Current + Upcoming Exhibitions
January 21 - August 22, 2026 Evergreen Museum & Library
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
September 6, 2026 - January 22, 2027Buffalo Museum of Science
Buffalo, New York
February 20 - May 31, 2027Dunn Museum
Lake County Forest Preserves
Libertyville, Illinois
June 19 - December 27, 2027Island Free Library
Block Island, Rhode Island
January 22 - May 7, 2028Reading Public Museum
Reading, Pennsylvania
B. 1983, BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, U.S.
Sarah Kaizar is an illustrator and designer based in Philadelphia. Her work has been exhibited nationally in galleries and museums including the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture at the University of Washington, the James A. Michener Art Museum, the Great Plains Art Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the Catalina Museum of Art & History, the Woodmere Art Museum, and Delaware Contemporary. Sarah is the author of two books. HIKER TRASH: Notes, Sketches + Other Detritus on the Appalachian Trail (Mountaineers Books, 2019) is an illustrated work about long-distance backpacking culture and community. Her second book illustrates stories about North American bird conservation and citizen science and is titled RARE AIR: Endangered Birds, Bats, Butterflies and Bees (Mountaineers Books, 2023). 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 RARE AIR is on view at the Evergreen Museum and Library at Johns Hopkins University now through August 22, 2026.
Sarah has served as a designer for a variety of arts and cultural organizations in the Greater Philadelphia area including KieranTimberlake (Architecture, Research + Planning), the Wharton Esherick Museum, WHYY, the Science History Institute, the Museum for Art in Wood, and the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey. She currently serves as the Art Director for the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Sarah is a member of the Board of Directors for Bartram’s Garden in Philadelphia as well as an Affiliate Fellow at the Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is also the author of the Webby Award Honored and AIGA National award-winning series the AT Feed, a satirical illustrated project examining the confluence of news media, artificial intelligence, and public understanding (or misunderstanding) of current issues regarding nature, the environment, and climate change.
Sarah’s practice has been supported by awards including grants from the Joseph Robert Wood Foundation and the Puffin Foundation. She was honored as an inaugural Wind Fellow by InLiquid and the Dina Wind Foundation and was awarded a residency at the Cedar Point Biological Research Station at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is currently represented by Paradigm Gallery.
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Awards / Honors
2025 Winner: 365 AIGA Year in Design
AIGA National
20252X - Honoree: AT Feed
Webby Awards
2023Finalist: 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
Select Solo Exhibitions
2026 — RARE AIR: Endangered Birds, Bats, Butterflies & BeesThe Evergreen Museum & Library
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
2025 — RARE AIR: Endangered Birds, Bats, Butterflies & BeesThe James Museum
St. Petersburg, Florida
2024 — RARE AIR: Connecting with Species of FlightBurke Museum of Natural History & Culture
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
2024 — Sarah Kaizar: RARE AIRCatalina Museum for Art & History
Avalon, California
2024 — Sarah Kaizar: RARE AIRGreat Plains Art Museum
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska
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 — Rare3rd Street Gallery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Select Group Exhibitions
2021 — Wind Fellowship ExhibitionInLiquidPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
2020 — Mural Arts ExhibitionMural Arts Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2020 — TenParadigm Gallery + Studio
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2020 — InLiquid Benefit 2020InLiquid
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2020 — AssemblageSchuylkill Center for Environmental Education
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2018 — Phillustration 10: Juried ExhibitionThe Philadelphia Sketch Club
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2018 — The Pennsylvania Landscape in
Impressionism & Contemporary ArtWoodmere Art Museum
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2017 — OBSERVE: Friends' Juried ExhibitionThe Delaware Contemporary
Wilmington, Delaware
2014 — ROARSilicon Gallery
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
Permanent Collections
2024Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
2024Private Collection
Pasadena, California
2019Franklin Furnace Artists’ Book Collection
Pratt Institute
New York, New York
Press & Interviews
Publications
2025White Mountains Almanac
Mount Washington Observatory
Series: December 2024 - May 2025AT Feed
Artblog
2024Everyday Monsoons: Washes and Other Gaps in the Sonoran Desert
Science History Institute
2024Take 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
Curatorial
2025Krista Svalbonas: Echoes and RemnantsKieranTimberlake
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2025Sidewalk Meditations from Powelton Village
KieranTimberlake
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2024Building Ghosts: Past Lives and Lost Places in a Changing City
KieranTimberlake
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2024The Roundness of Memory: Robin Cameron & Clément Masurier
KieranTimberlake
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2023Generally Electric: Carl Durkow, Tim Eads, & Benjamin Gillespie
KieranTimberlake
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Board Memberships
Term: December 2024 - December 2027Board of DirectorsBartram’s Garden
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Appointed in 2024Affiliate Fellow at the Center for Great Plains Studies
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska
Education & Training
2019 - Mural Training ProgramMural Arts Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2007 - Bachelor of Fine ArtsTyler School of Art & Architecture
Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania