Sarah Canfield

Born in Clifton Park, New York / Works in East Orange, New Jersey

BIO

Sarah Canfield is a multidisciplinary artist working in painting, photography, mixed media and sculpture. She has exhibited widely in galleries and museums, including the Montclair Art Museum, the Morris Museum, the Pennsylvania State Museum, the Woodmere Art Museum, the Noyes Museum. She is an instructor at the Montclair Art Museum and Union County College. She graduated with a BFA, cum laude, from Alfred University. Sarah received a 2022 Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

You'll like Sarah if: technology is a huge part of your life and you can't go five minutes without looking at your phone

My art examines the conflict between technology and nature using both realistic and abstract imagery. Each work is created using photographs combined with painting, digital manipulation and collage techniques. Digital photography is balanced by the handmade processes of painting and the physicality of sculpture. My sculptures are composed of multiple layers of transparent images that optically merge, creating an illusion of deep space. The depth in my work speaks to how deeply embedded technology is in our lives.