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Sarah Thompson Moore (b. 1986) is an artist living and working in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Trained as a mold-maker and bronze foundry artisan, she studied in Florence, Italy and later graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 2015 with a focus in sculpture. Upon completing a Model to Monument fellowship in 2016 from the Art Student’s League, NYC, Sarah began expanding her sculptural viewpoint from inside the studio to the outdoor environment. She has since exhibited monumental sculpture along the Hudson River in Manhattan, Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, NY and has permanent sculptural installations on the Florida Keys Sculpture Trail and in both People’s Park and Riverfront Park in Spokane, WA. In 2023 Sarah completed an 800 square foot LithoMosaic embedded in concrete on Alki Beach Trail in West Seattle and also worked as part of a multidisciplinary team of architects and designers to create a Downtown Waterfront Master Plan for the lakefront town of Sandpoint, Idaho. An enrolled member of the Cow Creek Band of the Umpqua Tribe of Indians of Southern Oregon, Sarah is a student of traditional basketry and language. These teachings inform her work, which often develops through consultation with regional Tribes. Creating site-specific artwork allows Sarah the freedom to work in a variety of capacities and to explore many methods and materials to engage with themes of Nature, history, culture, and scale.
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Education
2015 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2004 Fine art studies, Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy
Public Artworks
2023 Tracing Alki, site-specific permanent integrated LithoMosaic, Alki Beach Trail,West Seattle, WA
2022 The Seeking Place, sites-specific public art interactive sculpture, installed in Riverfront Park, Spokane, WA
2020 Convergence, site-specific public sculpture, installed in People’s Park, Spokane, WA
Ex Vetere- Campus commissioned sculptural artwork. Beeksma Family Theology Center courtyard, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA
Sculpture for Peace, Artist lead, working with students to design and implement permanent public sculpture on campus grounds of Spokane Valley High School- Spokane, WA
2016 Windtower, collaborative public art sculpture on view 09/2016-08/2017, Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx, NY.
Permanently installed on the Florida Keys Sculpture Trail, Big Pine Key, FL in 2018
Everything Between, site-specific public sculpture on view June, 2016- May, 2017, Riverside Park South, New York, NY. Permanently installed on the Florida Keys Sculpture Trail, Islamorada, FL in 2018
Select Exhibitions
2024 Outside-In, February 7-March 22, solo exhibition, Bryan Oliver Gallery- Whitworth University, Spokane, WA
2023 Vestiges, Feb/Mar, solo exhibition, Boswell Corner Gallery- North Idaho College, Coeur d’Alene, ID
Codex Project, Mar/Apr, group exhibition, Works on Paper Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2021 Horizon Mind, joint exhibition with Michael Horswill, Emerge, Coeur d’Alene, ID
Hope & Possibility, group benefit exhibition, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2020 Trade Ya!, group exhibition, Mar-Jun, Penn. Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Small Works Exhibit, Dec/Jan, Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d’Alene, ID
Sarah Thompson Moore & the Monumentalists- with Harold Balazs & Rudy Autio, Sept/Oct, AS2 at the Wonder Building, Spokane, WA
2018 Wish Meadow, community art installation, project design & lead, Coeur d’Alene, ID
2016 Model to Monument maquettes show, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, New York, NY
2015 By the By, joint exhibition with Sinead Cahill, Automat Collective, Philadelphia, PA
Annual Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Absolute, Fellowship Juried Exhibition, Gallery 128, Curated by Bill Scott and Stuart Shils, Philadelphia, PA
Permanent Collections
Tracing Alki- Seattle office of Arts & Culture, City of Seattle, WA
The Seeking Place- Spokane Arts, City of Spokane, WA
Convergence- Spokane Arts, City of Spokane, WA
Ex Vetera,- Whitworth University, Spokane, WA
Everything Between- Florida Keys Sculpture Trail, Islamorada, FL
Windtower- Florida Keys Sculpture Trail, Big Pine Key, FL
What Remains- R&R Global Partners, Philadelphia, PA
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Professional Experience
2023 Downtown Waterfront Design competition, Sandpoint, ID- part of the final team selected to create a strategic master plan for the City- with GGLO Design, Bernardo Wills, & Welch Comer.
2022 Seeking Place, A Journey in Public Art, guest speaker at Spokane Rotary Club, Spokane, WA
2021 Seattle Public Art Boot Camp Online, guest speaker along with artists Norie Sato and Melvin Freeman, Session 1: Developing Public Art Concepts Without Losing Your Own Style and Aesthetic, Seattle, WA
2020 Leadership Spokane- Arts Day, online guest speaker for public art, Spokane, WA
2019 Cultural/Historical Illustrator for Oregon Senate Bill 13 -Tribal History/Shared History, curriculum, Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, Roseburg, OR
2018-2019 Planning Committee member for community arts events, Emerge, Coeur d’Alene, ID
2017 Selected finalist for INB Performing Art Center renovation project, Spokane, WA
Selected finalist for Spokane CSO26 Plaza public art project, Spokane, WA
2016-2019 Mold maker- work with local artists on monumental & other sculpture projects
2016 Assistant to sculptor Greg Wyatt, Model to Monument program administrative duties, Art Students League, NYC
2014-2015 RAIR Philly (Recycled Artist in Residency,) artist assistant and part time Project Manager, Philadelphia, PA
2013-2016 Sculpture instructor at a free summer Arts Camp for youth, Philadelphia, PA
2010-2011 Studio assistant for artist Beth Cavener, Garfield, WA
2005-2008 Cire-Perdue Casting Inc., fine art bronze foundry mold maker/artisan, Hayden, ID
Awards
2021 City of Seattle: Public Artist Roster, selected professional artist, Seattle, WA
2020 City of San Antonio: Public Artist Roster selection, San Antonio, TX
2017 City of Seattle: Public Artist Roster, selected emerging artist, Seattle, WA
2015/16 Model to Monument Fellowship, Art Students League, New York, NY
2015 J. Henry Schiedt Memorial Travel Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) Philadelphia, PA
Alexander Prize for Sculpture, PAFA
Ward Prize for Sculpture, PAFA
Michael and Walter Lantz Prize, National Sculpture Society, New York, NY
2014 Stewardson Prize for Sculpture & Janet Fleisher Prize, PAFA
2013 Stimson Prize for Sculpture, PAFA
2012 Charles E. Dutrow Prize for Sculpture, PAFA
2011 4 year Merit Scholarship & Caldwell Scholarship Honorable Mention, PAFA
National Sculpture Society Scholarship, New York, NY
2015 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2004 Fine art studies, Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy
Public Artworks
2023 Tracing Alki, site-specific permanent integrated LithoMosaic, Alki Beach Trail,West Seattle, WA
2022 The Seeking Place, sites-specific public art interactive sculpture, installed in Riverfront Park, Spokane, WA
2020 Convergence, site-specific public sculpture, installed in People’s Park, Spokane, WA
Ex Vetere- Campus commissioned sculptural artwork. Beeksma Family Theology Center courtyard, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA
Sculpture for Peace, Artist lead, working with students to design and implement permanent public sculpture on campus grounds of Spokane Valley High School- Spokane, WA
2016 Windtower, collaborative public art sculpture on view 09/2016-08/2017, Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx, NY.
Permanently installed on the Florida Keys Sculpture Trail, Big Pine Key, FL in 2018
Everything Between, site-specific public sculpture on view June, 2016- May, 2017, Riverside Park South, New York, NY. Permanently installed on the Florida Keys Sculpture Trail, Islamorada, FL in 2018
Select Exhibitions
2024 Outside-In, February 7-March 22, solo exhibition, Bryan Oliver Gallery- