Born in the suburbs of Chicago, IL.
Lives and works in Los Angeles and Arroyo Grande, CA.
Chair of the Art & Design Department at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, CA.
Professor of Studio Art.
CV
Education
MFA - Painting, University of Texas at Austin
BS - Studio Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Solo Exhibitions
2022
I May Bury Things in Sand and Snow, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2020
Safety in the Shade, Left Field Gallery; Los Osos, CA
2017
Polarities of Banality with Sara Frantz & Matthew Conradt, Muriel Guepin Gallery; New York City, NY
2016
Vacancy, Sala Diaz; San Antonio, TX
2015
East of Middle, H.J. Miossi Art Gallery at Cuesta College; San Luis Obispo, CA
The Pleasure Seekers, David Shelton Gallery; Houston, TX
Between Borderlands, Women & Their Work; Austin, TX
You
2012
Focus at the Houston Fine Art Fair, David Shelton Gallery; Houston, TX
2011
New Landscapes, David Shelton Gallery; San Antonio, TX
2009
Quit the Neighborhood, Cactus Bra Gallery; San Antonio, TX
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021
-ART@CSU, University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University; CA
2020
-You are not wonderful… (virtual), Artist/Mother Podcast; artistmotherpodcast.com
2018
-Desire Lines, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art; Salt Lake City, UT
-Tiger Strikes Asteroid Los Angeles /Monte Vista Projects; Los Angeles, CA
-What’s Too Silly to be Spoken, Must Be Sung, Eastside International Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA
-Locals Only, Left Field; San Luis Obispo, CA
2016
-3rd Annual DRAWN Exhibition, Manifest; Cincinnati, OH
-FiEGGsta!, Artist Foundation of San Antonio; San Antonio, TX
-Calpoly Connection, Studios on the Park; Paso Robles, CA
2015
-One More Week of Summer, Muriel Guepin Gallery; New York City, NY
-The 47th Collectors Show, The Arkansas Arts Center; Little Rock, AR
-Faculty Research Triennial, Cal Poly University Art Gallery; San Luis Obispo, CA
-Elemental ‘Scapes, Main Gallery, UTSA; San Antonio, TX
-Ignite, Women & Their Work; Austin, TX
-Calpoly Connection, Studios on the Park; Paso Robles, CA
2014
-Texas Draws III, Southwest School of Art; San Antonio, TX
-Nurtured Nature, Muriel Guepin Gallery; New York City, NY
-Paris Art Fair, Muriel Guepin Gallery, Paris, France
-Star BASH, Women & Their Work; Austin, TX
2013
-Flight Gallery; San Antonio, TX
-Miami Project, David Shelton Gallery; Miami, FL
-Drawing Annual, Tiny Park Gallery; Austin, TX
-Rooted in Art, Women & Their Work; Austin, TX
-Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum; San Antonio, TX
-XVI Faculty Exhibition, Main Gallery; University of Texas at San Antonio; San Antonio, TX
-MAP, San Antonio Artists Foundation; San Antonio, TX
-Layered (Reverie), Red Arrow Contemporary; Dallas, TX
2012
-Miami Project, David Shelton Gallery; Miami, FL
-New Works on Paper, David Shelton Gallery; San Antonio, TX
-Miami, David Shelton Gallery, Marlin Hotel; Miami Beach, FL
-XV Faculty Exhibition, Department of Art & Art History, University of Texas at San Antonio; San Antonio, TX
-Texas Contemporary Art Fair, David Shelton Gallery; Houston, TX
-Next, Galleri Urbane; Dallas, TX
-Works on Paper, David Shelton Gallery; San Antonio, TX
-BlackBall 2011, Glasstire: Texas Visual Art; Houston, TX
-Bold about Art, Women and their Work; Austin, TX
2010
-Road Show: Houston, David Shelton Gallery at Inman Annex; Houston, TX
-ONE: Part 2, David Shelton Gallery; San Antonio, TX
-Here and NOW and Then, Art Lofts Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Madison, WI
-One: A Group Exhibition, David Shelton Gallery; San Antonio, TX
-Foretopia, David Shelton Gallery; San Antonio, TX
-Chill, D Berman Gallery; Austin, TX
2009
-One on One on One, Art Palace; Austin, TX
-The Dog and Pony Show, Curator: Nina Rizzo, Assistant Professor of Painting, NIU, Bad Dog Gallery; DeKalb, IL
-60 WRD/MIN Art Critic, participant in Lori Waxman’s performance critic at Arthouse; Austin, TX
-Twisted Spurs 2009, Juror: Angel Quesada of the Mexic-Arte Museum, K Space Contemporary; Corpus Christi, TX (Award Recipient)
-Paperworks 2009 International Juried Competition, Juror: Maura Heffner, Exhibition Mgr. Whitney Museum of American Art, B.J. Spokes Gallery; Huntington, NY
-27th Annual Juried Exhibition, Juror: Nat Trotman, Assistant Curator of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Pleiades Gallery of Contemporary Art, Inc; New York, NY
-Works of Art on Paper, Juror: Shelley Langdale, Associate Curator of Prints and Drawings of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences; Loveladies, New Jersey
-The XIV Biennial UTSA Art Faculty Exhibition, UTSA Art Gallery, The University of Texas at San Antonio Department of Art and Art History; San Antonio, TX
-Texas National 2009, Juror: Mel Chin, The Cole Center @ The Opera House, Stephen F. Austin State University; Nacogdoches, TX
-Over and Out, Elizabeth Laurence Contemporary Art Space; San Francisco, CA
-EXPO 2009, Juror: Gavin Morrison, curator of the Fort Worth Contemporary Art Gallery, 500X Gallery; Dallas, TX
2008
-Housewarming Homecoming, FAB Gallery; Austin, TX
-Faculty Exhibition, Creative Research Lab, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Art and Art History; Austin, TX
-Shine! Black and White, Arlington Museum of Art; Arlington, TX
2007
-Massive, Curator: Jeff Litchfield, Under the Sun Gallery, associated with Gallery 705; El Paso, TX
-Faculty Exhibition, Creative Research Lab; University of Texas at Austin, Department of Art & Art History; Austin, TX
-Coda, MFA Thesis Show Part 1, Creative Research Lab; University of Texas at Austin, Department of Art & Art History; Austin, TX
2006
-Rebound, Caladan Gallery; Beverly, MA
-20 Megabytes, Guest Curator: Aaron Dubrow, MASS; Austin, TX
-Liquid Days: Navigating the Mutable Tides of Memory, Butridge Gallery at Dougherty Arts Center; Austin, TX
-Making it Alone, Creative Research Lab; University of Texas at Austin, Department of Art & Art History; Austin, TX
-Related, MASS; Austin, TX
2005
-Fever, Creative Research Lab; University of Texas at Austin, Department of Art & Art History; Austin, TX
-Shine! 2005 Moonglow, The Arlington Museum of Art; Arlington, TX
Residencies, Grants & Awards
2017
-Cow House Studios, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, Ireland
2015
-2015 Artist Award Nomination, The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, American Federation of Arts, New York, NY
-”August 2015 Working Artist Grant, Working Artist Org.” http://www.workingartist.org/Sara-Frantz.html
-Best Solo Gallery Exhibition 2014-2015 Nomination, Austin Critic’s Table; Austin, TX
2013
-Summer Resident, Vermont Studio Center; Johnson, Vermont
2012
-Graham Weston Award for Visual Art (Grant), San Antonio Artists Foundation; San Antonio, TX 2009
-Winner of Best in Show: Twisted Spurs 2009, Juror: Angel Quesada of the Mexic-Arte Museum, K Space Contemporary; Corpus Christi, TX
2008
-Summer Resident, NES Artist Residency; Skagastrond, Iceland
2006
-Graduate Travel Grant; University of Texas at Austin; Austin, TX
2004/5
-Emily Maverick Miller and Emily Miller Wells Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Art, University of Texas at Austin; Austin, TX
Selected Collections
-The Diane and Sandy Besser Collection; Sante Fe, NM
Selected Bibliography
2021
-Shane, Robert. “You Are Not Wonderful Just Because You Are a Mother.” Brooklyn Rail, April 21.
2020
-Tan, Brenda. “Fragments of the Ineffable: Sara Frantz,” LumArt Zin, July 9, 2020..
-Interview by Shaw, Michael. “Epis.#260: painter and professor Sara Frantz on challenging long-standing perceptions of women artists and myths about choosing motherhood,” The Conversation Art Podcast, January 31, 2020.
2019
-“Interview: Check Out Sara Frantz’s Artwork,” Voyage LA, November 21, 2019. http://voyagela.com/interview/check-sara-frantzs-artwork/
2018
-New American Paintings, No. 133, Pacific Coast Edition, Juror: Rita Gonzalez, Curator and Acting Department Head, Contemporary Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
2017
-11th International Drawing Annual, publication through MANIFEST, Cincinnati, OH.
-Interview featured on “Issues and Ideas”, KCBX Central Coast Public Radio (local NPR affiliate), May 29, 2017.
2016
-Bryan Rindfuss, “Sala Diaz Rebounds from Fire With ‘Vacancy’,” San Antonio Current, July 22, 2016.
-Interview: Sara Frantz, Creative Room 4 Talk, March 21,2016.
2015
-Sarah Linn, “Layered Landscapes: Sara Frantz Goes on an Architectural Road Trip,” KCET Artbound, November 9, 2015.
-Steve Bennett, “Artists navigate our place in the landscape,” San Antonio Express-News, June 9, 2015.
-Rachel Adams, “The Painted Void,” Arts+Culture Texas, February 5, 2015.
-Wayne Alan Brenner, “Sara Frantz: Between Borderlands,” The Austin Chronicle, February 6, 2015.
2014
-Michelle Avina, “Not Your Typical Southwestern Landscape,” PaperCity Magazine, July, 2014.
-Elda Silva, “Artist Explores the Architecture of Abstraction,” San Antonio Express, April 4, 2014.
2013
-New American Paintings, No. 108, West Addition, Juror: Veronica Roberts, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Blanton Museum of Art.
-Sara j Frantz,” Ça j’aime bien (blog). December 10, 2013. http://cajaimebien.com/
-Owen Bay, “2013 Tiny Park Drawing Annual,” Glasstire.com, August 8, 2013 .
-Luke Quinton, “Tiny Park artists going old school for new exhibit,” Austin American-Statesman, August 1, 2013.
-Matthew Irwin, “The 2013 Tiny Park Drawing Annual,” Austin Chronicle, August 2, 2013.
2012
-Robert Boyd, “Art I liked at the Houston Fine Arts Fair,” The Great God Pan is Dead (blog). September 8, 2012.
-Haydee Munoz, “Much More Than, “New Works on paper,” ART Magazine, San Antonio, TX, February 17, 2012.
2011
-”Elda Silva, “Landscapes blend abstract, real. Frantz exhibit inspired by trip along the West Coast, San Antonio Express, October 21, 2011.
-Scott Andrews, “Intimate, visually expanding ‘Works on Paper’ showcased at Shelton Gallery,” San Antonio Current. February 2011.
-Sarah Fisch, “Works on Paper at David Shelton,” Plaza de Armas TX, February 17th, 2011.
2010
-Steve Bennett, “Artist Explores Her Commute on Canvas,” San Antonio Express, March 14th, 2010.
2009
-New American Paintings, No. 84, Juror: Terrie Sultan, Director of The Parrish Art Museum
-Lori Waxman, 60 WRD/MIN Art Critic. Austin American-Statesman, July 15th, 2009. http://60wrdmin.org
-Emily Messer, Look & Listen: Finding isolation, desolation across borders. 210SA Volume 3, Issue 15; p. 11.
-Scott Dickens, “Quit the Neighborhood” with Sara J. Frantz,” San Antonio Contemporary Art Examiner.
1994
-Suzanne G. Hlotke, “A Fish Story that has a Profitable Ending,” Chicago Tribune, June 19, 1994 .
Lives and works in Los Angeles and Arroyo Grande, CA.
Chair of the Art & Design Department at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, CA.
Professor of Studio Art.
CV
Education
MFA - Painting, University of Texas at Austin
BS - Studio Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Solo Exhibitions
2022
I May Bury Things in Sand and Snow, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2020
Safety in the Shade, Left Field Gallery; Los Osos, CA
2017
Polarities of Banality with Sara Frantz & Matthew Conradt, Muriel Guepin Gallery; New York City, NY
2016
Vacancy, Sala Diaz; San Antonio, TX
2015
East of Middle, H.J. Miossi Art Gallery at Cuesta College; San Luis Obispo, CA
The Pleasure Seekers, David Shelton Gallery; Houston, TX
Between Borderlands, Women & Their Work; Austin, TX
You
2012
Focus at the Houston Fine Art Fair, David Shelton Gallery; Houston, TX
2011
New Landscapes, David Shelton Gallery; San Antonio, TX
2009
Quit the Neighborhood, Cactus Bra Gallery; San Antonio, TX
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021
-ART@CSU, University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University; CA
2020
-You are not wonderful… (virtual), Artist/Mother Podcast; artistmotherpodcast.com
2018
-Desire Lines, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art; Salt Lake City, UT
-Tiger Strikes Asteroid Los Angeles /Monte Vista Projects; Los Angeles, CA
-What’s Too Silly to be Spoken, Must Be Sung, Eastside International Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA
-Locals Only, Left Field; San Luis Obispo, CA
2016
-3rd Annual DRAWN Exhibition, Manifest; Cincinnati, OH
-FiEGGsta!, Artist Foundation of San Antonio; San Antonio, TX
-Calpoly Connection, Studios on the Park; Paso Robles, CA
2015
-One More Week of Summer, Muriel Guepin Gallery; New York City, NY
-The 47th Collectors Show, The Arkansas Arts Center; Little Rock, AR
-Faculty Research Triennial, Cal Poly University Art Gallery; San Luis Obispo, CA
-Elemental ‘Scapes, Main Gallery, UTSA; San Antonio, TX
-Ignite, Women & Their Work; Austin, TX
-Calpoly Connection, Studios on the Park; Paso Robles, CA
2014
-Texas Draws III, Southwest School of Art; San Antonio, TX
-Nurtured Nature, Muriel Guepin Gallery; New York City, NY
-Paris Art Fair, Muriel Guepin Gallery, Paris, France
-Star BASH, Women & Their Work; Austin, TX
2013
-Flight Gallery; San Antonio, TX
-Miami Project, David Shelton Gallery; Miami, FL
-Drawing Annual, Tiny Park Gallery; Austin, TX
-Rooted in Art, Women & Their Work; Austin, TX
-Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum; San Antonio, TX
-XVI Faculty Exhibition, Main Gallery; University of Texas at San Antonio; San Antonio, TX
-MAP, San Antonio Artists Foundation; San Antonio, TX
-Layered (Reverie), Red Arrow Contemporary; Dallas, TX
2012
-Miami Project, David Shelton Gallery; Miami, FL
-New Works on Paper, David Shelton Gallery; San Antonio, TX
-Miami, David Shelton Gallery, Marlin Hotel; Miami Beach, FL
-XV Faculty Exhibition, Department of Art & Art History, University of Texas at San Antonio; San Antonio, TX
-Texas Contemporary Art Fair, David Shelton Gallery; Houston, TX
-Next, Galleri Urbane; Dallas, TX
-Works on Paper, David Shelton Gallery; San Antonio, TX
-BlackBall 2011, Glasstire: Texas Visual Art; Houston, TX
-Bold about Art, Women and their Work; Austin, TX
2010
-Road Show: Houston, David Shelton Gallery at Inman Annex; Houston, TX
-ONE: Part 2, David Shelton Gallery; San Antonio, TX
-Here and NOW and Then, Art Lofts Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Madison, WI
-One: A Group Exhibition, David Shelton Gallery; San Antonio, TX
-Foretopia, David Shelton Gallery; San Antonio, TX
-Chill, D Berman Gallery; Austin, TX
2009
-One on One on One, Art Palace; Austin, TX
-The Dog and Pony Show, Curator: Nina Rizzo, Assistant Professor of Painting, NIU, Bad Dog Gallery; DeKalb, IL
-60 WRD/MIN Art Critic, participant in Lori Waxman’s performance critic at Arthouse; Austin, TX
-Twisted Spurs 2009, Juror: Angel Quesada of the Mexic-Arte Museum, K Space Contemporary; Corpus Christi, TX (Award Recipient)
-Paperworks 2009 International Juried Competition, Juror: Maura Heffner, Exhibition Mgr. Whitney Museum of American Art, B.J. Spokes Gallery; Huntington, NY
-27th Annual Juried Exhibition, Juror: Nat Trotman, Assistant Curator of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Pleiades Gallery of Contemporary Art, Inc; New York, NY
-Works of Art on Paper, Juror: Shelley Langdale, Associate Curator of Prints and Drawings of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences; Loveladies, New Jersey
-The XIV Biennial UTSA Art Faculty Exhibition, UTSA Art Gallery, The University of Texas at San Antonio Department of Art and Art History; San Antonio, TX
-Texas National 2009, Juror: Mel Chin, The Cole Center @ The Opera House, Stephen F. Austin State University; Nacogdoches, TX
-Over and Out, Elizabeth Laurence Contemporary Art Space; San Francisco, CA
-EXPO 2009, Juror: Gavin Morrison, curator of the Fort Worth Contemporary Art Gallery, 500X Gallery; Dallas, TX
2008
-Housewarming Homecoming, FAB Gallery; Austin, TX
-Faculty Exhibition, Creative Research Lab, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Art and Art History; Austin, TX
-Shine! Black and White, Arlington Museum of Art; Arlington, TX
2007
-Massive, Curator: Jeff Litchfield, Under the Sun Gallery, associated with Gallery 705; El Paso, TX
-Faculty Exhibition, Creative Research Lab; University of Texas at Austin, Department of Art & Art History; Austin, TX
-Coda, MFA Thesis Show Part 1, Creative Research Lab; University of Texas at Austin, Department of Art & Art History; Austin, TX
2006
-Rebound, Caladan Gallery; Beverly, MA
-20 Megabytes, Guest Curator: Aaron Dubrow, MASS; Austin, TX
-Liquid Days: Navigating the Mutable Tides of Memory, Butridge Gallery at Dougherty Arts Center; Austin, TX
-Making it Alone, Creative Research Lab; University of Texas at Austin, Department of Art & Art History; Austin, TX
-Related, MASS; Austin, TX
2005
-Fever, Creative Research Lab; University of Texas at Austin, Department of Art & Art History; Austin, TX
-Shine! 2005 Moonglow, The Arlington Museum of Art; Arlington, TX
Residencies, Grants & Awards
2017
-Cow House Studios, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, Ireland
2015
-2015 Artist Award Nomination, The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, American Federation of Arts, New York, NY
-”August 2015 Working Artist Grant, Working Artist Org.” http://www.workingartist.org/Sara-Frantz.html
-Best Solo Gallery Exhibition 2014-2015 Nomination, Austin Critic’s Table; Austin, TX
2013
-Summer Resident, Vermont Studio Center; Johnson, Vermont
2012
-Graham Weston Award for Visual Art (Grant), San Antonio Artists Foundation; San Antonio, TX 2009
-Winner of Best in Show: Twisted Spurs 2009, Juror: Angel Quesada of the Mexic-Arte Museum, K Space Contemporary; Corpus Christi, TX
2008
-Summer Resident, NES Artist Residency; Skagastrond, Iceland
2006
-Graduate Travel Grant; University of Texas at Austin; Austin, TX
2004/5
-Emily Maverick Miller and Emily Miller Wells Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Art, University of Texas at Austin; Austin, TX
Selected Collections
-The Diane and Sandy Besser Collection; Sante Fe, NM
Selected Bibliography
2021
-Shane, Robert. “You Are Not Wonderful Just Because You Are a Mother.” Brooklyn Rail, April 21.
2020
-Tan, Brenda. “Fragments of the Ineffable: Sara Frantz,” LumArt Zin, July 9, 2020..
-Interview by Shaw, Michael. “Epis.#260: painter and professor Sara Frantz on challenging long-standing perceptions of women artists and myths about choosing motherhood,” The Conversation Art Podcast, January 31, 2020.
2019
-“Interview: Check Out Sara Frantz’s Artwork,” Voyage LA, November 21, 2019. http://voyagela.com/interview/check-sara-frantzs-artwork/
2018
-New American Paintings, No. 133, Pacific Coast Edition, Juror: Rita Gonzalez, Curator and Acting Department Head, Contemporary Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
2017
-11th International Drawing Annual, publication through MANIFEST, Cincinnati, OH.
-Interview featured on “Issues and Ideas”, KCBX Central Coast Public Radio (local NPR affiliate), May 29, 2017.
2016
-Bryan Rindfuss, “Sala Diaz Rebounds from Fire With ‘Vacancy’,” San Antonio Current, July 22, 2016.
-Interview: Sara Frantz, Creative Room 4 Talk, March 21,2016.
2015
-Sarah Linn, “Layered Landscapes: Sara Frantz Goes on an Architectural Road Trip,” KCET Artbound, November 9, 2015.
-Steve Bennett, “Artists navigate our place in the landscape,” San Antonio Express-News, June 9, 2015.
-Rachel Adams, “The Painted Void,” Arts+Culture Texas, February 5, 2015.
-Wayne Alan Brenner, “Sara Frantz: Between Borderlands,” The Austin Chronicle, February 6, 2015.
2014
-Michelle Avina, “Not Your Typical Southwestern Landscape,” PaperCity Magazine, July, 2014.
-Elda Silva, “Artist Explores the Architecture of Abstraction,” San Antonio Express, April 4, 2014.
2013
-New American Paintings, No. 108, West Addition, Juror: Veronica Roberts, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Blanton Museum of Art.
-Sara j Frantz,” Ça j’aime bien (blog). December 10, 2013. http://cajaimebien.com/
-Owen Bay, “2013 Tiny Park Drawing Annual,” Glasstire.com, August 8, 2013 .
-Luke Quinton, “Tiny Park artists going old school for new exhibit,” Austin American-Statesman, August 1, 2013.
-Matthew Irwin, “The 2013 Tiny Park Drawing Annual,” Austin Chronicle, August 2, 2013.
2012
-Robert Boyd, “Art I liked at the Houston Fine Arts Fair,” The Great God Pan is Dead (blog). September 8, 2012.
-Haydee Munoz, “Much More Than, “New Works on paper,” ART Magazine, San Antonio, TX, February 17, 2012.
2011
-”Elda Silva, “Landscapes blend abstract, real. Frantz exhibit inspired by trip along the West Coast, San Antonio Express, October 21, 2011.
-Scott Andrews, “Intimate, visually expanding ‘Works on Paper’ showcased at Shelton Gallery,” San Antonio Current. February 2011.
-Sarah Fisch, “Works on Paper at David Shelton,” Plaza de Armas TX, February 17th, 2011.
2010
-Steve Bennett, “Artist Explores Her Commute on Canvas,” San Antonio Express, March 14th, 2010.
2009
-New American Paintings, No. 84, Juror: Terrie Sultan, Director of The Parrish Art Museum
-Lori Waxman, 60 WRD/MIN Art Critic. Austin American-Statesman, July 15th, 2009. http://60wrdmin.org
-Emily Messer, Look & Listen: Finding isolation, desolation across borders. 210SA Volume 3, Issue 15; p. 11.
-Scott Dickens, “Quit the Neighborhood” with Sara J. Frantz,” San Antonio Contemporary Art Examiner.
1994
-Suzanne G. Hlotke, “A Fish Story that has a Profitable Ending,” Chicago Tribune, June 19, 1994 .