Catalogues + Books
2018
Mother, LooseLeaf Magazine, Amanda Low, Volume 6
All-girl pop band XVK start tour in Cambridge, Bill Doucet, Cambridge Times
Roundtable Yearbook, Morris Fox, Dragon Academy Roundtable Residency
Fertile Window, York University 2018 MFA cohort, Art Metropole
2017
Fresh Paint/New Construction, Michael Patten, Art Mur
2016
Analogy of The Thing Upon Which you Currently Gaze, Letticia Cosbert, YTB Gallery
2013
Combine, Jennifer Rassi, overseen by Dr. Anna Waclawek, FOFA Gallery
Fertile Window, York University 2018 MFA cohort, Art Metropole
All-girl pop band XVK start tour in Cambridge, Bill Doucet, Cambridge Times
All-girl pop band XVK start tour in Cambridge, Bill Doucet, Cambridge Times
Fresh Paint/New Construction, Michael Patten, Art Mur
Analogy of The Thing Upon Which you Currently Gaze, Letticia Cosbert, YTB Gallery
Combine, Jennifer Rassi, overseen by Dr. Anna Waclawek, FOFA Gallery
Exhibitions
2018
╰(*8:8:8*)╯♡ “Triple Happiness”, Idea | Exchange, curated by Žana Kozomora, Cambridge
An Observable Collapse Towards Another, Xpace Cultural Centre, curated by Rowan Lynch, Toronto
Long Winter, Tranzac Club, curated by Dorica Manuel & Tiffany Schofield, Toronto
An Animal Among Animals, Special Projects Gallery York University, Toronto
真实的人生 Life Of The True, Martin Goya Business, curated by Cheng Ran, Hangzhou
Encountering of Picture Plans, Allison Milne, curated by Michel Daignault, Toronto
2017
Fresh Paint/New Construction, curated by Michael Patten, Art Mur, Montreal
Y+XVK, curated by Tiffany Schofield, Y+ Contemporary, Toronto
XVK On Big, curated by Audrey D'Astous, Jouez Participatory/Performance Art Projects, Toronto
༜༜༜cutecuteride8, Special Projects Gallery, York University, Toronto
2016
Fresh Constructions, curated by Marjan Verstappen and Humboldt Magnussen, Katzman Contemporary in collaboration with YTB Gallery, Toronto
2015
Screen, curated by Daniel Paterson, Charlotte Hale Gallery, Toronto
2014
30 Under 30, curated by Jane Corkin, Gardiner Museum, Toronto
Dialogue, curated by Morris Fox, Dragon Academy, Toronto
2013
Combine, curated by Jake Moore, Fofa Gallery, Montreal
Fine Arts Graduating Students Exhibition, Curated by Tricia Middleton, VAV Gallery, Montreal
2012
High Rollers, curated by Évlyne Laurin, Studio Beluga, Montreal, Quebec
2011
Am I Still in the Power of the Demon?, curated by Courtenay Mayes and Emma Siemens-Adolphe, VAV Gallery, Montreal, Quebec
In Success We Find Failure/In Failure We Find Success, curated by Sadaf Hakimian Nava and Julie Johnston, Redbird Gallery, Montreal, Quebec
Material Flux, curated by Tracey Briscoe, Galerie Rye, Montreal
2010
Drawing the Line in Painting, curated by Emma Warburton, Art Matters Festival, Montreal
The Box Project, curated by Chloe Beaulac, ARPRIM, Montreal
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Artist Profile
Sara Maston is an interdisciplinary artist who explores the vantage point of animals such as insects, single-celled organisms, domestic horses, birds and rodents. Her work takes the form of ceramics, paintings, and textile installations to articulate parallel lifeworlds that are indicative of a distant ancestor’s sense of physicality or distinct rhythm of nature. Maston holds an MFA from York University and is pursuing a degree in Information Science at UofT to develop methods of archiving and mediating ephemeral nonhuman animal knowledge. Additionally, she is a member of the Asian-pop-girl-band-artist-collective XVK, founded by Maston, Xuan Ye, and Veronique Sunatori.
Education
2018
Master of Fine Arts, York University
2013
Honours Bachelor of Fine Arts, Art History and Studio Art, Concordia University
Awards
2018
Purchase Prize, Schulich School of Business, York University
Visiting Artist in Sculpture, York University
Fieldwork Cost Fund, York University
Professional Development Fund, CUPE 3903, York University
2017
Joseph Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship, SSHRC
Graduate Development Fund, York University
2017
Graduate Development Fund, York University
2016
York Graduate Scholarship for Media and Visual Art, York University
2013
Concordia University Department of Ceramics Residency
Concordia University Alumni Association Grant
2012
Fine Arts Student Alliance Special Project Individual Grant
Carolyn and Richard Renaud Educational Bursary
2011
Summer Company Award, Government of Ontario
2010
Ceramics Award, Concordia University Department of Ceramics
2009
Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation Excellence Award
Professional Experience
2018
Course Instructor, Painting: Constructing the Human Figure, Department of Visual Art, York University
Retail Associate, Art Metropole, Toronto
2017
Course Instructor, Creating Space in Contemporary Painting, Department of Visual Art, York University
Co-President, Visual Arts Graduate Student Association, York University
2015
Costumer, Susan Dicks & Co., Toronto
2014
Set Designer, Studio Artefact, Montreal
2013
Art Instructor, Cote St. Luc Community Centre, Montreal
Art Instructor, Visual Art Centre, Montreal
Printmaker, C60 Screenprinting, Montreal
Administrative Coordinator, Art Matters Festival, Montreal
2011
Mural Facilitator, Graffiti Transformation Project, Harbourfront Community Centre, Toronto
2008
Studio Monitor, Department of Print Media, Concordia University, Montreal
Eyes that see in the dark, Oil on canvas, porcelain, 82" x 60", 2018
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Horse Swimming, Acrylic on polyester mesh, 145" x 145", 2018
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Animals in Grass, Oil on canvases, 36" x 48", 2018
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Installation view (Garden and Horse Swimming), Acrylic on polyester mesh, variable dimensions, 2018
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Afterlife, Oil on paper, 22" x 30", 2013
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Eighteen Budgies Feasting on Millet, Oil on wood, 24" x 24", 2014
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Mother, Oil on wood, bean bun, hummingbird, stoneware, 49" x 49", 2017 - 2018
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Installation view (facing Mother shrine), Acrylic on polyester mesh, variable dimensions, 2018
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Mother's Day, Oil on wood, 28" X 30", 2015
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Crow, Oil on linen, oil on linen, 48" x 71", 2017
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Gold Mine, Oil on canvas, 60" x 48", 2017
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Leaves at Night, Oil on canvas, 29" x 40", 2013-2014
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Private Life of Arthropod, Oil on canvas, 54" x 54", 2017
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Garden, Acrylic on polyester mesh, 145" x 145", 2018
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Birds (Shanghai), Oil on wood, 56" x 48", 2014
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Life Within Life, Oil on canvas, 12" X 72", 2018
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Swan Dreaming, Oil on canvas, 30" x 36", 2018
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Snake Dreaming, Oil on wood, 24" x 30", 2014
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Lotus Vessel, Stoneware, lotus seeds, porcelain clay, water, pump, plywood, 24" x 30", 2018
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Shrine Vessel & Lotus Vessel, Porcelain, stoneware, lotus seeds, water, pump, plywood, each 24" x 30", 2018
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Food For Ghosts, Porcelain, 2" x 5" x 2.5", 2013
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