Sara Pittman
Born in 1991. Lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Artist Statement
American painter, Sara Pittman is interested in the exploration of intuition and its relationship to space in her atmospheric, non-representational paintings. The artist’s desire to escape familiarity can be felt through her distinct, sfumato approach to painting in which she blends edges, softening shapes and marks to create movement that is dreamlike and mysterious. Her paintings, which are often described as exuding an emotional aura, are recognizable for their ethereal quality and ability to draw the viewer in through the use of light and dimension. Symphonic yet deliberate shapes and colors collide with chaotic marks in what becomes a harmonious exchange between intention and instinct. Pittman describes this part of her process as a ‘bridge forming from a place of intuition to a moment of clarity’ and sees its relationship to the dialogue between the human desire for freedom and the need for control. Through this juxtaposition her work transforms into a call and response exchange, and the painting takes on a narrative that is not so much revealing these personal explorations as it is hiding them. What results is a curious realm of compositional rhythms and brush work that pull the viewer in and out, almost like viewing an image slightly out of focus. While the paintings themselves feel fantastical, the artist provides poetic titles the brings us back to the concrete world. Pittman gifts us with work that is visually out of the ordinary, yet emotionally familiar.
Education
2015 Huntingdon College, Bachelor of Fine Arts
2016 – 2018 Redux Contemporary Art Center, Studio Artist Program
Awards / Press
2020 Voyage Atlanta, “Hidden Gems”, July
2020 The Visionary Projects, “Three Abstract Creatives We Love”, July
2018 Artbeat Mag, “Walker Fine Art Presents a Conscious Surrender”
2018 Art Mag, INTRO Artists
2017 Post and Courier, December
2017 Charleston Style and Design
2017 American Art Collector, October
2017 Art Mag, “8 Artists Bringing the Heat This Summer”
2017 World of Interiors Magazine, Chicago
2017 Widewalls
2017 Avidly Home, Canada, “Artist Profile”
2014 Outstanding Artist of the Year, Huntingdon College
Speaking Engagements
2017 Selected Presenter for Pecha Kucha XXVII, Charleston, SC
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Salon Style, TEW GAlleries, Atlanta, GA
New Paintings by Sara Pittman, TEW GAlleries, Atlanta, GA
Revealing Radience, Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO
2022 Veiled and Unveiled, TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA
2018 Sara Pittman: The Road Between, Beresford Studios, Charleston, South Carolina
2018 Sara Pittman: Unfamiliar Truths, Tandem Art & Design, Savannah, Georgia
2016 Jeffrey Cortland Jones & Sara Pittman: Paintings by Sara Pittman and Jeffrey Cortland Jones, Matthew Rachman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Group Exhibitions
2024 Salon Style Show, TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA
2023 The Mechanics of Color, TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA
Revealing Radience, Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO
2022 Summer Select, Claire Elizabeth Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2021 Group Show, Walker Fine Art, Denver, Colorado
2021 Intuition, The Miller Gallery, Charleston, South Carolina
2018 Conscious Surrender, Walker Fine Art, Denver, Colorado
2018 Intro, Art Mag, Charleston, South Carolina
2017 Departure Theory, H. Gallery, Ventura, California
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