SARAH DILLON

EDUCATION

2004-2006 MFA in Painting Boston University, Boston, MA
1997-2001 BA in Studio Art, Minor in Music, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
2000 Study Abroad Program, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009 Urban Migration, with artist Jason Sobottka, Gallery 110, Seattle, WA
2009 Conor Byrne, Seattle, WA2008 Helen S. Smith Gallery, Green River Community College, Auburn, WA
2008 Gallery 110 Loft, Seattle, WA
2008 UUC/Gilmartin Gallery, Seattle, WA
2007 Museo Art Gallery, Issaquah, WA
2007 Gallery 110 Loft, Seattle, WA
2006 Metropolitan Gallery, Boston, MA
2006 The Colony Group Gallery, Boston, MA
2006 Commonwealth Gallery, Boston, MA
2004 Alberta Street Public Gallery, Portland, OR

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010 Gallery 110, Literary, Seattle, WA
2010 Gallery 110, Attire, Seattle, WA
2009 Gallery 110, White, Seattle, WA
2009 Georgia College and State University Museum, Re: Place, Milledgeville, GA
2009 Oxbow Gallery, Artists and Their Beliefs?, Northampton, MA
2009 Gallery 110, PULP, Seattle, WA
2009 Allied Arts, Print Invitational, Yakima, WA
2009 Gallery 110, Unbridled Narcissism, Seattle, WA
2008 Gallery 110, Re: Art, Seattle, WA
2008 Helen S. Smith Gallery, Green River Community College, Auburn, WA
2008 Allied Arts Gallery, Originally From, Yakima, WA
2008 Two Wall Gallery, The Art of Democracy, Vashon Island, WA
2008 Gallery 110, Toy, Seattle, WA
2008 Gallery XIV, A Politic, Boston, MA
2008 Gallery 110, PULP, Seattle, WA
2008 Gallery 110, Members 2, Seattle, WA
2007 Carillon Gallery, Fort Worth, TX
2007 Gallery 110, Cheer, Seattle, WA
2007 Gallery 110, PULP, Seattle, WA
2007 Western Bridge Gallery, Seattle, WA
2007 Trinity Lutheran College, Issaquah, WA
2007 Gallery 110, Affiliate Members, Seattle, WA
2007 Form/Space Atelier Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006 Form/Space Atelier Gallery, The Wall of the People, Seattle, WA
2006 808 Gallery, Boston, MA
2005 Sherman Gallery, Boston, MA
2003 Maritime Museum, Tacoma, WA
2002 Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA
2001 Kittredge Gallery, Tacoma, WA
1999 Kittredge Gallery, Tacoma, WA
1996 Allied Arts Gallery, Yakima, WA

PUBLIC ART PROJECTS

Swine Eclectic a commissioned piece for Pigs on Parade, ‘07. Pike Place Market Foundation with individual artist sponsor Sur La Table. '07. Seattle, WA

REVIEWS /PUBLICATIONS

Skinner, Tina, 100 Artists of the Northwest, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2009
Miller, Brian. Pecking and Order. Seattle Weekly, March 19, 2009: pp.25.
http://www.seattleweekly.com/events/urban-migration-588794
Nowacki, Kim. Five from the Valley Highlighted. Art Spotlight, Yakima Herald Republic. September 12, 2008: pp. 5.
Hobart, Erika. Toy. Seattle Weekly, September 3, 2008: pp. 21.

Articles surrounding A Politic at Gallery XIV, Boston, MA:

Goslow, Brian. A politic, Gallery XIV. Artscope Magazine, July, 2008: pp. 22-23. http://www.artscopemagazine.com/
Pelletier, Juliette. A Politic, an Exhibition at Gallery X1V, Boston, MA. Reflect Arts, NY: ’08. http://www.reflect-arts.com/
Lewis, Christina S.N., (). Picturing Obama. The Wall Street Journal. July 17, 2008: Pp D1.
Drake, John C. Street artist inspires too much enthusiasm. The Boston
Globe, July 8, 2008: pp. cover article.
Wu, Janet, WHDH Reporter, ‘Abraham Obama’ Causing Controversy. MSNBC. July 9, 2008

ARTICLES/PUBLICATIONS WRITTEN

Dillon, Sarah. "Sprouting". City Arts Curator’s Eye, November, 2008: pp. 30.

AWARDS

2007-2010 Represented by Gallery 110, Seattle, WA
2008 Awarded National Parks Residency opportunity in Stehekin, WA
2006 National Scholars Honor Society
2006 Who’s Who among American Professional Women
2004 Boston University College of Fine Arts Scholarship
2003 City of Tacoma Arts in the Community Award, as part of Tacoma Art Museum
Education Department
2001 Mildred Birkland Art Book Fund
1998 Helen Buchanan Art Scholarship
1998 University of Puget Sound Art Department Scholarship

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2009-2010 One year full time faculty appointment, Green River Community College, Auburn, WA
2008 - 2009 Adjunct Faculty, Green River Community College, Auburn, WA
2008 - present Teaching Artist, Seniors Making Art, Seattle, WA
2008-present Freelance Teaching Artist, Sarah Dillon Studio, Seattle, WA
2008 Visiting Artist, Art with Heart, Seattle, WA
2007-2008 Senior Instructor, Museo Art Academy, Issaquah, WA
2007 Adjunct Faculty, Trinity Lutheran College, Issaquah, WA
2006 Adjunct Faculty, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2004-2006 Teaching Assistant, Boston University, Boston, MA
2002-2004 Public Programs Coordinator, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA

RELATED EXPERIENCE

2008 - present Gallery Director, Gallery 110, Seattle, WA
2008 Artist Talk, Green River Community College, Auburn, WA
2008 Curator: Carl Gombert: The Real Me, Museo Art Gallery, Issaquah, WA
2008 Curator: Jason Sobottka: Landscape Suburbia, Museo Art Gallery, Issaquah, WA
2008 Gallery 110 Board Member, Seattle, WA
2007 Guest Artist Presentation: Developing Artistic Language through the Process
of Printmaking, Tarrant County College, Fort Worth, TX
2007 Curator: Juried Exhibition: Remembering Youth, Museo Art Gallery, Issaquah, WA.
2007 Reflections Exhibition Juror, Beaver Lake Middle School, Issaquah, WA
2007, 2008 Public Arts Program Visiting Artist, Westcott Bay Reserve Sculpture Park, Roche Harbor, WA
2007 Gallery 110 Affiliate Artist Member, Seattle, WA
2007 Artist Talk as part of the Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Form/Space Atelier Gallery, Seattle, WA
2005-2006 Gallery Assistant, Sherman Gallery, Boston, MA
2004-2006 Gallery Assistant, Boston University Gallery, Boston, MA
2004-2005 Gallery Assistant, 808 Gallery, Boston, MA
2005 Public Arts Program Visiting Artist, Westcott Bay Reserve Sculpture Park, Roche Harbor, WA
2005 Artist’s Book Collaboration, three-month partnership with Poet Terry Quinn
2004 Artist in the Studio: Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
2004 Invitation to present Life Experiences: An Intergenerational Art Project at the
Western Museum Association Conference
2003, 2004 National Fine Arts Exhibition Juror, Boys and Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
2002 Public Programs Coordinator, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA2002
Administrative Assistant, Cultural Council of Greater Tacoma, Tacoma, WA
2001 Marketing and Public Relations Intern, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA