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Sarah Coleman was born in Marysville, CA in 1976 and grew up in various towns in Texas, Minnesota and the Sierra Foothills. As a student at the University of California in Santa Cruz, she concentrated on creating abstract expressionist paintings and large impressionistic portraits. She has designed and painted murals, taught mural painting to children and worked throughout the Bay Area as a decorative painter for Willem Racke Studio. Her recent work includes abstract wood grains and fantastical skyscapes that are intended to, among other things, promote daydreaming. She currently lives with her photographer-husband Akim Aginsky, in Grass Valley, California, where they enjoy a community full of art and skies full of imagination.

Collectors include Nate Berkus in Chicago, Mike "Think" Stern in San Francisco,
Joanna Newsom in Nevada City and Brushfire Records in LA.

* B.A., Fine Arts, UCSC
* B.A., Cultural Anthropology, UCSC

Shows

2009

Dark Crystals, Mahan Gallery, Columbus, OH
Los Angeles Art Show, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Story Lies Within, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX

2008

Out There, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Art Santa Fe, Garson Baker Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Small Wonders, Garson Fine Art, New York, NY
Los Angeles Art Show, Julie Baker Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA

2007

Sweet 100, Suite 100 Gallery, Seattle, WA
In ... the Weekly World News, Tangent Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Stormy Weather, Julie Baker Fine Art, Nevada City, CA

2006

Home Grown, Julie Baker Fine Art, Nevada City, CA

2005

Get Small, Julie Baker Fine Art, Nevada City, CA
Abstraction Is Dead..., Blue Tangerine Art, San Francisco, CA
Interior Lifestyles, Brownstone, Las Vegas, NV
May/Be, 49 Belcher Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Awards

2005

People's Choice Award, Abstraction is Dead..., SF, CA