Sahar Khoury Explained

Sahar Khoury
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, United States
Education:University of California, Santa Cruz (BA),
University of California, Berkeley (MFA)
Occupation:Visual artist, sculptor
Partner:Alicia McCarthy
Awards:SECA Art Award (2019)

Sahar Khoury (born 1973) is an American artist and sculptor. She won the 2019 SECA Art Award and has had work exhibited in multiple institutions such as the Luggage Store Gallery, Wexner Center for the Arts, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.

Early life and family

In 1973, Khoury was born in Chicago.[1] [2] Her mother is Iranian, and her father is Jordanian-Palestinian; both of her parents had fled their homeland.

Khoury's partner is painter Alicia McCarthy.[3] [4]

Education and career

In 1996, Khoury graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in anthropology from the University of California, Santa Cruz.[5] After graduating with her bachelors, Khoury attended printmaking classes at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts and studied screen printing and monotypes under artist Michael Roman. In addition to screen printing and monotypes, Khoury uses several mediums throughout her work, including ceramic, papier-mâché, textiles, and cement.[6] [7] [8] She graduated from University of California, Berkeley in 2013 with a Master of Fine Art. Khoury would later become a lecturer at University of California, Berkeley.[9]

In February 2017, Khoury had a solo exhibition called THEY at the Luggage Store Gallery. In 2018, her work was featured in the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts’ triennial “Bay Area Now” exhibit alongside Taravat Talepasand, Woody De Othello, and others.[10] In 2019, Khoury was awarded the SECA Art Award alongside Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle and Marlon Mullen.[11] [12] [13] In that same year, her work was exhibited alongside Julia Goodman and Krista Franklin at the Salina Art Center in Salina, Kansas.[14] She also participated alongside Tannaz Farsi, Minoosh Zomorodinia, and others in an exhibit at the San Francisco Arts Commission Galleries titled “Part and Parcel” that same year.[15]

In 2021, Khoury held residence at the Headlands Center for the Arts in Sausalito, California. Khoury was commissioned by the Wexner Center for the Arts to create several sculptures that culminated in her 2023 exhibit Umm, which was also shown at that Wexner Center for the Arts.[16] Also in 2023, Khoury's work, alongside 29 other artists' work, were acquired by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco through a $1 million donation from the Svane Family Foundation.[17]

Khoury has also sculpted several pieces using her dog Esther as inspiration.[18]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: LC Name Authority File - Khoury, Sahar, 1973 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230819071856/https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2019124645.html . 19 August 2023 . 19 August 2023 . Library of Congress.
  2. Web site: Sahar Khoury . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230904011529/https://www.sfmoma.org/artist/Sahar_Khoury/ . 4 September 2023 . 19 August 2023 . . en-US.
  3. Web site: Hotchkiss . Sarah . 16 February 2017 . Bay Area Sculpture Right Now: Sahar Khoury Revels in Rupture . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230819071856/https://www.kqed.org/arts/12772088/bay-area-sculpture-right-now-sahar-khoury-balances-hard-and-soft . 19 August 2023 . 19 August 2023 . . en-us.
  4. Book: Bishop, Janet . Joan Brown . Lim . Nancy . 2022-11-19 . . 978-0-520-39196-3 . 2025 . en . Google Books.
  5. Web site: 6 August 2019 . Interview with SECA winner and MFA alum Sahar Khoury. . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230819073124/https://art.berkeley.edu/news/2019/8/6/interview-with-seca-winner-and-mfa-alum-sahar-khoury . 19 August 2023 . 19 August 2023 . UC Berkeley Art Practice . en-US.
  6. Web site: Sachs . Danica . 14 February 2022 . One Work: Sahar Khoury's 'Untitled (cooperative trees)' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230327082220/https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/sahar-khoury-untitled-cooperative-trees-1234619091/ . 27 March 2023 . 19 August 2023 . . en-US.
  7. Web site: Bennett . Hannah . 26 November 2019 . Bold new work from SECA Award winners . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230819071857/https://www.sfexaminer.com/culture/bold-new-work-from-seca-award-winners/article_96bec652-9e89-5fef-a156-7e7fb232c4b8.html . 19 August 2023 . 19 August 2023 . . en.
  8. Web site: Desmarais . Charles . 24 July 2019 . Bay Area ceramics scene fired up in new ways . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230201100557/https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/art-exhibits/bay-area-ceramics-scene-fired-up-in-new-ways . 1 February 2023 . 19 August 2023 . . en-US.
  9. Web site: Sahar Khoury - Lecturer . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230819072508/https://art.berkeley.edu/sahar-khoury . 19 August 2023 . 19 August 2023 . UC Berkeley Art Practice . en-US.
  10. Web site: Desmarais . Charles . 20 September 2018 . YBCA's 'Bay Area Now 8': a bad show redeemed by good art . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230204093917/https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/art-exhibits/ybcas-bay-area-now-8-a-bad-show-redeemed-by-good-art . 4 February 2023 . 19 August 2023 . . en-US.
  11. Web site: Desmarais . Charles . 13 November 2019 . Visual intelligence trumps theory: SFMOMA's 2019 SECA exhibition . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230329092911/https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/art-exhibits/visual-intelligence-trumps-theory-the-2019-seca-exhibition-at-sfmoma . 29 March 2023 . 19 August 2023 . . en-US.
  12. Web site: Desmarais . Charles . 4 April 2019 . Trio of Bay Area artists named SFMOMA's 2019 SECA Award winners . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230402023842/https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/art-exhibits/trio-of-bay-area-artists-named-sfmomas-2019-seca-award-winners . 2 April 2023 . 19 August 2023 . . en-US.
  13. Web site: Dafoe . Taylor . 5 April 2019 . This New Gallery in San Francisco Wants to Cultivate the Next Generation of Tech Collectors . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230531004120/https://news.artnet.com/market/rebecca-camacho-san-francisco-gallery-1509376 . 31 May 2023 . 19 August 2023 . Artnet News . en-US.
  14. Web site: Demuth . Gary . 6 June 2019 . Passion for Papermaking . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230819071857/https://www.salina.com/story/news/local/2019/06/06/passion-for-papermaking/4969848007/ . 19 August 2023 . 19 August 2023 . . en-US.
  15. News: Whiting . Sam . 5 February 2019 . The art of leaning against the wind inside an emergency blanket . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230819071856/https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/art-exhibits/the-art-of-leaning-against-the-wind-inside-an-emergency-blanket . 19 August 2023 . 19 August 2023 . . en-US.
  16. Web site: 20 July 2023 . Autumn 2023 exhibitions . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230720053716/https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/542351/autumn-2023-exhibitions/ . 20 July 2023 . 19 August 2023 . . en . e-flux.
  17. Web site: Hotchkiss . Sarah . 11 July 2022 . de Young Museum Acquires 42 New Works by Bay Area Artists . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230328160447/https://www.kqed.org/arts/13915921/de-young-museum-acquires-42-new-works-by-bay-area-artists . 28 March 2023 . 19 August 2023 . . en-us.
  18. Web site: Veltman . Chloe . 20 February 2023 . Mr. Whiskers is ready for his close-up: When an artist's pet is also their muse . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230615080043/https://www.npr.org/2023/02/20/1155259263/pet-art . 15 June 2023 . 19 August 2023 . NPR.

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