Sarah Peters (b. 1973, Boston, MA)
Sarah Peters works with wax, clay, and bronze to create sculptures that draw equally from classical tradition and contemporary absurdism. Her figures, with their hollow eyes, geometric stylizations, and exaggerated features, oscillate between reverence and subversion, probing the conventions of worship, portraiture, and the human form. By bridging ancient motifs with modern psychological tension, Peters crafts objects that feel both archetypal and unsettling, evoking fear, desire, and the surreal.
Her work has been exhibited at Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York; Zidoun Bossuyt, Luxembourg; Parts & Labor, Beacon, NY; and the American Academy in Rome, among others, and has been reviewed in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Art in America, Artforum, and The Brooklyn Rail. Peters received her MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University and her BFA from the University of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
Peters has been awarded fellowships and residencies at the American Academy in Rome (National Academy Affiliated Fellow, 2019), the New York Foundation for the Arts (2011), the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown (2009–10), the Sharpe/Walentas Studio Program (2007–08), Kohler Arts/Industry (1998, 1999, 2001), and Pilchuck Glass School (1998).
She lives and works in New York.