Sarah Smelser
Born 1971, Berkeley, CA
EDUCATION
1997 MFA in Photography, with a minor in Printmaking, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1996 MA in Printmaking, with a minor in Photography, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1993 BA in Art, with an emphasis in Printmaking, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
Phi Beta Kappa, UC Santa Cruz
Oakes College Honors, UC Santa Cruz
1991/92 Il Bisonte International School of Graphic Art, Florence, Italy
COLLECTIONS
Alliance Bernstein, White Plains, NY
Amity Art Foundation, Woodbridge, CT
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Aukland Art Gallery, Aukland, New Zealand
Barclays Global Investors, San Francisco, CA
Robert Blackburn’s Printmaking Workshop, New York, NY
K. Caraccio Studio and Gallery, New York, NY
Chase Manhattan Corporate Collection, New York, NY
Cihna Sanbao Ceramic Art Museum, Shanghai, China
College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
Faulconer Gallery, Grinell College, Grinell, IA
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA
Hallmark Corporate Collection, Kansas City, MO
Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, MO
Frans Masereel Archive, housed at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, IL
Ministry of Flemish Community, Belgium
Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
New York Public Library, New York, NY
PEARS Print Archive, ND State University, Fargo, ND
Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Pfizer Company, New York, NY
Readers’ Digest Association/Lila Acheson Wallace Collection, Pleasantville, NY Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Spencer Museum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
TIAA/CREF Corporate Collection, New York, NY
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
University of Texas, Austin, TX
University of Wisconsin/Parkside, Kenosha, WI
University of Wisconsin/Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
US Department of State, Washington DC
United States Library of Congress, Washington DC
Weill Cornell Medical College, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY Wellington Management, Boston, MA
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
The Jane Vorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