Sarah Greene Reed is a multimedia artist living and working in Austin, Texas. She studied visual art at the North Carolina School of the Arts, received a BFA in photography from the Rhode Island School of Design, a certificate in American Arts from the Sotheby’s Institute, and completed coursework in photography and digital media at Parsons School of Design in New York, the SPEOS Institute in Paris and the University of Houston.
Her artwork has been exhibited internationally and is in collections such as The Museum of Fine Art, Houston, The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, The Morris Museum of Art, AT&T, Vinson & Elkins LLP, The Austonian, and the Capital One Corporate Headquarters. Commercially, her work has been purchased by the FX Network and Columbia Pictures.
Gallery Affiliations:
Moody Gallery (Houston, TX), D Berman Gallery (Austin, TX), Sears-Peyton Gallery (New York, NY), Guthrie Contemporary (New Orleans, LA)
Read more about Sarah in this Voyage Austin profile and this Canvas Rebel profile.
Portrait for VOYAGE AUSTIN profile
Born in Durham, NC, 1972
Currently lives in Austin, TX
solo and two-person exhibitions
2017
"Recent Drawings", Pearl Snap Hall, Georgetown, TX
2012
“Sarah Greene Reed: DECADE”, [10 Year Survey], Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, TX
2011
“Sarah Greene Reed and Virginia Fleck”, AgavePrint, Austin, TX
2010
“dot dot dot”, Moody Gallery, Houston, TX
2010
“Sarah Greene Reed: On the Dot and Gladys Poorte”, D Berman Gallery, Houston, TX
2009
“Sarah Greene Reed: A Survey”, Lewis Art Gallery, Millsaps College, Jackson, MS
2008
“a lotta bit”, Moody Gallery, Houston, TX
2007
“Sarah Greene Reed and Shawn Smith”, D Berman Gallery, Austin, TX
2006
“Featured Artist”, Women and Their Work, Austin, TX
2005
“Bittersweet”, Moody Gallery, Houston, TX
“Recent Work”, National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, NC
2003
“Recent Work”, The Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX
“New Work”, Moody Gallery, Houston, TX
1993
“Armada”, Red Eye Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1992
“Sarah Reed and Geoff Clow”, 101 Union Street, Providence, RI
1990
“Sarah Reed”, Visual Arts Gallery, North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC
group exhibitions
2020
"Cover Art: Mask Auction”, Women and Their Work, Austin, TX
2018
"Red Dot”, Women and Their Work, Austin, TX
"I am Art", Women and Their Work, Austin, TX
2017
"Red Dot", Women and Their Work, Austin, TX
2016
"The Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2016", Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, Texas. Juror: Brady Roberts, Chief Curator, The Milwaukee Museum of Art
2014
"Luck of the Draw", DiverseWorks, Houston, TX
2013
"E.A.S.T. Exhibition", Metropolitan Gallery, Austin, TX
"IIDA Designer Bazaar", Vuka, Austin, TX
"5 Rooms, 5 Photographers", Guthrie Contemporary, New Orleans, LA
"Art for Art's Sake", Guthrie Contemporary, New Orleans, LA
2010
“Moody Gallery 35th Anniversary Exhibition”, Moody Gallery, Houston, TX
“New Southern Photography”, The Ogden Museum of SouthernArt, New Orleans, LA
“5x7 Art Splurge and Exhibition”, Arthouse, Austin, TX
2008
“Sarah Greene Reed, James Tisdale & Sydney Yeager”, Gatehouse Gallery, Austin Museum of Art at Laguna Gloria, Austin, TX
2007
“D Berman Gallery: Group Show”, Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, TX
“Red Hot Red Dot”, Women and Their Work, Austin, TX
2006
“Red Hot Red Dot”, Women and Their Work, Austin, TX
“Collectors X 3”, Art League Houston, Houston, TX, Curator: Clint Willour, Director of the Galveston Arts Center
“Heat”, D Berman Gallery, Austin, TX
“5x7 Art Splurge and Exhibition”, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX
2005
“Red Hot Red Dot”, Women and Their Work, Austin, TX
"The New Orleans Triennial: A Southern Perspective on Prints", New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA; Juror: Marilyn Kushner, Curator of Prints and Drawings, Brooklyn Museum of Art
"5x7 Art Splurge and Exhibition", Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX
"The Natural World", Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, TX
“Texas Photographic Society Juried Membership Exhibition”, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX; Juror: Clint Willour, Director, Galveston Arts Center, Honorable Mention
“Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2005”, Williams Tower, Houston, TX, Juror: Dominic Molon, Associate Curator, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Chicago, IL, Honorable Mention
2004
“Home and Garden”, Fotofest, Houston, TX
“Red Hot Red Dot”, Women and Their Work, Austin, TX
“Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2004”, Williams Tower,
Houston, TX, Juror: Jennifer Gross, Curator of Contemporary Art, Yale Univ. Art Gallery
2003
“Recent Acquisitions”, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX
“For the Person Who Has Everything: The Store”, Negative Space Gallery, Houston, TX
“Miniatures”, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX
“Photography Graduates Open House”, University of Houston, Houston, TX
2002
“Annual Student Show”, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, Houston, TX
“Photography Graduates Open House”, University of Houston, Houston, TX
“Juried Membership Exhibition”, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX; Juror: Anne Wilkes Tucker, Curator of Photography, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
2001
“Juried Membership Exhibition”, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX; Juror: Clint Willour, Director, Galveston Arts Center
“The Big Show”, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX; Juror: Randy Sommer, Co-Founder and Co-Director, ACME Gallery, Los Angeles
1999
“One Night Hang”, Epixenter Gallery, Houston, TX
1998
“One Night Hang”, Epixenter Gallery, Houston, TX
“Control: Works on Paper”, Stephen F. Austin State University Gallery, Nacogdoches, TX; Curators: Shelley Gibson and Todd Lucas
1996
“Dia de Los Muertos”, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
“Women in Art”, Judy Youens Gallery, Houston, TX (4 person exhibition)
“Juried Membership Exhibition”, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX; Juror: Vince Aletti, Critic, The Village Voice
“The Big Show”, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX; Juror: Don Bacigalupi, Director, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston
1994
“Senior Invitiational”, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI; Curators: James Hall and Mark Moscone
“Picture Him / Picture Her”, Dyer Street Art Space, Providence, RI; Curator: Tia Shin
1993
“Photography Department Junior Exhibition”, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
“Photography Department Biennial”, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design
1990
“Photography Department Summer Exhibition”, 66 5th Avenue, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
“Censorship Show”, Visual Arts Gallery, North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC; Curator: Clyde Fowler
museums and corporate collections
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX
Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
AT&T Collection, San Antonio, TX
The Crossings, Austin, TX
710 North Post Oak, Houston, TX
Weingarten Realty Management Company, Houston, TX
Jones Day, Houston, TX
Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams and Martin, Houston, TX
1400 Hermann Drive, Houston, TX
Capital One Corporate Headquarters, McLean, VA
Vinson & Elkins LLP, Houston, TX
Charter Title, Houston, TX
StatOil, Houston, TX
The Austonian, Austin, TX (http://theaustonian.com/uploads/files/artcollectioncatalog.pdf)
Callaway Villas, College Station, TX
Callaway Villas, Austin, TX
private collections
Giancarlo Esposito, Austin, TX, Actor
J Randall Powers, Houston, TX, Designer
Richard & Dodie Jackson, Houston, TX, Collectors
Katherine Coleman, Houston, TX, Designer & Art Consultant
Clint Willour, Houston, TX, Former Director of the Galveston Arts Center and Independent Curator
John Mayfield, Austin, TX, Designer
Sally Reynolds, Houston, TX, Art Consultant
Louis Skidmore, Houston, TX, Collector
Lea Weingarten, Houston, TX, Art Consultant
Chris Cowden, Austin, TX, Director of Women & Their Work
Ellen & David Berman, Wimberley, TX, Artist and Former Owner/Director of D Berman Gallery
Cecily Horton, Houston, TX, Art Consultant
Betty Moody, Houston, TX, Owner/Director of Moody Gallery
Harvey Marks, Houston, TX, Collector
Mimi Webb Miller, Venice Beach, CA, Art Consultant & Casting Director
Steve Reinstein, Los Angeles, CA, Chairman of the Photographic Arts Council at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art & Board Member of the Getty Museum Photographs Council
awards, honors & features
2018
Artist Residency at the Tyrone Guthrie Center at Annaghmakerrig, Ireland
Artist Residency at Posada Milagro, Terlingua, TX
Guest Photographer for “I LOVE TEXAS PHOTO” on Instagram
2014
Guest Photographer for “I LOVE TEXAS PHOTO” on Instagram
2013
Artwork featured on Sony Pictures’ “The Smurfs 2” movie
2012
Artist Residency at Posada Milagro, Terlingua, TX
Artwork featured on HGTV’s “Property Brothers” television show
2011
Artwork featured on Sony Pictures’ “The Smurfs” movie
2008
