curated by Progress Report, Storefront Ten Eyck, Brooklyn, NY
The Last Brucennial, 837 Washington Street, New York, NY
Ain,tings, curated by Ryan Steadman, Robert Blumenthal Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Chick Lit: Revised Summer Reading, curated by Molly Rand and Pilar Vahey, Tracy Williams Ltd, New York, NY,
Tenth Anniversary Show, Wallspace, New York, NY
Work, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY
Jew York, UNTITLED and Zach Feuer, New York, NY
Static & Scrim, Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2012 Funny., curated by Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson, FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
Photography Sculpture Figure, curated by Matthew Dipple, M+B, Los Angeles, CA
Rorschach, curated by Alex Glauber, Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, NY
Break / Step, curated by Eileen Jeng, Radiator Gallery, Long Island City, NY
RIOT, Selections from the Ann and Mel Schaffer Family Collection,Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY
What Do You Believe In, curated by Amy Smith-Stewart, New York Photo Festival 2012, Brooklyn, NY
The Infectious Corruption of Color, curated by Blake Shell, Archer Gallery, Vancouver, WA
2011 Pure Freude, curated by Johnny Mullen, nationalmuseum, Berlin, Germany
The Idea of the Thing That it Isn’t, curated by Rachel Uffner, Halsey McKay, East Hampton, NY
BNA: From Brooklyn to Nashville, ZieherSmith Pop-up Gallery, Nashville, TN
Pop-Up Gallery Portraits, Scot Cohen Realty, Hudson, NY
Perfectly Damaged, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
Saturation, curated by Hikari Yokoyama, Paddle8
The Anxiety of Photography, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
Gold Records, curated by Jon Lutz, Art Blog Art Blog, New York, NY
Shame the Devil, curated by Petrushka Bazin, The Kitchen, New York, NY
2010 NADA Sculpture Garden, Canyon Ranch, Miami Beach, FL
Playboys & Killjoys, Ambach & Rice, Seattle, WA
You Were There, curated by Thomas Duncan, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
Houdini: Art and Magic, The Jewish Museum, New York (traveling to the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA; Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA; Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI)
Living with Art: Collecting Contemporary in Metro New York, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
3 × 3 × 3, APT Project Rooms, Brooklyn, NY
Precarity and the Butter Tower, curated by T. McGrath and Jackie Gendel, CTRL Gallery, Houston, TX
Transfer Function, ZieherSmith, New York, NY
Preconceived Iconography, Museum 52, New York, NY
Knock Knock, Fred Torres, New York, NY
Love & Theft, White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO
2009 Forth Estate Editions, Fourteen 30 Contemporary, Portland, OR
Pulp Fictions – Papierarbeiten, I Gruppenausstellung, Ferenbalm-Gurbrü Station, Karlruhe, Germany
Forth Estate Editions, Rhode Island School of Design Memorial Hall Gallery, Providence, RI
Kings County Biennial, Kidd Yellin, Brooklyn, NY, organized by Dustin Yellin and James Fuentes Americana, Galleria Rubin, Milan, Italy
Evading Customs, organized by Lumi Tan and Peter J. Russo, Brown Gallery, London, England
I’m Feeling Lucky, organized by Ad Hoc Vox (performance), P.P.OW, New York, NY
Chaperone, EFA Project Space, New York, NY (film screening)
New Prints 2009/Spring, selected by Polly Apfelbaum, International Print Center New York, NY
New Frontiers, curated by Elizabeth Burke, Ambach & Rice Gallery, Seattle, WA
Put On, curated by C. Asper, J. Dudley. E. Greenbaum, Circus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Off the Wall, Van de Weghe Fine Art, New York, NY
2008 Without Walls, Museum 52, New York, NY
Forth Estate Editions, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Funny Not Funny, Bellwether Gallery, New York, NY
Trapdoor MetroTech Commons, Brooklyn, NY, presented by the Public Art Fund, New York, NY
Untitled (Vicarious): Photographing the Constructed Object, Gagosian Gallery, Madison Avenue, New York, NY
JACK*%SS, Susan Inglett Gallery, New York, NY
The Human Face is a Monument, curated by Sara VanDerBeek, Guild & Greyshkul, New York, NY
Fresh Kills, curated by David Kennedy-Cutler, Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY
Three Rooms: Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Shana Lutker, David Kennedy-Cutler, D’Amelio Terras Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Display, Museum 52, New York, NY
