about the artist
Photo: Margaret Neill
My earliest inspiration for painting came from my childhood on Cape Cod, surrounded by color fields of water, marsh, beach and sky. Later, the works of Marc Rothko, Agnes Martin, Monet and the formalist painters of the 60's challenged my visual imagination and led me to explore greater depth in my paintings. I travel often and seek out art for inspiration... I find it in paintings, sculpture, architecture and in nature. Recently, observing and documenting classical sculpture has inspired a new body of work influenced by shapes and shadows.
I approach painting intuitively, mapping out ideas and inspiration into color fields and marks. I spend time editing them in and out. This process allows me to continually search for a new direction, a new color relationship, or something unexpected and beautiful. Certain elements remain open and unresolved, so my process slows. A painting can take several months to complete and there are always some that remain in conversation much longer. Patience, restraint and risk carry equal weight in my process. My challenge is to remain present, aware and open to all the possibilities that are happening with the materials before me.
Watch Brooklyn Navy Yard video on Sarah and designer John Milich.
“Hinckley’s abstract works evoke the place without directly referencing it; their forms and color palette suggest, but never describe. For this reason, they feel closer in spirit to the nature poetry of Cape Cod writers like Mary Oliver. You might even call them visual poems."
– Laura C. Mallonee, writer and arts editor
The Hartford Courant
Making Her Mark
Woven Tales Press
Sarah Hinckley
art ltd.
Excerpts from the Natural World
Visual Art Source
Editorial Review of Excerpts From the Natural World
Artcritical
When Hostility Turns Into Mannerism, Subtle Simplicity Offers Respite
Joanne Mattera Art Blog
Miami 101 (Part 1)
Barnstable Patriot
Stillness of remembering
Joanne Mattera Art Blog
Viva Chelsea
re-title.com
Sarah Hinckley Everywhere Tomorrow at dm contemporary NYC
New England Home
Picture Perfect
Image courtesy of Littlejohn Contemporary
Born in 1954 on Cape Cod, Sarah lives and works in Yarmouthport, Massachusetts.
Columbia University, New York NY. M.F.A.
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA. Diploma & 5th year certificate
Tufts University, Medford MA. B.F.A.
California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland CA, 1972-73
2017 — Littlejohn Contemporary, New York NY. looking for some grace, Paintings and Watercolors
2016 — Chandra Cerrito Contemporary, Oakland CA. Sarah Hinckley, Esther Traugot and Mari Andrews
2015 — Littlejohn Contemporary, New York NY. Gallery B: Oil paintings and watercolors
2014 — Littlejohn Contemporary, New York NY. Gallery A: Sarah Hinckley
2013 — Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis MA. Polhemus Savery DaSilva Gallery: stillness of remembering
2012 — DM Contemporary, New York NY. somewhere over
2012 — Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit MA. The Little Gallery: thoughts rearrange
2011 — Lauren Della Monica Fine Art, Wash Depot CT. POP-UP Gallery
2010 — Steven Harris/Rees Roberts, New York NY. Recent Paintings
2009 — Emily Amy Gallery, Atlanta GA. Color Logic
2007 — Two Graces Gallery, Taos NM
2006 — Sears Peyton Gallery, New York NY. Daily Practice
2004 — Sears Peyton Gallery, New York NY. Recent Paintings
2002 — Steven Harris/Rees Roberts, New York NY
2001 — Steven Harris/Rees Roberts, New York NY
2000 — Deborah Berke, New York NY
1997 — Deborah Berke, New York NY
1994 — 210 Gallery, Santa Rosa FL
1990 — Columbia University, NY. M.F.A. Thesis Show
2018-19 — Hallspace Gallery, Boston MA. Sacred Asymmetry-Abstraction Boston/New York, curated by Philip Gerstein
2018 — Littlejohn Contemporary, New York NY. We Never Sleep, recent prints curated by Valerie Hammond
2018 — Hartford Art School, West Hartford CT. Pele Prints at the Silpe Gallery
2018 — Littlejohn Contemporary, New York NY. Recent works inspired by nature and its beauty: Breakey, Daviket, Galka, Hogin, Hinckley, Kratz, Kroll, McBain and Prince
