I was born and raised in the high desert.

Unending space—constantly seen & felt—was my primary, formative experience of landscape.

I grew up with a resonant sense of existing in proportion to a visibly vaster reality.

My practice is a psychological and aesthetic exploration

of the connection between place and identity.

I’m specifically interested in the process of internalizing vastness,

and the capacity of place to offer a generative space where conceptions of the self

may be dissolved and experienced anew.

My work responds to diverse indoor and outdoor landscapes,

and I use materials that evoke qualities of expansiveness, both literal and perceptual —

that is, both external and internal.

The materials mimic the elements and processes of an expansive landscape,

while also referencing the human impulse to respond through the creation of our own

structures and shelters. I manipulate the materials minimally, allowing their

intrinsic properties to drive the creative process. 

Ultimately, my practice seeks to balance deference to expanse

with an integrated, responsive assertion of self.

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Sarah E. Brook is a Brooklyn-based mixed-media sculptor and installation artist. She grew up in Reno, Nevada, and her work explores the psychological impact of vast landscape on the development of identity. Brook studied fine art at the University of Notre Dame and the Art Students League of New York. Solo exhibitions include Necessity at the Greenpoint Gallery (2014) and Offering at Gowanus Loft (2015). Notable group exhibitions include the (un)Scene Art Show, Surface Matters at BRIC, Show #31 at Field Projects Gallery and εὖτόπος throughout the Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art at Snug Harbor’s Cultural Center.

Recently, Brook’s outdoor sculpture Open Shelter was installed in Prospect Park in conjunction with the 2016 Artslope festival. She has been awarded residencies at Jentel in Banner, WY, Playa in Summer Lake, OR, and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts in Nebraska City, NE. Other awards include First Prize at Viridian Artist’s (NY, NY) 25th Annual International Show, juried by Katherine Brinson of the Guggenheim Museum, and Best in Show at the Greenpoint Gallery’s (Brooklyn, NY) Annual Salon Show. 

SOLO & DUO* EXHIBITIONS

2017 Surface Matters/BRIC* Brooklyn, NY

2015 Offering/Gowanus Loft Brooklyn, NY

2014 Necessity/Greenpoint Gallery Brooklyn, NY 

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017 Wide Open 8/Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Collective Brooklyn, NY

2016 Rind/Carrie Able Gallery Brooklyn, NY

2016 Portal/Ground Floor Gallery Brooklyn, NY

2016 SOHO20 Fall Benefit/SOHO20 Gallery Brooklyn, NY

2016 Art Slope/Prospect Park Brooklyn, NY

2016 Making the Future/David & Schweitzer Contemporary Bushwick, NY

2016 εὖτόπος/Snug Harbor Cultural Center New York, NY

2016 Show 31/Field Projects New York, NY

2016 Building Sights/Nha Minh Brooklyn, NY

2016 The Art of Healing/Vespa Projects Brooklyn, NY

2015 Bemis Center for Contemporary Art Auction Omaha, NE

2015 (un)Scene Art Show/Armory Arts Week New York, NY

2015 Open 15/Front Art Space New York, NY

2015 You’ve Got Mail/Ground Floor Gallery Brooklyn, NY

2015 Seeking Space/Bushwick Open Studios Brooklyn, NY

2014 Over the Edge: Paperworks Unbound/Williamsburg Arts and Historical Center Brooklyn, NY

2014 Art From The Heart/Gowanus Loft Brooklyn, NY

2014 Viridian Artists 25th International Juried Exhibition New York, NY

2014 12x12/Castle Fitzjohns Gallery New York, NY

2014 Midsummer/440 Gallery Project Space Brooklyn, NY

2014 Greenpoint Gallery Juried Salon Show Brooklyn, NY

2014 Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery New York, NY

2014 DUMBO Gallery Walk/Maya Malioutina Studio Gallery Brooklyn, NY

2013 Armature Art Space Brooklyn, NY

2013 The Story of the Creative, See.Me Gallery Queens, NY

2013 DUMBO Gallery Walk, Maya Malioutina Studio Gallery Brooklyn, NY

2013 A.T. Kearney Winter Exhibition New York, NY

2013 Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery New York, NY

2012 Arsenal Gallery/Department of Parks and Recreation New York, NY

2012 Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery New York, NY

2011 Manhattan Borough President Annual Small Works Exhibition New York, NY

2011 Momentos de Arte y Cultura/International Day of the Working Woman Queens, NY