Sarah Kaizar
Contact Information
Gallery
Please contact Paradigm Studio + Gallery for purchases, commissions, etc.
Gallery Representation
Paradigm Gallery + Studio
Philadelphia, PA
Recent Work
Artist's Biography
Sarah Kaizar is an illustrator and designer based in Philadelphia. Her work has been seen in galleries and museums including the Woodmere Art Museum, Delaware Contemporary, and the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education. She is the author of Hiker Trash: Notes, Sketches + Other Detritus on the Appalachian Trail, an illustrated work based on her 2015 thru-hike, published by Mountaineers Books. Sarah 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, and the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey. She is currently working in design and communications for the Center for Art in Wood.
Selected Exhibitions
Solo
2019
Hiker Trash, The Land Collective, Philadelphia, PA
Hiker Trash, Paradigm Gallery + Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2017
Rally for the Rare, 5x5 Gallery at Philadelphia Independents, Philadelphia, PA
2016
Endangered, United By Blue, Philadelphia, PA
2014
Mars Show, 3rd Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Clams & Mussels, United By Blue, Philadelphia, PA
2013
In Danger, Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Philadelphia, PA
Wildlife Illustration, St. Asaph Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Rare, 3rd Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Group
2020
Mural Arts Training Program Exhibition, Mural Arts Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Ten, Paradigm Gallery + Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Everyone is a Collector: InLiquid Benefit 2020, InLiquid Gallery and ICEBOX Project Space, Philadelphia, PA
Assemblage: 20 Years of Environmental Art at the Schuylkill Center, Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Philadelphia, PA
2018
Phillustration 10, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition
The Pennsylvania Landscape in Impressionism and Contemporary Art, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2017
Buy Art, Save Lives, Red Hook Cafe, Philadelphia, PA
OBSERVE: Friends' Juried Exhibition, The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE
2016
Instashow, Silicon Fine Art Prints, Philadelphia, PA
2014
Roar, Silicon Fine Art Prints, Philadelphia, PA
2013
POST: Annual Members Exhibition, 3rd Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Library of Life: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Art Gallery in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
2012
POST: Annual Members Exhibition, 3rd Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Artist's Bibliography
2019
Paris, Aer, "Hiker Trash: A Love Letter to the Appalachian Trail," REI Co-op Journal, October 10, 2019
McTavish, Tim, "Catch These Newly Released Outdoor Titles for Fall," Outdoor Project Blog, September 10, 2019
Repanshek, Kurt, "National Parks Traveler Episode 30: Hiker Trash, Fishing Great Smoky, "Acting" Directors," National Parks Traveler, September 8, 2019
2018
Waite, Bob, "She's Drawing A List," Bucks County Magazine, June 14, 2018
2017
Perdiz Magazine
"Artist Sarah Kaizar takes on the US Endangered Species List with Pen and Ink," The Eyes of Conservation Podcast, Wild Lens Collective, February 8, 2017
2014
Nagle, Aubrey, "THE ONE: Artist Sarah Kaizar On 'Mars Show'," Philadelphia Magazine, November 7, 2014
2013
Bricker, Alexa, "Drawing awareness," The Temple News, June 28, 2013
Publications
2020
The Sun Queen and the Skeptic: Building the World’s First Solar Houses, “Distillations,” Science History Institute
2019
Hiker Trash: Notes, Sketches + Other Detritus from the Appalachian Trail, Mountaineers Books
2018
The Pennsylvania Landscape in Impressionism and Contemporary Art, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2017
"Again and Again," Litro Magazine, June 13, 2017
Professional Experience
2020
Atlas Obscura
Virtual Artist/Author Talk
Outdoor Retailer Winter Show, Denver, CO
Book signing
2019
United By Blue, Philadelphia, PA
Author talk and book signing
Perkiomen Valley Art Center, Harleysville, PA
Featured speaker
2016
Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Philadelphia, PA
"Flash Talk: Working in the Anthropocene"
The Montgomery School, Chester Springs, PA
Guest teacher
Awards & Honors
2021
InLiquid, Philadelphia, PA
Wind Fellowship, Recipient
Collections
2019
Franklin Furnace Artists' Book Collection
2016
The Permanent Collection of Silicon Gallery
Education
2019
Mural Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Mural Training Program
2010
Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA
Certificate, Web & Multimedia Design
2009
Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA
Associates, Marketing
2007
Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Bachelor of Fine Arts
