Sarah Kaizar
Sarah Kaizar is an illustrator and designer based in Philadelphia.
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Current + Upcoming Exhibitions
January 16 — May 5, 2024Great Plains Art Museum
University of Nebraksa-Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska
June 8 — September 8, 2024Catalina Museum for Art & History
Avalon, California
October 19, 2024 — March 31, 2025Burke Museum of Natural History
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
May 9 — September 14, 2026The James Museum
St. Petersburg, Florida
B. 1983, BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Sarah Kaizar is an illustrator and designer based in Philadelphia. Her work has been seen in regional galleries and museums including the James A. Michener Art Museum, the Woodmere Art Museum, Delaware Contemporary, and the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education. Sarah is the author of two books. HIKER TRASH: Notes, Sketches + Other Detritus on the Appalachian Trail is an illustrated work based on her experience consecutively hiking 2,200+ miles from Georgia to Maine, published by Mountaineers Books. Her second book is an illustrated work about North American bird conservation and citizen science titled RARE AIR: Endangered Birds, Bats, Butterflies and Bees; this title was recognized as a finalist for Foreword’s INDIES 2023 Book of the Year in the Ecology and Environment category. A nationally-touring companion exhibition featuring original drawings from the publication is currently on view at the Great Plains Art Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln through May 5, 2024.
Sarah’s practice has been supported by awards including grants from the Joseph Robert Wood Foundation and the Puffin Foundation. She was named a 2021 Wind Fellow by InLiquid and the Dina Wind Foundation and was awarded a residency at the Cedar Point Biological Station at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is currently represented by Paradigm Gallery.
Sarah has served as a designer for non-profit organizations in the Greater Philadelphia area including WHYY, the Wharton Esherick Museum, the Science History Institute, the Museum for Art in Wood, and the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey. She is currently a graphic designer for the architecture firm KieranTimberlake.
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Awards / Honors
2023
Finalist: RARE AIR
Foreword INDIES Book of the Year: Ecology & Environment
2023Grant Award
Joseph Robert Foundation
2023Grant Award
Puffin Foundation
2021Artist in Residence
Cedar Point Biological Research Station
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2021Wind Fellowship
Dina Wind Foundation and InLiquid
Solo Exhibitions
2024 — Sarah Kaizar: RARE AIR
Great Plains Art Museum
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2023 — Sarah Kaizar: RARE AIRJames A. Michener Art Museum
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
2019 — HIKER TRASHThe Land Collective
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2019 — HIKER TRASHParadigm Gallery + Studio
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2017 — Rally for the Rare5x5 Gallery at Philadelphia Independents
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2016 — EndangeredUnited By Blue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2014 — Mars Show3rd Street Gallery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2014 — Clams & MusselsUnited By Blue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2013 — In DangerSchuylkill Center for Environmental Education
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2013 — Wildlife IllustrationSt Asaph Gallery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2013 — Rare3rd Street Gallery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Group Exhibitions
2021 — Wind Fellowship ExhibitionInLiquid
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2020 — Mural Arts Training Program ExhibitionMural Arts Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2020 — TenParadigm Gallery + Studio
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2020 — Everyone is a Collector: InLiquid Benefit 2020InLiquid
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2020 — Assemblage: 20 Years of Environmental Art at the Schuylkill CenterSchuylkill Center for Environmental Education
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2018 — Phillustration 10: Juried ExhibitionThe Philadelphia Sketch Club
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2018 — The Pennsylvania Landscape in Impressionism and Contemporary ArtWoodmere Art Museum
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2017 — Buy Art, Save LivesRed Hook Cafe
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2017 — OBSERVE: Friends' Juried ExhibitionThe Delaware Contemporary
Wilmington, Delaware
2016 — InstashowSilicon Fine Art Prints
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2014 — RoarSilicon Fine Art Prints
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2013 — POST: Annual Members Exhibition3rd Street Gallery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2013 — Library of Life: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel UniversityArt Gallery in City Hall, Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2012 — POST: Annual Members Exhibition3rd Street Gallery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Collections
2019Franklin Furnace Artists' Book Collection
2016The Permanent Collection of Silicon GalleryPress / Interviews
2024
“Great Plains Art Museum exhibition to feature endangered flighted species”
Nebraska Today
2023
“Holiday Gift Guide 2023: Best Books for Bookish Travelers”
Forbes
2023
“Michener Art Museum Highlights Sarah Kaizar’s Book”
WHYY | PBS: You Oughta Know
2023“‘Sarah Kaizar: RARE AIR’ at Michener Art Museum”
Town Topics
2021“Cedar Point residency offers creative outlet for artists”
Nebraska Today
2021“Trail as Muse”
AT Journeys
2019 “Hiker Trash: A Love Letter to the Appalachian Trail”
REI Co-Op Journal
2019“Catch These Newly Released Outdoor Titles for Fall”
Outdoor Project
2019“Hiker Trash, Fishing Great Smoky, ‘Acting’ Directors”
National Parks Traveler Podcast
2018“She’s Drawing a List”
Bucks County Magazine
2017“Notes from the Appalachian Trail”
Perdiz Magazine | Issue #9
2017“Again and Again”
Litro Magazine
2017“Artist Sarah Kaizar takes on the US Endangered Species List”
Wild Lens: Eyes on Conservation Podcast
2014“THE ONE: Artist Sarah Kaizar on ‘Mars Show’”
Philadelphia Magazine
2013“Drawing Awareness”
Temple News
Publications
2024
Take a Look Around: Near I-95 and the airport lies America’s first urban wildlife refuge, an unlikely home to special, rare, and endangered animals
Philadelphia Inquirer
2023RARE AIR: Endangered Birds, Bats, Butterflies & Bees
Mountaineers Books
2020The Sun Queen and the Skeptic: Building the World’s First Solar Houses
Science History Institute
2019HIKER TRASH: Notes, Sketches + Other Detritus from the Appalachian Trail
Mountaineers Books
2018The Pennsylvania Landscape in Impressionism and Contemporary Art
Woodmere Art Museum
Teaching / Speaking / Workshops
2023 — Author talk
Grundy Library
Bristol, Pennsylvania
2023 — Author talk and book signing
New Jersey Audubon: Cape May Fall Festival
Cape May, New Jersey
2023 — Creative WorkshopAcademy of Natural Sciences at Drexel University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2020 — Virtual artist/author talkAtlas Obscura
2020 — Book signingOutdoor Retailer Winter Show
Denver, Colorado
2019 — Author talk and book signingUnited By Blue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2019 — Featured speakerPerkiomen Valley Art Center
Harleysville, Pennsylvania
2016 — Flash Talk: Working in the AnthropoceneSchuylkill Center for Environmental Education
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2016 — Guest teacherThe Montgomery School
Chester Springs, Pennsylvania
Education & Training
2019 — Mural Training ProgramMural Arts Philadelphia
2007 — Bachelor of Fine ArtsTyler School of Art & Architecture, Temple University