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Sarah Beth Goncarova
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United States
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| Education | University of Maryland School of Architecture Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts University of Oregon |
| Known for | Sculpture Painting Installation art Writing |
| Movement | Contemporary Feminist art |
Sarah Beth Goncarova, born in 1980, is an artist from the United States. She is a writer, a composer (someone who creates music), and a visual artist. She is famous for her art that uses light and sound to create experiences. She also writes poems, adventure books for kids, and scripts for movies and TV shows.
Early Life and Education
Sarah Beth Goncarova was born in 1980. Her dad was a scientist who studied the environment. Her mom was an art teacher. From a young age, Sarah learned to play the piano. She later shared that she experienced something called chromesthesia. This means she could see colors and shapes when she heard music. She said, "when I would listen to music, I would visualize sinuous colorful shapes in space."
Sarah performed with the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra when she was very young. Her first public performance was at age nine. A conductor named Kim Allen Kluge led that performance. The famous pianist Andre Watts even let Sarah use his personal piano for the show.
Sarah went to the Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts. She earned a special degree in Sculpture. She also earned a master's degree in architecture from the Maryland School of Architecture.
Art Career
Sarah Beth Goncarova started her art career using materials like plaster, fibers, and ink. She had a small art show in San Francisco in December 2006. Then, she had her own solo show in Palo Alto, California, in October 2007.
By 2008, her paintings mostly showed portraits of people, landscapes, and still life scenes. In 2009, she started a project called The Wake Project. In this series, her calm-looking landscapes actually hinted at hidden problems. For example, her painting Lighter Fluid showed a bright ocean scene. But the colorful ripples in the water were actually from an oil spill.
In the summer of 2009, Sarah had her own show called Lush/Bleak. Her art was also part of a group show called Blue Planet. This show was at the SOMArts Cultural Center Gallery in San Francisco. Around this time, she also started showing her art in exhibitions that focused on themes about women. These included the Control show and Reversing the Gaze: Man As Object.
From 2010 to 2011, Goncarova returned to simpler, abstract paintings. These were part of her Rainy Season, Dawn, Night Spin, and Cosmos series. These works were shown in galleries like the John Slade Ely Center for Contemporary Art. In 2011, a large artwork of hers, “Hunks of Burnin’Love,” was chosen for an exhibition. It was displayed at the Sanchez Arts Center in Pacifica, California.
In 2012, she began creating large sculptures using textiles (fabrics). This series was called Keeping Time With Needle and Thread. This allowed her to sculpt again. She continued to explore themes about women's work, like sewing and needlecraft. These sculptures were first shown at Gallery 195 in New Haven. They have also been displayed at the Whitney Center, the Kehler-Liddell Gallery, and the A.I.R. Gallery in Brooklyn.
In 2013, one of her large pieces, "May–June (2012)," was chosen for an exhibition. This was part of her nomination for the William and Dorothy Yeck Award. Also in 2013, Goncarova received grants (money awards) for her textile sculptures. These grants came from the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund and the Puffin Foundation.
In August 2013, Sarah received support from Artspire. This program helps artists with their projects. It helped her continue her Keeping Time with Needle and Thread series. In this series, she combines needle-crafts, sculpture, sound, and performance art.
Writing Works
In 2012, Sarah Beth Goncarova helped write and edit a book called Sonia's Song. This book was a memoir (a true story about someone's life) by Sonia Korn-Grimani. It told about her experiences during and after World War II.
