About
Sara K Dunn
She/Her
Born in North America, raised in Stuttgart, Germany.
Currently based on Wampanoag and Narragansett land in Providence, RI.
Sara K Dunn is a queer illustrator, designer, printmaker, sculptor, and budding ecologist. She earned a BFA in Illustration from RISD and decided to stay in Providence, RI to pursue creative projects and endeavors. She cares about aesthetic, and design –creating a cohesive identity in her own art and lifestyle. Sara has created a world of her own while still considering the contemporary world around her, and others who reside in it. She lives and breathes her work, and it means the world to her that other people relate to her art.
Sara dabbles in many different mediums, ranging from detailed pen work to strange compiled sculptures. She likes to consider the relationship between objects and the spaces around them, constantly trying to find new ways of conveying this concept. She is open to doing works that reach different age groups; from ones geared towards children to more sophisticated concepts.
If she's not holed up in her little apartment, creating, you can find her in gardens around Rhode Island, communing with the plants. Another potential location will be the local flea market, thrift store, or vintage shop.
Curriculum vitae
Education
2023-2025 MFA Candidate in Art and Ecology
at the Burren College of Art, Ireland
2019 - URI Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Program
2013-2017 - BFA with Honors in Illustration
at the Rhode Island School of Design
2016 - Burren College of Art month long programme
Scholarships & Awards
2016 - Edna Lawrence Scholarship at RISD
2012 - Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Program
Publications
2020 - Paddenstolen - In Kunst, Cultuur, and Natuur
2020 - CARGO Issue No. 2
2018 - CARGO Issue No. 1
2017 - Thin Noon Issue No. 3
2016 - Thin Noon Issue No. 2
2015 - Thin Noon Issue No. 1
RESIDENCIES
2023 - Wedding Cake House Residency: March Cohort
Wedding Cake House, Providence, RI, 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
2016 - Advanced Painting Show
RISD Illustration Gallery Space, Providence, RI, USA
2016 - Tarot Card Exhibition
RISD Illustration Paper Gallery, Providence, RI, USA
Contact
Currently open to commissions
feel free to inquire about art pieces
For children's book inquires contact: