Sara Greenberger Rafferty

Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

Education
2005
Master of Fine Arts, Sculpture and New Genres, Columbia University School of the Arts, New York

2000
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography with Honors and Art History Concentration, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence

Solo Projects
2011
Solo Project, The Suburban, Chicago, IL

2010
Artist in Residence Exhibition, Eli Marsh Gallery, Fayerweather Hall, Amherst College, Amherst, MA

2009
Sara Greenberger Rafferty: Tears, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York
BANANAS, The Kitchen, New York, curated by Matthew Lyons
SGR: Recent Photos and Videos, Eli Marsh Gallery, Fayerweather Hall, Amherst College, Amherst, MA

2006
De/Feat and Drawings, Sandroni Rey Gallery, Los Angeles
Sara Greenberger Rafferty, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, New York

Selected Group Exhibitions and Performances
2011
SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA

2010
Playboys & Killjoys, Ambach & Rice, Seattle, WA
You Were There, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Thomas Duncan
Conjuring Houdini, The Jewish Museum, New York (traveling to the Skirball Cultural Center, LA; Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco; Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI)
Living with Art: Collecting Contemporary in Metro New York, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
3 × 3 × 3, APT Project Rooms, Brooklyn, NY
Precarity and the Butter Tower, CTRL Gallery, Houston, Texas, curated by T. McGrath and Jackie Gendel
Transfer Function, ZieherSmith, New York
Preconceived Iconography, Museum 52, New York, NY
Knock Knock, Fred Torres, New York
Love & Theft, White Flag Projects, Saint Louis, MO

2009
Forth Estate Editions Fourteen 30 Contemporary, Portland OR
Pulp Fictions – Papierarbeiten, I Gruppenausstellung, Ferenbalm-Gurbrü Station, Karlruhe, Germany
Forth Estate Editions, Rhode Island School of Design Memorial Hall Gallery, RI
Kings County Biennial , Kidd Yellin, Brooklyn, NY, organized by Dustin Yellin and James Fuentes
Americana, Galleria Rubin, Milan, Italy
Evading Customs, Brown Gallery, London, organized by Lumi Tan and Peter J. Russo
I’m Feeling Lucky, P.P.OW, New York, organized by Ad Hoc Vox (performance)
Chaperone, EFA Project Space, New York (film screening)
New Prints 2009/Spring, International Print Center New York, selected by Polly Apfelbaum
New Frontiers, Ambach & Rice Gallery, Seattle, curated by Elizabeth Burke
Put On, Circus Gallery, Los Angeles, curated by C. Asper, J. Dudley. E. Greenbaum
Off the Wall, Van de Weghe Fine Art, New York

2008
Without Walls, Museum 52, New York
Forth Estate Editions, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn
Funny Not Funny, Bellwether Gallery, New York
Trapdoor MetroTech Commons, Brooklyn, presented by the Public Art Fund, New York
Untitled (Vicarious): Photographing the Constructed Object, Gagosian Gallery, Madison Avenue, New York
JACK*%SS, Susan Inglett Gallery, New York
The Human Face is a Monument, Guild & Greyshkul, New York, curated by Sara VanDerBeek
Fresh Kills, Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, New York, curated by David Kennedy-Cutler
Three Rooms: Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Shana Lutker, David Kennedy-Cutler, D’Amelio Terras Gallery, New York

2007
Display, Museum 52, New York
Brian Bress, Ruby Sky Stiler & Sara Greenberger Rafferty, SUNDAY, New York
Time-Based Art Festival 2007, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Oregon, curated by Kristan Kennedy, Catalogue
Obscene Soft Sounds, Wallspace, New York, curated by Janine Foeller and Jane Hait
For the People of Paris, Sutton Lane, Paris, curated by Sean Paul, Blake Rayne, Scott Lyall, Catalogue

2006
Flash on the Screen, BASEKAMP, Philadelphia, curated by David Dempewolf and Scott Rigby
VIEW 12: Heartbreaker, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, curated by Amy Smith-Stewart
Video Salon 6, 53 Hope Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, c/o E. Respini and J. Dyrenforth
Summer Windows (with Ruby Sky Stiler), Guild & Greyshkul, New York
Bring the War Home, QED, Los Angeles and Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, curated by Drew Heitzler
Local Transit, ARTSPACE, Auckland, New Zealand, curated by Brian Butler and Christian Rattemeyer
The Metaphysics of Youth, Fuori Uso, Pescara, Italy, curated by Irina Zucca and Luigi Fassi
CLUSTER Participant, Inc., New York and Espacio El Particular, Mexico City, organized by Katie Holten
Space Between the Spokes K.S. Art, New York
The Mind/Body Problem Artists Space, New York, curated by Christian Rattemeyer

2005
De/Feat screening, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill
Asa Nisi Masa, Marvelli Gallery, New York
Talk to the Land, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
Annotations, Champion Fine Arts, Los Angeles, curated by Public-Holiday Projects, Catalogue
Thesis Exhibition, Studebaker Building, New York, curated by Jeffrey Uslip, Publication

2004
Past Perfect, Kantor Gallery, New York – curated by Francesca DiMattio
Hungry Eyes, Wallach Art Gallery, New York, curated by Ali Subotnick, Brochure
Objects of Desire, Neiman Gallery, New York
Global Consulting Group: Art in the Office, GCG, New York, curated by Matt Keegan

2003
Holiday Shopping II, Wallspace, New York – curated by Robin Kahn
Tom Sachs Approved (as Sophie Spar), Printed Matter, Inc., New York, curated by Tom Sachs, Catalog
Rococo (announcer/MC), Supreme Trading, Brooklyn

2002
Book, Transformer Gallery, Washington, D.C., Brochure
Date, Northsix, Brooklyn

2000-01
The Worst of Gordon Pym continued..., Printed Matter, Inc., New York, curated by Ian Cooper and Peter Crump, Publication
To Market To Market (as Sophie Spar), The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, curated by Robin Kahn, Brochure
Nightie Nightmare, Northsix, Brooklyn
Sophie Spar Sale, Printed Matter, Inc., New York, Publication
Class, (solo) Red Eye Gallery, Providence

Artist’s Writings / Curatorial
“College Try.” Artforum.com, February 23, 2010
“Chemical Dependence.” Fantom 2, Winter 2010. (article on Liz Deschenes’ work)
Contributor, “I Like Your Work: Art and Etiquette,” New York: Paper Monument, 2009
“Master of None” in The Highlights / thehighlights.org, February 2009
Co-editor, with Matt Keegan, of North Drive Press annual publication and cultural project, 2005-2007
Catalogue essay: “You Know Nothing of My Work” in Bunch Alliance and Dissolve, Cincinnati: Contemporary Art Center, 2006, pp. 221-225
Curator, Thin Walls, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn, July – August 2006
Co-curator (with Matt Keegan) of NDP: The Movie, The Kitchen, New York, May 23, 2006
Interview with Eugene Mirman (comedian), Mean Magazine, May – June 2006, p. 30
Article on Andy Samberg (comedian), Mean Magazine, May – June 2006, pp. 57-60
freelance writer for Rhizome.org, New York, ongoing since 2005
“Carol Bove and Sara Greenberger Interview.” NDP#2, New York: North Drive Press, 2005
Contributor. “Person Entry: Alfred Barr.” Encyclopedia of 20th Century Photography, London: Routledge, 2005
Curator, “Sophie Spar Bazaar” (2001) and "Sophie Spar Sale" (2000)

