Born in the suburbs of Chicago, IL.
Lives and works in Los Angeles and Arroyo Grande, CA.
Associate Professor of Studio Art at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, CA.
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.
Associate Professor of Studio Art at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, CA.
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 .