Sarah McEneaney
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|01|31}}
| birth_place = Munich, West Germany
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| nationality = American
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| known_for = Painting
| training = Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, University of the Arts (Philadelphia)
| movement = Narrative art, Naïve art
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| awards = Pew Fellowship in the Arts, Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant
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Sarah McEneaney (born January 31, 1955, in Munich, West Germany) is an American artist, painter, and community activist who lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Working primarily in egg tempera her paintings are characterized by their autobiographical content, detailed brushwork, and brilliant color. McEneaney's intimate subject matter focuses on daily scenes from her home, studio, travels, and neighborhood. Her work is included in public collections such as the Philadelphia Museum of Art and she has received numerous grants and awards. McEneaney is also active in community work, including the formation of the Callowhill Neighborhood Association in 2001, and the co-founding of the Reading Viaduct Project in 2003.
Career
McEneaney is represented by Locks Gallery in Philadelphia and Tibor de Nagy Gallery in New York City. In 2004, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia held a mid-career exhibition of her work accompanied by a fully illustrated publication authored by Chief Curator Ingrid Schaffner. Individual works were also discussed by 11 other contributors, including Sarah McEneaney, art historian and former Philadelphia Museum of Art curator Susan Rosenberg, artist Sheila Pepe, and poet Nathalie Anderson.{{cite book|url=http://www.artbook.com/0884541045.html |title=Distributed Art Publishers: Sarah McEneaney ICA Philadelphia}}
Her work is in numerous public collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art,[http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/results.html?searchTxt=&searchNameID=21161&searchClassID=&searchOrigin=&searchDeptID=&keySearch2=+Search+&accessionID=&page=1 Philadelphia Museum of Art – Collections] Mills College Art Museum,[http://www.artandeducation.net/announcement/summer-at-the-mills-college-art-museum/ Art&Education Mills College Art Museum] the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,[http://www.pafa.org/museum/The-Collection-Greenfield-American-Art-Resource/Tour-the-Collection/Category/Collection-Detail/985/let--M/mkey--13987/nameid--989/pageindex--1/ PAFA: Sarah McEneaney- Sioux Falls] Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Woodmere Art Museum, Bryn Mawr College, Nueberger Museum at SUNY Purchase, the State Museum of Pennsylvania, the Free Library of Philadelphia,[http://www.tibordenagy.com/artists/sarah-mceneaney/ Sarah McEneaney CV/Bio – Tibor de Nagy] and the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College.[http://hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu/exhibitions/2015aboutface/ About Face: Self Portraiture from the Permanent Collection at the Hood Museum] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320051718/http://hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu/exhibitions/2015aboutface/ |date=2015-03-20 }}
=Select exhibitions=
- Studio Living (2014) Tibor de Nagy, New York, solo exhibition[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/14/arts/design/sarah-mceneaney-studio-living-and-hannah-wilke-selected-work-1963-1990.html?_r=0 Roberta Smith on Sarah McEneaney: Studio Living for the New York Times]
- "First Look", (2013) Philadelphia Museum of Art[http://www.philamuseum.org/exhibitions/791.html PMA: First Look]
- Trestletown, (2013) Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, solo exhibition[http://hiddencityphila.org/2013/10/the-viaduct-at-the-heart-of-her-life-and-art/ Hidden City: The Viaduct at the Heart of Her Life and Art]
- "The Female Gaze: Women Artists Making Their World", The Linda Lee Alter Collection of Art by Women, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts[https://www.pafa.org/exhibitions/female-gaze-women-artists-making-their-world PAFA: The Female Gaze]
- Sarah McEneaney, (2004) Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, solo exhibition
- "Memory and Mastery" (2000), List Gallery at Swarthmore College, solo exhibition[http://www.swarthmore.edu/list-gallery/select-past-exhibitions List Gallery Past Exhibitions]
- "Sarah McEneaney" (1990) Morris Gallery at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, solo exhibition
Recognition
In 1993, McEneaney received a Pew Fellowship in the Arts and has received subsequent grants in 2001, 2002, and 2008.[http://www.pcah.us/people/sarah_mceneaney Pew Center for Arts and Heritage – Fellows] In 2000, she received a prestigious Painters & Sculptors Grant from the Joan Mitchell Foundation.[http://joanmitchellfoundation.org/center/programs/air/2013/sarah-mceneaney Joan Mitchell Foundation] In 2007, she was honored by her alma mater with the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.[http://locksgallery.com/artists/bio/locksCvMceneaney.pdf Sarah McEneaney CV] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403013324/http://locksgallery.com/artists/bio/locksCvMceneaney.pdf |date=2015-04-03 }}
Community work
McEneaney’s community work includes forming the Callowhill Neighborhood Association in Philadelphia with neighbors in 2001, and co-founded the Reading Viaduct Project in 2003.{{cite web|url=https://www.pafa.org/stories/sarah-mceneaney |title= Stories: Sarah McEneaney |publisher=Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts}} The goal of the project was to preserve and renovate the Reading Viaduct, a stretch of abandoned railway that carried trains into Philadelphia’s Reading Terminal for almost 100 years, creating the neighborhood’s first park. Reading Viaduct Project merged with Friends of the Rail Park in late 2013 to form a nonprofit organization advocating for the park. McEneaney continues to act on their board of directors.{{cite web|url=http://www.therailpark.org/about/ |title= Friends of the Rail Park: About}}
References
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External links
- [http://icaphila.org/exhibitions/1773/sarah-mceneaney Sarah McEneaney 2004 Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia Exhibition]
- [http://www.artnet.com/artists/sarah-mceneaney/ Sarah McEneaney on artnet]
- [http://hyperallergic.com/175501/beer-with-a-painter-sarah-mceneaney/ "Beer with a Painter"], Hyperallergic interview 2015
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Category:American women artists
Category:Artists from Philadelphia
Category:Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts alumni