Brian Bress, Ruby Sky Stiler & Sara Greenberger Rafferty, SUNDAY, New York, NY
Time-Based Art Festival 2007, curated by Kristan Kennedy, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Oregon, Portland, OR (catalogue)
Obscene Soft Sounds, curated by Janine Foeller and Jane Hait, Wallspace, New York
For the People of Paris, curated by Sean Paul, Blake Rayne, Scott Lyall, Sutton Lane, Paris, France (catalogue)
2006 Flash on the Screen, curated by David Dempewolf and Scott Rigby, BASEKAMP, Philadelphia, PA
VIEW 12: Heartbreaker, curated by Amy Smith-Stewart, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY
Video Salon 6, c/o E. Respini and J. Dyrenforth, 53 Hope Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
Summer Windows (with Ruby Sky Stiler), Guild & Greyshkul, New York, NY
Bring the War Home, curated by Drew Heitzler, QED, Los Angeles and Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, NY
Local Transit, curated by Brian Butler and Christian Rattemeyer, ARTSPACE, Auckland, New Zealand
The Metaphysics of Youth, curated by Irina Zucca and Luigi Fassi, Fuori Uso, Pescara, Italy
CLUSTER, Participant, Inc., organized by Katie Holten, New York, NY, and Espacio El Particular, Mexico City, Mexico
Space Between the Spokes, K.S. Art, New York, NY
The Mind/Body Problem, curated by Christian Rattemeyer, Artists Space, New York, NY
2005 De/Feat screening, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
Asa Nisi Masa, Marvelli Gallery, New York, NY
Talk to the Land, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
Annotations, curated by Public-Holiday Projects, Champion Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA (catalogue)
Thesis Exhibition, curated by Jeffrey Uslip, Studebaker Building, New York, NY
2004 Past Perfect, curated by Francesca DiMattio, Kantor Gallery, New York, NY
Hungry Eyes, curated by Ali Subotnick, Wallach Art Gallery, New York, NY
Objects of Desire, Neiman Gallery, New York, NY
Global Consulting Group: Art in the Office, curated by Matt Keegan, GCG, New York, NY
2003 Holiday Shopping II, curated by Robin Kahn, Wallspace, New York, NY
Tom Sachs Approved (as Sophie Spar), curated by Tom Sachs, Printed Matter, Inc., New York, NY (catalogue)
Rococo (announcer/MC), Supreme Trading, Brooklyn, NY
2002 Book, Transformer Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Date, Northsix, Brooklyn, NY
2000-01
The Worst of Gordon Pym continued…, curated by Ian Cooper and Peter Crump, Printed Matter, Inc., New York, NY
To Market To Market (as Sophie Spar), curated by Robin Kahn, The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Nightie Nightmare, Northsix, Brooklyn, NY
Sophie Spar Sale, Printed Matter, Inc., New York, NY
Class, Red Eye Gallery, Providence, RI
ARTIST’S WRITINGS / CURATORIAL
2016 Sara Greenberger Rafferty and Recommended Reading with a text by Mellissa Huber
Co-curator, with Sara VanDerBeek, Her Wherever, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2014 Portfolio: Sara Greenberger Rafferty. Art in America, December 2014, pp. 122-29.
2013 Artist Project: Top Tens, Art Papers, November / December, p. 44-45
Artist’s Book, &&&, Ethan Greenbaum, David Kennedy Cutler, and Sara Greenberger Rafferty, New York: Paper Cuts
Organizer, Work, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, June 27 – July 28
Sons, Internet as Material project area, Triple Canopy, Issue 18, April 18
On Creating Reality, By Andy Kaufman, Artforum.com, February
2012 Boswell 1762, Sara Greenberger Rafferty Pitches a Pilot, YA5, Volume 1, Issue 4
Mom Made Meals, White Zinfandel, No.2 F/W 2012: TV Dinners
2011 Orlando Script, Possible Press, Vol 2, Issue 1, February 15 – May 15
2010 Artist’s Book, Double Issue, full color on newsprint, staple-bound, 88 pages
College Try, Artforum.com, February 23
Chemical Dependence, Fantom 2, Winter 2010 (article on Liz Deschenes’ work)
2009 Contributor, I Like Your Work: Art and Etiquette, New York: Paper Monument
Master of None, The Highlights / thehighlights.org, March
2007 Artist’s Book, Entertaining Notions
2005-07 Co-editor, with Matt Keegan, of North Drive Press annual publication and cultural project
2006 Catalogue essay: You Know Nothing of My Work, in Bunch Alliance and Dissolve, Cincinnati: Contemporary Art Cener, pp. 221-225
Curator, Thin Walls, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn, July – August