2018 — Littlejohn Contemporary, New York NY. Gallery highlights
2018 — The Epsten Gallery, Kansas City MO. Pele Prints at the Epsten, organized by Crescendo Conservatory Director Michele Hamlett-Weith
2018 — Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis MA. Preserving the Very Nature of Cape Cod
2017 — Littlejohn Contemporary, New York NY. Breakey, Hogin, Heffernan, Hammond, Kroll and Hinckley
2016 — Littlejohn Contemporary, New York NY. Rotating Show: Bramson, English, Hammond, Hinckley, Kratz, Droll, Stickney-Gibson
2016 — Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury CT. Making Her Mark, featuring six women artists: Laurie Simmons, Claudia DeMonte, Hayv Kahraman, Toyin Ojih Odutola, Lisa Ruyter and Sarah Hinckley, curated by Lauren P. Della Monica
2016 — Littlejohn Contemporary, New Canaan, CT. New Gallery: Group Show
2015 — Chandra Cerrito Contemporary, New York NY. Satellite
2015 — Chandra Cerrito Contemporary, Oakland CA. Backroom
2015 — Littlejohn Contemporary, New York NY. Melinda Stickney-Gibson, Sarah Hinckley, Timothy Hawkesworth and Susan English
2015 — Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis MA. Formal Aspects: Visual Dialogue in Structure — Erica Adams, Emily Berger, Joanne Freeman, Sarah Hinckley, Joanne Mattera and Mira Schor
2014 — Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City MO. Opie Gallery: Structure, Story & Flow
2014 — Vito Schnabel & The Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York NY. The Last Brucennial
2014 — Littlejohn Contemporary, New York NY. Gallery A: Annette Davidek, Sarah Hinckley, Melinda Stickney-Gibson, Brenda Hope Zappitell
2013 — DM Contemporary, New York NY. The Summer Show
2012 — Emily Amy Gallery, Atlanta GA. Spring Salon
2011 — Leslie Heller Projects, New York NY. Holiday Salon
2011 — Tria Gallery, New York NY. Natural Beauty (2-person exhibit)
2010 — Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York NY. Unlocking Creativity, Columbia Alumni Arts League
2009 — Emily Amy Gallery, Atlanta GA. Winter Salon
2009 — Sears Peyton Gallery, New York NY. Open Your Arms to the Sun
2009 — Emily Amy Gallery, Atlanta GA. It's the Little Things
2008 — Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles CA. Cool and Austere (7 Artists)
2008 — Emily Amy Gallery, Atlanta GA. Abstraction: An Exploration of Abstract Art
2008 — Deborah Berke, New York NY
2008 — One Night Only, 3875-1204 Gallery, Los Angeles CA. Curated by Mery Lynn McCorkle & Tom Jancar
2007 — Steven Harris/Rees Roberts, New York NY
2007 — Oliver Art Center, Oakland CA. California College of Art
2007 — 50 Bond Street, Showroom, New York NY
2006 — Steven Harris/Rees Roberts, New York NY. Summer Selections
2003-04 — American Embassy, San Jose, Costa Rica. Art in Embassies program
2002 — Sears Peyton Gallery, New York NY. Easy Breezy
2002 — Robert Green Fine Art, Mill Valley CA. Summer
2002 — Sears Peyton Gallery, New York NY. Playground, curated by Lisa Hatchadoorian
2002 — New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit NJ. International, juror William Zimmer, art critic
2001 — Aidekman Arts Center, Tufts University, Medford MA. Alumni
2001 — Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach FL. October International, juror Peter Frank
2001 — Silvernine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan CT. Art of the Northeast, juror Bill Arning, Center, MA
2001 — Schoharie County Arts Council, Cobleskill NY. National Small Works, juror David Beitzel
2001 — Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs CA. Juror Anne Philbin
2000 — General Electric Corporate Headquarters, Fairfield CT. 4 Women Painters
1999 — A.I.R. Gallery, New York NY
1999 — Wayne Art Center, Wayne PA
1998 — Deborah Berke, New York NY. 4 Painters
1998 — The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield MA. Juror Laura Hoptmann
1996 — Deborah Berke, New York NY
1991 — New York University, New York NY. Small Works, juror Peter Seltz
1990 — Wallach Gallery, Columbia University, New York NY. Selected M.F.A.
1990 — Vargoss Gallery, Hunter College, New York NY. New York City Selected M.F.A.
