About
Sara K Dunn
she/her
I'm currently based in the Burren, Ireland in pursuit of an MFA in Art and Ecology from the Burren College of Art.
I’m a multimedia artist, budding ecologist, and informal historical researcher. My art practice is filtered through the lens of my Queer, neurodivergent, and feminist identities. The natural world has been my primary muse, and in more recent years, I have looked to both human and more-than-human inhabitants to learn from and depict their experiences to draw parallels between them all.
My aim with my art practice is to wonder at how interconnected everything on this earth is, and how human connections and communal care echo these natural structures. To be aware of the current events that grip our reality is essential, and to ignore them does a disservice to us all. In this vein, I gather inspiration from both the world around me and deep within myself, then distill my perceptions into my artworks through a myriad of mediums.
My visual language is varied in method and materials but has a connecting thread through color and detail. I specialize in illustration, printmaking, painting, and design with more recent explorations in sculpture, installation art, and performance. I pull inspiration from historical artistic practices and subject matters and apply them to contemporary subjects and concepts. Both antiquated and of this time, my work blends time periods, and ways of living.
CURRICULIUM VITAE
Education
2023-2025 MFA Candidate in Art and Ecology
at Burren College of Art, Ireland
2019 URI Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Program
at University of Rhode Island, South Kingston, RI, USA
2013-2017 BFA with Honors in Illustration
at Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, USA
Publications
Paddenstolen - In Kunst, Cultuur, and Natuur
by Antoon Kuhlmann and Dominique Clement
Hortus Nijmegen Botanical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Published February 2022
CARGO Comic Anthology
AWE Comics, Providence, RI, USA
Issue No. 2 - 2020
Issue No. 1 -2018
Thin Noon Literary Journal
Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Issue No. 3 - 2017
Issue No. 2 -2016
Issue No. 1 -2015
FREAKLORE Zine
Magik Press, New London, CT, USA
FREAKLORE Zine - 2023
Residencies
2023 - Wedding Cake House Residency: March Cohort
Wedding Cake House, Providence, RI, USA
2012 - Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Residency
Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Exhibitions and Collections
2023 - Fairy Garden Days: Featured Artist
Roger Williams Park Botanical Center, Cranston, RI, USA
2023 - Springtime Iridescent Pond: Window Display Artist
Campus Fine Wines in Fox Point, Providence, RI, USA
2023 - Demystifying Process: A PVDPrintmakers Exhibition
Waterfire Arts Center, Providence, RI, USA
2023 - My Buddy Dorothy Group Show
Sonny's House, Portland, OR, USA
2021-22 - Imagined Plants: Giving Plastic Packaging Another Life
Edna Lawrence Nature Lab at RISD, Providence, RI, USA
2022 - Homage: Group Show
On the Fringe, NYC. Tribeca, NY, USA
2021 - Vacant Museum: Lost & Found
Global Online Art Gallery: VacantMuseum.com
2021 - The Queer Art Collective: Petrichor
The QAC, The Armory, Pawtucket, RI, USA
2021 - Bloom Collective: Window Display Artist
Bloom Collective at The West End, Providence, RI, USA
2021 - The Queer Art Collective: Opening Exhibition
The QAC, The Armory, Pawtucket, RI, USA
2020 - Bloom Collective: Vendor and Window Display Artist
Pop-Up Shop, Providence, RI, USA
2020 - Prints for Protest Edition
Philadelphia, PA, USA
2019 - Miami Art Week: Satellite Art Show
Wynwood, Miami, FL, USA
2019 - Prints for Protest Edition
New York City, NY, USA
2019 - Salon De Thé
Studio 1608, West Palm Beach, FL, USA
2019 - The Threshold
Studio 1608, West Palm Beach, FL USA
2018 - Miami Art Week: Satellite Art Show
Satellite Gallery, Miami, FL, USA
2018 - Paris Plus Friends: Week Three
Pop-Up Gallery, Providence, RI, USA
2017 - Time. Space. Place. Global Thoughts & Practices
Woods-Gerry Gallery at RISD, Providence, RI, USA
2017 - Classically Trained, a Senior Show
RISD Illustration Gallery Space, Providence, RI, USA
2017 - Illustration Senior Show
Woods-Gerry Gallery at RISD, Providence, RI, USA
2017 - Investigating Myths and Legends of the Burren The Burren College of Art, The Burren, Ireland
Contact
Currently open to commissions
feel free to inquire about art pieces
For children's book inquires contact:
photo credit: Elle Osterich