| Artist | Sarah Lee | Resides | United States |
| Website | srhlee.com | Medium | Quail and Chicken Eggshells Resin Metal Epoxy clay |
| Print Shop | sarah-lee-100019.square.site | [email protected] | |
| Follow the Artist | Themes | Animal Nature Evolution Human impact on nature Animal psychology |
About the artist
Sarah Lee was born in San Francisco, and currently lives and works in the Bay Area. She is a self-taught sculptor, and most of the skills – welding, bondo, resin, fiberglass, and auto body painting – were learned from mechanics and body men working at her father’s auto body shop. She occupies a small room on the first floor of the auto body shop, which was originally a storage space and eventually became her studio. To this day, she is constantly learning from these men, who have now become good friends. The armatures of her bigger sculptures are made of welded scrap auto body parts salvaged from unfortunate customers’ cars in need of repair. “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” In stark contrast with her metal work interior structure, Sarah meticulously manipulates and glues organic materials: eggshells, to convey themes of fragility and vulnerability in her work.
Sarah is the 1st Prize Winner of the Beautiful Bizarre Magazine Founders’ Emerging Artist Award, 2023 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize.
Artwork Themes & Subject Matter
Eggshells are fragile empty houses that are abandoned after birth; they become lifeless and no longer serve a purpose. Sarah Lee uses eggshells in her art to create, to up cycle, and to give another life to the material used. Eggshells and the scales of reptiles are similar in that they both provide a thin layer of protection, acting as a shield, but a vulnerable and fragile one. Sarah creates sculptures of animals that reveal fragility, vulnerability, insecurity, human emotions, awkwardness, odd self-inflicting behaviours, adaptation and survival. She crossbreeds Charles Darwin’s theory of “Survival of the Fittest” in order to enforce the power of adaptation and survival, to amplify these emotions that are underrepresented.
Press
Sarah Lee’s sculptures have been featured in Beautiful Bizarre Magazine
Upcoming Exhibitions
| When | Exhibition | Gallery |
| October 2024 | Group exhibition: “Enchanted Kingdoms” | Poetic Tiger Gallery ID. United States |
| February 2025 | Group exhibition: “Nautical Horizons” | Poetic Tiger Gallery ID. United States |
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Education
2016 M.F.A. California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA. United States
2012 B.F.A. in Illustration Design, Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles, CA. Unites States
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Ephemeral, Nanny Goat Gallery, CA. United States
2023
Serendipity, curated by Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, Haven Gallery, NY. United States
2021
Altered & Reimagined, Village Theatre Art Gallery, Danville, CA. United States
Shift, Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette, CA. United States
Lucid Dreaming, Curated by Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. United States
2020
Small Footprint, Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette, CA. United States
Holding Patterns, CCA Hubbell St, Galleries, San Francisco, CA. United States
Members show, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA. United States
2019
Cultivando Tiempo, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco, CA. United States
Alma Mater: Methods, CCA Hubbell St. Galleries, San Francisco, CA. United States
My Mother’s Maiden Name, Root Division, San Francisco, CA. United States
Coastal, 1337 Gallery, San Rafael, CA. United States
Crocker Kingsley Show, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA. United States
Postcolonial Revenge, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco, CA. United States
2018
Slice, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA. United States
Fresh Works VIII, Firehouse Art Center, Pleasanton, CA. United States
Message in a Bottle, Palace of Fine Art, San Francisco, CA. United States
Imperial Woodpecker, Firehouse Art Center, Pleasanton, CA. United States
Scientific Illustration, Fe Gallery, Sacramento, CA. United States
2017
WILD, curated by Marisa Aragona, Root Division, San Francisco, CA. United States
Detritus, curated by Kevin B. Chen, Lisa Ellsworth, Lordy Rodriguez, San Jose ICA, San Jose, CA. United States
Sweet n Low, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA. United States
Echame Aguas, curated by Glida Posada, Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA. United States