Co-curator (with Matt Keegan) of NDP: The Movie, The Kitchen, New York, May 23
Interview with Eugene Mirman (comedian), Mean Magazine, May – June, p. 30
Article on Andy Samberg (comedian), Mean Magazine, May – June, p. 57-60
2005 Freelance writer for Rhizome.org, New York, ongoing
Carol Bove and Sara Greenberger Interview, NDP#2, New York: North Drive Press
Contributor, Person Entry: Alfred Barr, Encyclopedia of 20th Century Photography, London: Routledge
2000-01 Curator, Sophie Spar Bazaar (2001) and Sophie Spar Sale (2000)
1999 Artist’s Book, Social Studies Workbook
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2016 Segal, Mark. The Art Scene: Group Show at Halsey McKay, Easthamptonstar.com, October 6
Fateman, Johanna. Artforum Critic’s Pick. Artforum.com, April 15
Biswas, Allie. Sara Greenberger Rafferty: “What is more essential than how one faces the day?” studiointernational.com, April 5
Zhong, Fan. Artist Sara Greenberger Rafferty Has Made An Aggressively Un-Instagrammable Exhibition, wmagazine.com, April 1
Exhibitions: Untitled Body Parts, ArtinAmerica.com, February 7
Greenberger, Alex. Untitled Body Parts at Simone Subal, Artnews.com, January 22
2015 Leers, Dan. Beyond the Surface: Image as Object (exhibition catalogue) Philadelphia: Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, 2015
Terrell, Mathew. Talking Heads: Comedian Tara Ochs Assesses “Pratfall Tramps” at the ACAC, Burnaway.org, April 8
Detweiler, Henry. Review: Artists fuse funny-haha with funny-odd and existential angst in ACAC’s “Pratfall Tramps,” ArtsATL.com, March 26
Weiskopf, Dan. Seriously Funny: “Pratfall Tramps” at ACAC, Burnaway.org, March 19
Beyond the Surface: Image as Object, PhilaPhotoArts.org, February 12
Diehl, Travis. The Black Comb-binding Club, Objektiv.no, February 10
Something to Laugh About: La Jolla Exhibit to Explore Stand-Up Comedy in Contemporary Art. LaJollaLight.com, January 21
2014 Sara Greenberger Rafferty, NewYorker.com, December 13
Chan, Dawn. Artforum Critic’s Pick. Artforum.com, December 2014.
Scott, Andrea. Sara Greenberger Rafferty. The New Yorker, Dec 15.
Rosenberg, Karen. Sara Greenberger Rafferty, New York Times, December 5.
Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Exhibitions: The Lookout Art in America.com, December.
Indrisek, Scott. 5 Must-See Gallery Shows in New York. Blouin Artinfo.com, October 30.
Motley, John. Sara Greenberger Rafferty draws parallels between comedy and art with visual puns at Fourteen30
Contemporary. The Oregonian, July 22.
Kron, Cat. Artists in Conversation: Sara Greenberger Rafferty. Bombmagazine.org, May 13.
Katz, Miriam. Sara Greenberger Rafferty speaks with Miriam Katz. Whitney Biennial 2014. (exhibition catalogue),
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp.381-82.
Saltz, Jerry. Meet 7 Artists Showing at the Last Whitney Biennial on Madison, New York Magazine, February 24, p. 93
2013 Black Box / White Cube: Adrienne Truscott & Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Movement Research Performance Journal #43, 2013
Cash, Stephanie. Notorious Benglis Ad Stops the Presses, Burnaway, November 22
Smith, Roberta. Work, New York Times, July 19, p. C26
Keeting, Zachary and Christopher Joy. Sara Greenberger Rafferty, (video interview),
Gorky’s Granddaughter, May 14
Smith, William S. Working NADA with Dan Byers, Art in America, May 13
2012 McNelis, Ashley. (Re)Presented: Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Bomblog, July 31
Kopie, Jeffrey. Where’s the Art At, New York Observer, July 30
Jovanovic, Rozalia. Look at This! From Warhol to Taaffe at Phillips de Pury’s ‘Rorschach’ Show, New York Observer, June 26
2011 What’s So Funny, Art News, December 2011, Cover
Kiper, Dmitry. Interview with SGR, Musée Magazine, Autumn No1, p. 72-82
Maine, Stephen. Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Exhibition Reviews, Art in America, November 2011, p. 166
Ferrando, Alexander. Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Reviews, Flash Art, November – December 2011, p. 97
Adler, Alexander. The Comic’s Stage: Q+A With Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Art in America, September 12
Sara Greenberger Rafferty: Remote, Critics’ Picks, Time Out New York, Issue 826, August 25–September 7, p. 75
Barliant, Claire. Signal Bleed, (catalogue essay) Remote, New York: Rachel Uffner Gallery and PictureBox
Ise, Claudine. Sara Greenberger Rafferty and Ruby Sky Stiler, Critics’ Picks, Artforum
Thompson, Matthew. Texts by Anne Ellegood and Jenelle Porter. Foreword by Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson. The
Anxiety of Photography, (exhibition catalogue), Aspen: Aspen Art Press
2010 Goddard, Peter. Houdini’s Inescapable Influence, Toronto Star, December 30
Martin, Richard. Scare Tactics, Miami Magazine, December, p. 56
Milano. Social Studies Workbook by Sara Greenberger Rafferty and The OG Vol. 3 by Amy Sillman, Paperweight, August 6
Rosenberg, Karen. Works From Six Collections, in a Dialogue of Contradiction, New York Times June 25, p. WE7
Duke, Katherine. Comedy as Artistic Strategy, https://www.amherst.edu/aboutamherst/news/classroom/node/188979, April
2009 Doran, Anne. Sara Greenberger Rafferty: ‘Tears,’ Time Out New York, October 15, p. 54
Schwendener, Martha. Messing with the Medium, Village Voice. October 14, p. 38
Wolff, Rachel. See Here Now, New York Magzine. October 12, pp. 62-63
Knight, Nicolas. Six Gallery Reviews, September 2009, http://nicholasknight.net/wordpress/?p=191
Scott, Andrea. Sara Greenberger Rafferty, The New Yorker, September 28, p. 13
Art Basel Miami Beach daily edition, The Art Newspaper, December 5
Douglas, Sarah. Sign of the Boom Times at NADA, Artinfo.com, December 3
Douglas, Sarah. In and Out with the New, Artinfo.com, December 2
Doran, Anne. Sara Greenberger Rafferty: ‘Tears,” Time Out New York, October 15, p. 54
Schwendener, Martha. Messing with the Medium, Village Voice October 14, p. 38
Wolff, Rachel. See Here Now, New York. October 12, pp. 62-63
Knight, Nicolas. Six Gallery Reviews, September 2009, http://nicholasknight.net/wordpress/?p=191
Scott, Andrea. Sara Greenberger Rafferty, The New Yorker, September 28, p. 13.
Smith, Roberta. Sara Greenberger Rafferty: Tears, New York Times, Septeber 11, p. C27}
Jon Lutz. Sara Greenberger Rafferty, theoldgold.blogspot.com, September 7
Anic, Luara Calvi. Um ovo frito, por favor, A Mentira é a Nova Verdade, #90, August, 108-110
Zucker, Kevin. Interview with Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Joy Quarterly, Spring, p. 79-80
Bors, Chris. Diana Kingsley in New York, Artinfo.com, February 5
McAdams, S. Sara Greenberger Rafferty BANANAS Vlatka Horvat Or Some Other Time, The Brooklyn Rail, February
2008 O’Neill-Butler, Lauren. 500 Words: Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Artforum.com, December 23
Wailes, Andrew. A Waffle Grows in Brooklyn, Columbia Daily Spectator, December 4, p. 4
Wright, Jeffrey C. Finding little stars in non-art objects, The Vilager, Vol. 78 – No. 27, Dec. 3-9
Hoos, Michele. Public Art Grows in Brooklyn, NYPress.com, November 7, Culture Section
Morgenthau, Josh. Fresh Kills and Josh Azarella, The Brooklyn Rail, May
Scott, Andrea. All in the Family, Newyorker.com, May 1
Smith, Roberta. Listings: The Human Face is a Monument, New York Times, April 25
Virno, Paolo. Jokes and Innovative Action: For a Logic of Change, Artforum, January, p. 253, (image of work used for illustration)
2007 L.A. Weekly Art Critics. Our Favority Shows and Artifacts: Art to live for, LA Weekly, Dec. 26
Churchill, Abbye. North Drive Press Publishes Pandora’s Box, TOKION, December, p. 134
An Evening at the Bonsoir: Sara Greenberger Rafferty, urbanhonking.com/pica, Sept, 10
Beradini, Andrew. Sara Greenberger Rafferty, ArtUS, March-April
2006 Brooks, Amra. Must See Art: Sara Greenberger Rafferty, LA Weekly, December 27
Pollack, Barbara. Bring the War Home, Time Out New York, August 3-9, p. 68
Núñez-Fernández, Lupe. Object of the Week – NDP 3,
saatchi-gallery.co.uk/blogon, July 26
“ETC.: Projects arranged by Matt Keegan at Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York,” New York: Andrew Kreps
McNamara, TJ. Portrait Painting by Numbers, The New Zealand Herald, May 31
Sholis, Brian. Road to Ruin, New York, Artforum.com, May 29
Fassi, Luigi and IZ Alessandrelli. Metaphysics of Youth, Pescara, Italy: Artenova – Fuoriuso (Exhibition catalogue)
Zucca Alessandrelli, Irina. The Joke Teller: Interview with Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Label Magazine, (Torino, Italy), April, p. 84-87
2005 Smith, Roberta. Art in Review: Talk to the Land, The New York Times, Nov. 11, p. E36
Champion One, Los Angeles: Champion Fine Art, (Exhibition catalogue)
Sterling, Kristin. SOA Artists Bend Themes of Perception and Reflection in Thesis Exhibit, The Record, May 18, p. 18
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York
TEACHING POSITIONS
Full – Time faculty, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA