Sarah Sze represented the United States at the Venice Biennale in 2013, and was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2003. She has exhibited in museums worldwide, and her works are held in the permanent collections of prominent institutions, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The Fondation Cartier, Paris; Tate Modern, London; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the Museum of Modern Art, Los Angeles. Sze's work has been featured in the Whitney Biennial (2000), The Carnegie International (1999), and several international Biennials, including Berlin (1998), Guangzhou (2015), Liverpool (2008), Lyon (2009), Sao Paulo (2002), and Venice (1999, 2013, and 2015). Sze has also created public works for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and for the High Line and the Public Art Fund in New York. In 2016, Sze completed a permanent commission for the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority's 96th Street Station of the 2nd Avenue subway line, and in 2015, Phaidon published a monograph on Sze's work as part of the Contemporary Artists Series. Sarah Sze received her BFA from Yale University (1991) and her MFA from the School of Visual Arts (1997). She was born in Boston, Massachusetts and lives and works in New York.
In 2017, Sarah mounted major solo exhibitions at the Haus der Kunst, Munich and Copenhagen Contemporary, Denmark. She was an Honoree for the National Academy Museum and School as well as for the Hirshhorn Gala at Lincoln Center. Her forthcoming works include permanent outdoor commissions for Western Washington University, the City of Portland, Maine, and the San Francisco Arts Commission.
Virtual Studio Visits: Klaus Biesenbach in Conversation with Sarah Sze
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TheatreAsia Society Museum Honors Professors David Henry Hwang and Sarah Sze
Associate Professor of Theatre and Head of Playwriting David Henry Hwang and Visual Arts Professor Sarah Sze are among this year’s honorees for the Asia Arts Game Changer Awards.
Visual Arts
Professor Sarah Sze's Sculpture at LaGuardia Airport
A new sculpture by Professor?Sarah Sze?is on permanent display in the Arrivals and Departures hall at LaGuardia Airport. This work was commissioned alongside work by other notable New York artists for LaGuardia Airport’s renovation.?
Visual Arts
Several Columbia Artists in 'Common Space' at Oolite Arts Miami
Several Columbia artists are featured in?Common Space, an exhibition on display?at?Oolite Arts?in Miami, Florida until January 23, 2022.
Visual Arts
Professor Sarah Sze Commissioned to Create New Work for Storm King's Permanent Collection
Professor Sarah Sze has been commissioned to create a new, site-specific work for the permanent collection at Storm King Art Center.
Visual Arts
Professor Sarah Sze in Group Exhibition ‘Off the Wall’
Professor Sarah Sze is in the group exhibition, Off the Wall at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The exhibition presents photography-based installations that literally move the art off the wall and into the gallery space.
Visual Arts
Professor Sarah Sze Commissioned for Public Art Fund Exhibition Laguardia Group
This month, the newly renovated Terminal B of LaGuardia Airport reopened with installations by four artists, including the stunning five-ton sculpture “Shorter Than the Day” by Professor Sarah Sze.
Visual Arts
Visual Art Professor Sarah Sze in Solo Exhibition ‘Night into Day’
Visual Art Professor Sarah Sze is featured in solo exhibition Night into Day in Paris, France.
Interdisciplinary
Alumni and Faculty Inducted into the Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2020
On April 23, the?American Academy of Arts & Sciences?announced its?newest members of 2020. Among the 276 artists, scholars, scientists, and leaders inducted include Columbia University’s Visual Arts Professor?Sarah Sze?and Writing alumna?Claudia Rankine?’93.
Visual Arts
Four Faculty Members Featured in Venice Biennale Art 2019
Four Visual?Arts faculty members are featured in?Venice Bienniale's 58th Annual Art Exhibition, running May 11 to November 24, 2019.
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On Leave 2022-2023 Academic Year
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