Bibliography
Milano. "Social Studies Workbook by Sara Greenberger Rafferty and The OG Vol. 3 by Amy Sillman," Paperweight, August 6, 2010.
Rosenberg, Karen. "Works From Six Collections, in a Dialogue of Contradiction." New York Times, June 25, 2010. p. WE7.
Duke, Katherine. “Comedy as Artistic Strategy.” https://www.amherst.edu/aboutamherst/news/classroom/node/188979, April 2010.
Doran, Anne. “Sara Greenberger Rafferty: ‘Tears.’” Time Out New York, October 15, 2009. p. 54.
Schwendener, Martha. “Messing with the Medium.” Village Voice, October 14, 2009, p. 38.
Wolff, Rachel “See Here Now.” New York Magazine, October 12, 2009. pp. 62-63.
Knight, Nicolas. “Six Gallery Reviews, September 2009.” http://nicholasknight.net/wordpress/?p=191
Scott, Andrea. “Sara Greenberger Rafferty.” The New Yorker, September 28, 2009, p. 13.
Anic, Luara Calvi. "Um ovo frito, por favor." A Mentira é a Nova Verdade, #90, August, 108-110
Smith, Roberta. "Sara Greenberger Rafferty: Tears." New York Times, Septeber 11, p. C27
Jon Lutz. "Sara Greenberger Rafferty." theoldgold.blogspot.com, September 7
Zucker, Kevin. "Interview with Sara Greenberger Rafferty." JoyQuarterly, Spring 2009, pp. 79-80
Bors, Chris. "Diana Kingsley in New York." Artinfo.com, February 5, 2009
McAdams, S. "Sara Greenberger Rafferty BANANAS Vlatka Horvat Or Some Other Time",The Brooklyn Rail. February 2009
O'Neill-Butler, Lauren. "500 Words: Sara Greenberger Rafferty." Artforum.com, December 23, 2008
Wailes, Andrew. "A Waffle Grows in Brooklyn." Columbia Daily Spectator, December 4, 2008, p. 4
Wright, Jeffrey C. "Finding little stars in non-art objects." The Vilager, Vol. 78 – No. 27, Dec. 3-9, 2008
Hoos, Michele. "Public Art Grows in Brooklyn." NYPress.com, November 7, 2008. Culture Section
Morgenthau, Josh. “Fresh Kills and Josh Azarella.” The Brooklyn Rail, May 2008
Scott, Andrea. “All in the Family.” Newyorker.com, May 1, 2008
Smith, Roberta. “Listings: The Human Face is a Monument.” New York Times, April 25, 2008
Virno, Paolo. “Jokes and Innovative Action: For a Logic of Change.” Artforum, January 2008, p. 253, (image of work used for illustration)
L.A. Weekly Art Critics. “Our Favority Shows and Artifacts: Art to live for.” LA Weekly, Dec. 26, 2007
Churchill, Abbye. “North Drive Press Publishes Pandora’s Box.” TOKION, December 2007, p. 134.
”An Evening at the Bonsoir: Sara Greenberger Rafferty.” www.urbanhonking.com/pica, Sept. 10, 2007
Beradini, Andrew. “Sara Greenberger Rafferty.” ArtUS, March-April 2007
Brooks, Amra. “Must See Art: Sara Greenberger Rafferty.” La Weekly, December 27, 2006
Pollack, Barbara. “Bring the War Home.” Time Out New York, August 3-9, 2006, p. 68
Núñez-Fernández, Lupe. “Object of the Week – NDP 3.” www.saatchigallery.co.uk/blogon, July 26, 2006
"ETC.: Projects arranged by Matt Keegan at Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York." New York: Andrew Kreps, 2006
McNamara, TJ. “Portrait Painting by Numbers.” The New Zealand Herald, May 31, 2006
Sholis, Brian. “Road to Ruin, New York.” Artforum.com May 29, 2006
Fassi, Luigi and IZ Alessandrelli. "Metaphysics of Youth." Pescara, Italy: Artenova – Fuoriuso, 2006 (Exhibition catalogue)
Zucca Alessandrelli, Irina. “The Joke Teller: Interview with Sara Greenberger Rafferty.” Label Magazine (Torino, Italy), April 2006, pp. 84-87
Smith, Roberta. “Art in Review: Talk to the Land.” The New York Times, Nov. 11, 2005. p. E36
"Champion One." Los Angeles: Champion Fine Art, 2005. (Exhibition catalogue)
Sterling, Kristin. “SOA Artists Bend Themes of Perception and Reflection in Thesis Exhibit.” The Record, May 18, 2005, p. 18