Sara Gallagher is an artist working in figurative realism in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is currently represented by
CK Contemporary in San Francisco, CA.
“High Bar” has received the Fine Art Connoisseur Publishing Prize as well as the Dual Category Award in the 16th Art Renewal Center Salon, exhibited at Sotheby’s NY for the 16th ARC exhibition in July 2023, is included in The Lunar Codex headed to The Moon in 2023, and will be published in the Manifest Gallery's 15th International Drawing Annual in 2023.
Awards
MANIFEST International Drawing Annual 15, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Third Place
Pastel 100, Artists Network, 3rd Place in Portrait & Figure Category
Allied Artists of America 111th Annual Exhibition, Allied Artists of America, Jane Peterson Memorial Award Winner
Strokes of Genius 16, Artists Network, Finalist
The Evolution Grant, Art Fluent, 2024 Grant Recipient
2024
2023
Pastel 100, Artists Network, 2nd Place Overall, The Award of Excellence
Pastel 100, Artists Network, Honorable Mention
Almenara Art Prize, Almenara Collection, Best Drawing
Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, Traditional Art Award Finalist
Self Portrait Contest 2023, Jerry’s Artarama, 2nd Place
Strokes of Genius 15, Artists Network, Finalist
2022
16th International ARC Salon, Art Renewal Center, Winner of the Fine Art Connoisseur Publication Award and the Dual Category Award (Drawing/Figurative); Finalist in the Drawing and Figurative categories
John Dalton Art Prize, Kaleido, 1st Grand Prize
Strokes of Genius 14, Artists Network, Honorable Mention
Strokes of Genius 14, Artists Network, Finalist
2021
ModPortrait 2021, MEAM (European Museum of Modern Art), Barcelona, & Bantierra Palace, Zaragoza, Spain, Finalist
Annual National Juried Exhibition, WMOCA, Wasau, WI, Finalist
Allied Artists of America 108th Annual Exhibition, Salgumundi Club, New York, NY, Finalist
Beautiful Bizarre Magazine Art Prize, RAYMAR Traditional Art Award, Armidale NSW, Australia, Finalist
International Biennial Portrait Competition, WMOCA, Wasau, WI, Finalist
2020
Beautiful Bizarre Magazine Art Prize INPRNT Traditional Art Award, Armidale NSW, Australia, Finalist
Marin Open Studios, The Human Spirit, Mill Valley, CA, 3rd Place
2019
The EACH Foundation, 2019-20 Year-Long Studio Residency, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA, Residency Recipient
Collections
Sara’s work is included in international public and private collections and even on the moon, most notably:
The Bennett Collection of Women Realists
The Lunar Codex, The Polaris Collection, Lunar South Pole, The Moon
Bibliography
Artist’s Network, Best of Drawing, Figurative Finalist, November 2024
15th International Drawing Annual; MANIFEST Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
Domus, “The Lunar Codex”, July/Aug issue, Italy
Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine, Today’s Masters article: “Being Real”, May/June 2024
Marin Living, SF Art Fair, April 2024
American Art Collector, SF Art Fair, April 2024
Pastel Journal, Cover Artwork & Pastel Journal Award of Excellence Article: “Going Within”, Spring 2024
2024
2023
Artist’s Network, Best of Drawing, Figurative Finalist, November 2023
The Almenara Collection, The Almenara Art Prize 2023, Cordoba, Spain, Oct 2023
Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, Armidale, Australia, Sept 2023
International Realism, Art Renewal Center
PoetsArtists 123, Chicago, IL, Spring 2023
Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine, ARC 16th Salon, March 2023
Create! Magazine, Issue #34, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Feb 2023
Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine, “Drawing us to See”, Jan 2023
2022
Artist’s Network, Best of Drawing, Honorable Mention, Figurative Finalist, November 2022
American Art Collector, “Emotional Intimacy,”, October 2022
LEONARDO 2022 Guide
Special Edition ModPortrait 2021
Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine; March 2022
Artists of the Bay Area, Jen Tough Gallery, Sante Fe, NM
Fun Size, Jen Tough Gallery, Sante Fe, NM
2021
Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine, “A Time for Twosomes”, June 2021
Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine; March 2021
Invisible City Literary Journal: Transcience/Resonance, USF, San Francisco, CA, February, 2021
Portfolio 121: Issue 1, 2021, PoetsArtists, Chicago, IL, January 2021
Residencies
2019
2019-20 The EACH Foundation Studio Residency, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2014
Elsewhere Studios, Paonia, CO
Solo Exhibitions
2022
“Our Inner World”, Online Exclusive, 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, IL
2020
“Intimacy”, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
Sara has exhibited alongside artists such as Alex Kanevsky, Ann Gale, Annie Murphy Robinson, David Kassan, Diane Gall, Edwige Fouvry, and Kai Samuels Davis.
2024
”Almanara Art Prize 2024”, Almenara Collection Online Exhibition, Cordoba, Spain
“Allied Artists of America 111th Annual Exhibition”, Butler Institute of American Art, in Youngstown, OH
“Art On Paper Fair”, CK Contemporary Booth, New York, NY
“Beyond the Surface: The Power of the Paper”, CK Contemporary, San Francisco, CA
“Art Market SF”, CK Contemporary Booth, San Francisco, CA
“LA Art Show”, Arcadia Contemporary Booth, Beverly Hills, CA
2023
“Art On Paper Fair”, CK Contemporary Booth, New York, NY
”Almanara Art Prize 2023”, Almenara Collection Online Exhibition, Cordoba, Spain
“10th Anniversary Exhibition”, CK Contemporary, San Francisco, CA
“ARC 16th Salon”, Sotheby’s New York, New York, NY
“Art Market San Francisco”, CK Contemporary Booth, San Francisco, CA
“Exertion”, 33 Contemporary, Chicago, IL
”Art On Paper”, CK Contemporary Booth, New York, NY
“ModPortrait 2021”, MEAM (European Museum of Modern Art), Barcelona, Spain
“Art Market San Francisco”, CK Contemporary Booth, San Francisco, CA
”ModPortrait 2021”, Sala Arte Roma, Zaragoza, Spain
2022
2021
“Quest for the Modern Figure”, 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Annual National Juried Exhibition”, WMOCA, Wausau, WI
“Epiphanies”, MANIFEST Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
“Curves”, 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Allied Artists of America 108th Annual Exhibition”, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
“Painting the Figure Now 2021”, WMOCA, Wausau, WI
“International Biennial Portrait Competition”, WMOCA, Wausau, WI
“Valentines Pop Up Show”, Hashtag Art Magazine, Chicago, IL
2020
“Holiday Miniatures”, 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Ethereal Epiphany”, 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Innovator Showcase”, TEDxMarin, Marin, CA
“The Human Spirit”, Marin Open Studios, San Francisco Bay Area, CA
“Ambivalence”, 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, IL
2019
“Members Exhibit”, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
“Fairfax Art Walk”, Trouve, Fairfax, CA
2018
“YBCA Public Square Annual Pop-Up”, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2017
“The Near Future Ago”, Proof Lab, San Rafael, CA
“Magical Realism”, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
2015
“Mountain Fair”, Carbondale, CO
“Black + White”, Glenwood Springs Center of the Arts, Glenwood Springs, CO