About Sarah Teasdale
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Education
2000 - 2004
University of Washinton
Awards
2001
First Place
1990
Best New Artist
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Event: On Site
Dates: 12 Apr 2018 - 28 Jun 2018
Group show with group of geometric abstract artists 'Geometica'
Geometica is an artist collective with a common aesthetic of geometric abstraction, inspired from architecture, nature, physics, design and technology.
The core of this group are eight artists whose experience covers fine art painting, printmaking, public art and murals, and sculpture, with expertise in curatorial, design and installation of artwork.
As a collective, we offer a wide inventory of artwork, with the labor and capability to create installations with a united and unique vision.
Event: Seattle Cityscape Show
Dates: 1 Sep 2017 - 1 Oct 2017
This was an exhibition put on by a group of geometric abstract painters called 'Geometica'
Geometica is an artist collective with a common aesthetic of geometric abstraction, inspired from architecture, nature, physics, design and technology.
The core of this group are eight artists whose experience covers fine art painting, printmaking, public art and murals, and sculpture, with expertise in curatorial, design and installation of artwork.
As a collective, we offer a wide inventory of artwork, with the labor and capability to create installations with a united and unique vision.
Event: Technaissance
Dates: 7 Jul 2017 - 5 Aug 2017
In the information age a fresh visual aesthetic is being formed. Technology has been providing creatives with original means of expression since its beginning. For example, the birth of impressionism was facilitated by the development of the easel and the introduction of premixed paints in lead tubes. Teasdale is inspired by how technology expresses imagery. She is inspired by the aesthetics of the pixel and likes to manipulate images to find the perfect balance between the virtual and the real.
“My work explores how technology, math and art can, and do, influence each other. I focus on patterns derived from both mathematical and digital worlds and try to highlight the order and beauty found within them. Patterns have an underlying mathematical structure and can be seen as a search for regularities. When we recognize these arrangements we have an emotional reaction that is deeply rooted in our instincts and development."
Event: Patterns That Connect
Dates: 6 Apr 2017 - 6 May 2017
This was an exhibition of paintings put on by a group of geometric abstract painters called "Geometica".
Event: Coded Landscapes
Dates: 9 Apr 2015 - 8 May 2015
Griffith and Sarah Teasdale’s paintings use systems of pattern based image construction to translate the exterior landscape for interior spaces. References to 8 bit imagery, wallpaper, and hieroglyphics suggest a language that melds both ancient and contemporary codes of representation. Griffith’s invented world is visually constructed from an accumulation of basic forms influenced by language, nature,and ecology. His reductive vocabulary recognizes the individual nature of smaller parts, combining to form a greater whole. This deconstructive process also references the pixel and processes of digitalization. Teasdale’s work comes from a wide range of influences, including mathematics and geometry. Her recent work reflects a longstanding fascination with pattern and textile design. She builds her paintings layer by layer using repetition and loose geometry to create soothing mediations between color and line.
Event: In Technicolor
Dates: 11 Apr 2014 - 11 May 2014
Group painting exhibition featuring 10 artists
Event: Sense and Sensibility
Dates: 9 Feb 2010 - 28 Feb 2010
History, personal and otherwise is brought forth through an eclectic mix media and mode.
The work of Sarah Teasdale is heavily influenced Victorian era life, society and literature. Her paintings are much about color often limiting her palette to two or three colors, she believes in color psychology, creating a sense of atmosphere with each of her pieces.
Event: Juried Group Exhibition
Dates: 11 Oct 2001 - 1 Nov 2001
This was a juried group exhibition of paintings for which I won first place. The Jacob Lawrence Gallery is located on the campus of the University of Washington.
Biography
My artwork evolves in line with technology. I never stay in one place but I keep my eye trained on impending social developments.
I started a series of geometric abstract paintings in 2014 and I pulled visual imagery from our modern world- the digital age. Computers were ubiquitous. Pixels and code-like shapes began to appear in my paintings. My geometric abstract series is meant to be aesthetically pleasing to the eye and it is also meant to chronicle the digital age.
My latest works looks to the future- to the era after the digital one.
Some people are calling this the Post Digital age. In this new era the
digital device shrinks into the background, allowing the human soul to
re-emerge. At present we live in a mid-digital world, one where digital
technology has us in its transfixed grip. We rely on digital devices
like laptops and smart phones to navigate our way through our daily
lives.
One day digital technology will not be our
center of attention but will immerse itself into the background. It will
still be there but not the center of our attention. This Post Digital
world will be a technological and social revolution. It will be about
taking a humanistic approach to problem solving. This new era will give
us the capacity to explore new sensory experiences, and engage in a
beautiful world that exists beyond the screen. Technology will allow for
these new sensory experiences. In this new era nature will become more
important and a sought after alternative to sitting in front of a
screen.
Biography:
Born in Vancouver and raised in Seattle, Sarah Teasdale decided early on that the life of an artist was for her, inspired to start painting by a series of dreams that she had. She earned her BFA at the University of Washington, and in 2001, she held her first exhibition, at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery juried exhibition, receiving first place with her painting "Sea Dream." Creative by nature, she nevertheless works hard to practice her skills and research her subject matter poring over such topics as the Victorian era, medieval castles, technology, and nature.
Influenced heavily by technology, Sarah seeks through her work to illustrate the aesthetic sentiments of our modern world with acrylic paints, geometric shapes, complex layer, rich coloring, and explosive texture. Through her work, she looks closely at the line (sometimes fine, sometimes blurry) that stands between the digital world and the real world. Her work has elicited comparisons to pixelated video games, a compliment to her attempts at pointing out just how deeply technology and art inspire one another.
Sarah won "Best New Artist" from the Seattle Urban League in 1990, and in one of her most recent paintings, "Magical Forest," she touches upon the topic of a post-digital world, a topic that she hopes to delve into further in her work.