1990 — Columbia University, Prentis Hall, New York NY
1989 — Columbia University, Low Library, New York NY. Summer Selections
1989 — Columbia University, Prentis Hall, New York NY
1989 — Grossman Gallery, SMFA, Boston MA
1988 — David Williams Gallery, Provincetown MA
1988 — Grossman Gallery, SMFA, Boston MA
1986 — Mills Gallery, Boston MA
2018 — Texas Contemporary, Houston TX. Pele Prints
2018 — Aqua Art Fair, Miami FL. Pele Prints
2017 — Art on Paper, New York NY. Littlejohn Contemporary
2016 — Aqua Art Fair, Miami FL. Pele Prints
2016 — Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis MA
2015 — Aqua Art Fair, Miami FL. Pele Prints
2015 — Greene Naftali, New York NY. Cape Cod Modern House Trust
2015 — Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis MA
2014 — Aqua Art Fair, Miami FL. Pele Prints
2014 — Select Art Fair, New York NY. Pele Prints
2013 — Aqua Art Fair, Miami FL. Pele Prints
2012 — Cheim and Reid, New York NY. Visual Aid, Postcards from the Edge Benefit
2012 — Aqua Art Fair, Miami FL. Pele Prints
2011 — Baryshnikov Arts Center, New York NY. DiMenna Center for Classical Music, OHNY
2011 — CRG, New York NY. Visual Aid, Postcards from the Edge Benefit
2010 — Exit Art, New York NY. Fracking, a Benefit Show
2010 — Haunch of Venison, New York NY. HiArt Benefit Gala
2010 — Art Hamptons, Bridgehampton NY. Tria Gallery
2010 — Exit Art, New York NY. What Matters Most? Eco Art Space Benefit
2010 — ZieherSmith Gallery, New York NY. Visual Aid, Postcards from the Edge Benefit
2009 — Dharma Zen Center, Los Angeles CA. Benefit
2009 — Metro Pictures, New York NY. Visual Aid, Postcards from the Edge Benefit
2007 — James Cohan Gallery, New York NY. Visual Aid, Postcards from the Edge Benefit
2007 — Design Trust Benefit, New York NY. Milk Gallery
2007 — Visual Aid Sixth Annual Spring Auction & Benefit, San Francisco CA
2007 — Red Dot Art Fair, New York NY. Sears Peyton Gallery
2006 — ANERA, Silent Auction, Washington DC
2006 — Affordable Art Fair, New York NY. Dolby Chadwick Gallery
2005 — San Francisco Art Fair, San Francisco CA. Dolby Chadwick Gallery
2005 — Affordable Art Fair, New York NY. Dolby Chadwick Gallery
2005 — Art LA, Los Angles CA. Dolby Chadwick Gallery
2004 — Affordable Art Fair, New York NY. Dolby Chadwick Gallery
2004 — Art LA, Los Angles CA. Dolby Chadwick Gallery
2004 — San Francisco Art Fair, San Francisco CA. Dolby Chadwick Gallery
2003 — Affordable Art Fair, New York NY. Sears Peyton Gallery
• Better Homes and Gardens, January 2018. "Edson Hill, Stowe VT".
• Art, LTD, Sept/Oct 2016. "Excerpts from the Natural World, Chandra Cerrito Contemporary” by Leora Lutz.
• VOS Visual Art Source, July 2016. "Excerpts from the Natural World" by DeWitt Cheng.
• The Sunday Republican, May 2016. "Making her Mark" by Tracey O'Shaughnessy.
• The Country and Abroad, April/May 2016. "New Mattatuck Museum Exhibition 'Making her Mark' explores the presence and influence of women artists."
• Artscope Web Zine, March 2015. "Formal Aspects at the Cape Cod Museum of Art" by Phiannon Lee.
• Design, The ASID New York Metro Magazine, Fall/Winter 2014.
• Elliman Magazine, Fall/Winter 2014. "Brooklyn Navy Yard."
• St. Louis at Home, Fall 2014. "Made in St. Louis."
• Milieu, Spring 2014. "Fresh and Unafraid: Pretty in Pink."
• Artcritical, December 6, 2013. "When Hostility Turns Into Mannerism, Subtle Simplicity Offers Respite" by Franklin Einspruch.
• Barnstable Patriot, July 26, 2013. "Stillness of Remembering" by Mary Richmond.
• Cape Cod Art Magazine, Summer 2013. "Sarah Hinckley" by Amanda Wastrom.
• New England Home Magazine, Spring 2012. "Picture Perfect."
• The Litchfield County Times, September 23, 2011. "Pop-up Art in Washington" by Jack Coraggiom.
• Interior New York, July/August 2011. "Brooklyn's Best Kept Secrets."
• Coastal Living, May 2009. "Surfer Chick."
• House Beautiful, April 2009. "Cozy is Quirky."
• Architectural Digest, July 2007. "A Southern Spell."
• Taos News, June 7 - 13, 2007. "Beauty Within" by Virginia L. Clark, Two Graces Gallery.
• Shotgun Review, 2007. "Juried Annuals in the East Bay at ProArts" by SR Kucharski.
• Southern Accents, July/August 2005. "Watersound Showhouse" page 106.
• Details, August 2003. "In the Works" page 92-93.
• The New York Times, Friday, June 16 & 23, 2002. Critics Choice, New and Noteworthy "Playground" Sears Peyton Gallery.
• The New York Times Magazine, September 30, 2001. "Handyman's Special."
• Home Magazine, November 2001. "White Light."
• O The Oprah Magazine, February 2001. "Comfort Zone: Take This Job...and Redecorate it."
• The South Advocate, 1998. "Beauty Returns to Contemporary Art" by Mary Bell.
• Interior Design, September 1997. "Forum in the Community."
• Interior Design, October 1996. "House Double-Steven Harris."
• The Columbia Spectator, 1990. "Make it New Art" by Tamara Cochran.
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Analysis Group, Boston, MA
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Pfizer, New York, NY
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