Sarah Jones she/her (b. S.L.C. Utah) is a mixed media and installation artist. She was awarded a BFA in painting and printmaking at the University of Utah and earned an MFA from the School of Visual Arts in NYC. Her home is Seattle, Washington. Jones’s work has been shown throughout the United States. She has been awarded various residencies including Ucross Foundation, Haystack, Bloedel Creative Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Oak Spring Foundation, and the Santa Fe Art Institute. Jones was a recipient of the Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, Artist Trust Gap Grant, and Oak Spring Garden Foundation Artist Grant. Jones’s work examines loss, grief, and what is hard to see. Currently, her work is focused on issues relating to the climate crisis. The work advocates for a palliative approach to re-worlding with generosity, constraint and care in the face of collapse.

Statement

On the most basic level, what captures my attention are the things that are barely there, the traceries and stains left behind by the subject. My materials are ephemeral, and include vintage linens, paper, plant parts, flotsam, light, reflections, and shadows. I work with a multitude of media including hand stitching, painting, printmaking, and collage. I make immersive work in hopes that both the making of it and the experience of it, offer contemplative and generative space for grieving as well as for speculative futuring.