Nominated for an Austin Critics Table award for the exhibition “Sarah Greene Reed and Shawn Smith”, D Berman Gallery, Austin, TX
2008
Artwork featured on FX Network’s “Damages” television show
2008
Finalist, The Hunting Art Prize, Houston, TX
2005
Honorable Mention, Texas Photographic Society Membership Exhibition, Galveston, TX; Juror: Clint Willour, Director, Galveston Arts Center
Honorable Mention, The Assistance League Celebrates Texas Art 2005, Houston, TX; Juror: Dominic Molon, Associate Curator, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Chicago, IL
2004
Honorable Mention, The Assistance League Celebrates Texas Art 2004, Houston, TX
2002
Honorable Mention, Houston Center for Photography Fellowship Competition, Houston, TX
education
2002-03
MFA studies, University of Houston, Houston, TX
1995-96
Graduate Certificate, The American Arts Course, Sotheby’s Institute, New York, NY
1990-94
BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1993
Independent Study, SPEOS Photography Institute, Paris, France
1990
Independent Study, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
1990
High School / Visual Arts Major, North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC
teaching experience
2013 - present
Creative Leader at “Head West Retreats”, Marathon, TX
2012
“College in Venice with Sarah Greene Reed”, offered by D*Lux Travel
2010
Photoshop Artist Mentor, St. Andrew’s Episcopal School, Austin, TX
2006-08
Faculty, Digital Media and Collage, The Art School of the Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX
1994
Guest Photography Teacher, Hope High School, Providence, RI
1993
Assistant for Photography I and Video I, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
artist talks
2012
Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, TX
2010
Gallery Talk, D Berman Gallery, Austin, TX
2009
Visiting Artist Presentation, Millsaps College, Jackson, MS
2008
Visiting Alumni Presentation, North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC
2007
Gallery Talk, D Berman Gallery, Austin, TX
2004
Slide Jam, “Home and Garden Exhibition”, FotoFest, Houston, TX
Guest Artist, McNay Museum Collectors Forum (of San Antonio, TX)
2003
Visiting Artist, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
Looking at Art, Moody Gallery, Houston, TX
1997
Looking at Art, Judy Youens Gallery, Houston, TX
Juried Membership Exhibition, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
1990
Visiting Student Photographer, SUNY Purchase, Purchase, NY
bibliography
”Meet Sarah Greene Reed,” Canvas Rebel, June 22, 2023. https://canvasrebel.com/meet-sarah-greene-reed
”Daily Inspiration: Meet Sarah Greene Reed,” Voyage Austin, November 1, 2022. http://voyageaustin.com/interview/daily-inspiration-meet-sarah-greene-reed/
Moulton, Katherine, “Artist Spotlight: Sarah Greene Reed”, Austin Creative Reuse, September 13, 2022. https://austincreativereuse.org/blog/artist-spotlight-sarah-greene-reed
Simmons, Madison, "A Woman of Many Talents: Pearl Snap Hall Owner Exhibits Artwork", Williamson County Sun, Sunday, December 3, 2017.
Moffatt, Lori, "Sarah Greene Reed", Texas Highways Magazine, April 2012.
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Davenport, Bill, “Reed’s Not-Too-Creepy Valley Releases Halloween Podcast Narrated by X-Factor Celeb Dermot O’Leary”, Glasstire [Texas Visual Art], October 31,2011. http://glasstire.com/2011/10/31/reeds-not-too-creepy-valley-releases-third-podcast-narrated-by-x-factor-celeb-dermot-oleary/
"Culture Warriors: Provocative old photos and ambitious new leaders. Rarely seen masterpieces and can't-miss musical marvels. Big money, soaring talent and bold dreams. This is Houston arts now, and this is who and what's on its leading edge.", Houston Magazine, December 2010. pp. 68-74.
Vogel, Wendy, “Interview: Jason Middlebrook”, …might be good, Issue #156, Just Like a Filtering System, October 29, 2010. http://www.fluentcollab.org/mbg/index.php/interview/index/156/80
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Faires, Robert, “Another Round of Praise”, The Austin Chronicle, Friday, May 9, 2008.
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Collins, Lisa, "Turn Up the Heat", Brilliant Magazine, June 2006.
Moore, Nikki, “Heat”, The Austin Chronicle, Friday, July 7, 2006, p. 73.
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Van Ryzin, Jeanne Claire, “Recommended: Arts", The Austin American-Statesman, Thursday, June 1, 2006.
“Express Yourself”, Art School of the Austin Museum of Art Catalogue, Summer 2006.
“Rotary Fundraiser Gets to the Art of the Matter”, The Guide to Wimberley, 2006 Spring & Summer Edition, pp. 21, 31.
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