EDUCATION

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Master of Fine Arts, May 1994

 

Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Visual Arts, May 1989

 

AWARDS AND HONORS

Chicago Artists’ Assistance Program Grant, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs

Chicago, Illinois, August 2010

 

Chicago Artists’ Assistance Program Grant, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs

Chicago, Illinois, January 2008

 

Teaching Assistantship, Studio Art Centers International

Florence, Italy, September 1994 - July 1995

 

Merit Scholarship, Master of Fine Arts Program, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 1992 - May 1994

 

Departmental Honors, Department of Visual Arts, Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island, May 1989

 

Sydney Feldman Purchase Prize, Department of Visual Arts, Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island, March 1989

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Jackson Junge Gallery, Element Flux

Chicago, Illinois, October 2011

 

San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, Scrap Art

San Jose, California, August - October 2011

 

Lake County Discovery Museum Quilt Treasures: Pieces of History, (in conjunction with the Northern Illinois Quilt Fest)

Wauconda, Illinois, July - September 2011

 

Art Igloo, Abacus Asleep, an on-line installation with James Kao and Mie Kongo, www.artigloo.com

February 20 - March 12, 2011

 

Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, 21st annual Small Print Show

Chicago, Illinois, December 2010 - January 2011

 

Koehnline Museum of Art, No Place Like Home

Oakton Community College, Women and Gender Studies Program

Des Plaines, Illinois, October - November 2010

 

Womanmade Gallery, Her Way with Print

Chicago, Illinois, July - August 2010

 

ARC Gallery, Materiality

Chicago, Illinois, March 2010

 

Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, 20th annual Small Print Show

Chicago, Illinois, December 2009 - January 2010

 

Sarah Doyle Gallery, Crooked Mile, Quilts by Sarah Nishiura, solo exhibition

Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, April 2009

 

Wagner Gallery, Matthew Groves, Figurative Ceramics, Sarah Nishiura, Works on Paper

Wagner College, Staten Island, New York, October 2007

 

Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Beyond Boundaries national touring exhibition

Various locations, October 2007 - May 2008

 

Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Beyond Boundaries

Chicago, Illinois, October 2006

 

Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, 15th Annual Small Print Show

Chicago, Illinois, December, 2004 - February 2005

 

3rd Floor Gallery, Chicago Art Open, Chicago Artists' Coalition and Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs

Chicago, Illinois, November 1999

 

Klein Artworks, 3rd Occasional Survey of Chicago Abstraction

Chicago, Illinois, December 1998

 

Inside Art Gallery, Paintings by Sarah Nishiura, solo exhibition

Chicago, Illinois, April - June 1997

 

South Shore Cultural Center Gallery, Women of Vision 1997, Chicago Park District

Chicago, Illinois, March - April 1997

 

Bowling Green State University Gallery, 20th Anniversary Exhibition Studio Art Centers International

Bowling Green, Ohio, August 1995

 

S.A.C.I. Gallery, Sarah Nishiura, Dipinti, solo exhibition

Florence, Italy, June - July 1995

 

S.A.C.I. Gallery Mostra dei Docenti

Florence, Italy, December 1994

 

Temple University Rome, Art from the Faculty of American University Programs in Italy

Rome, Italy, October 1994

 

Roger Smith Gallery, Works on Paper

New York, New York, March - April 1994

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Lill Street Art Center, Instructor, First Time Quiltmaking and Quilt Projects, beginning and advanced quiltmaking courses.

Chicago, Illinois, September 2010 - Present

 

Hyde Park Art Center, Teaching Artist, Quiltmaking, a practical and historical course on quilt design and technique.

Chicago, Illinois, July 2009 - Present

 

Brown University, Visiting Artist. Lectured and gave critiques to advanced and beginning painters.

Providence, Rhode Island, April 2009

 

Studio Art Centers International, Instructor, undergraduate level Intermediate Painting.

Florence, Italy, June - July 1995

 

Studio Art Centers International, Teaching Assistant, undergraduate level Beginning and Advanced Drawing and Painting Courses.

Florence, Italy, September 1994 - July 1995

 

PERSONAL

Born April 5, 1968, Detroit, Michigan

Lives and works in Chicago, Illinois