Sarah Kaizar
Sarah Kaizar is an illustrator and designer based in Philadelphia.
About
Books
Available Work
Current + Upcoming Exhibitions
May 9 — September 14, 2025The James Museum
St. Petersburg, Florida
January 21 — August 22, 2026Evergreen Museum & Library
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
February 20 — May 31, 2027Dunn Museum
Lake County Forest Preserves
Libertyville, Illinois
RARE AIR: BIRD CONSERVATION BOOK PROJECT + NATIONAL EXHIBITION
2020-2027
RARE AIR: Endangered Birds, Bats, Butterflies, and Bees is an illustrated book and dynamic educational exhibition sharing stories of North American bird conservation and citizen science. This title was published by Mountaineers Books in 2023 and 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 was developed to expand on the book’s stories and research. This family-friendly exhibition features original gouache and ink artwork from the publication as well as playful interactive experiences to engage audiences of all ages with urgent issues in wildlife conservation.
RARE AIR is currently on view at the James Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida through September 14, 2025
Exhibition commitments:
RARE AIR exhibition at the Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 2023. Installation includes specimens on loan from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Photo by Jessica Kourkounis.
Rare and Endangered Bees
Yellow BumblebeeAmerican BumblebeeWestern BumblebeeRusty Patched BumblebeeCrotch BumblebeeFranklin’s BumblebeeMorrison BumblebeeYellow-Banded Bumblebee(No Name) Bombus FraternusObscure BumblebeeSuckley’s Cuckoo BumblebeeVariable Cuckoo Bumblebee
RARE AIR exhibition at the Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture, University of Washington, in Seattle, Washington. 2024.
RARE AIR installation at the James Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. 2025. Photo by Steven Le, courtesy of the James Museum.
RARE AIR exhibition at the Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture, University of Washington, in Seattle, Washington. 2024.
Live video feeds from the Cornell Lab of Orninthology were included in exhibition installations, bringing the outdoors in.
RARE AIR installation at the James Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. 2025. Photo by Steven Le, courtesy of the James Museum.
Atlantic Puffin. Gouache paint, pen and ink.
RARE AIR exhibition at the Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture, University of Washington, in Seattle, Washington. 2024.
Observation at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Kempton, Pennsylvania. Gouache paint, pen and ink.
Rare and Endangered Birds
All artwork is rendered with
gouache paint and layered with hatched pen and ink.
Ae’o - Hawaiian Stilt’Akeke’eJava SparrowAplomado FalconBlack RailChestnut-Collared LongspurGolden-Cheeked WarblerAttwater’s Prairie ChickenRed Cockaded WoodpeckerRidgways RailBlack Rosy FinchWhooping CraneMasked Bobwhite QuailLeast Bell’s VireoLong-Tailed DuckAkohekohe - Crested-HoneycreeperYellow-Shouldered BlackbirdTricolored BlackbirdMaui AlauahioMississippi Sandhill CraneLaysan DuckCalifornia CondorCape Sable Seaside SparrowCape Sable Seaside SparrowGuadalupe MurreletGunnison GrouseHawaiian Common GallinuleBrown-Capped Rosy FinchSan Clemente Loggerhead ShrikeEvening Grosbeak
RARE AIR exhibition at the Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture, University of Washington, in Seattle, Washington. 2024.
RARE AIR installation at the James Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. 2025. Photo by Steven Le, courtesy of the James Museum.
Rare and Endangered Bats
All artwork is rendered with
gouache paint and layered with hatched pen and ink.
Eastern Small-Footed MyotisGray BatIndiana BatLittle Brown BatFlorida Bonneted BatTricolored Bat
RARE AIR exhibition at the Michener Art Museum, 2023. Installation includes projection of live video feeds of bird cams from the Cornell Lab of Orninthology. Photography by Jessica Kourkounis.
Rare and Endangered Butterflies
All artwork is rendered with
gouache paint and layered with hatched pen and ink.
Callippe Silverspot ButterflyEl Segundo Blue ButterflyBehren's Silverspot ButterflyLotis Blue ButterflyMyrtle's Silverspot ButterflyFlorida Leafwing ButterflyLaguna Mountain SkipperPalo Verdes Blue ButterflySan Bruno Elfin ButterflySchaus Swallowtail ButterflyBartrams Hairstreak ButterflyMiami Blue Butterfly
RARE AIR exhibition at the Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture, University of Washington, in Seattle, Washington. 2024.
RARE AIR exhibition at the Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 2023. Installation includes specimens on loan from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Photo by Jessica Kourkounis.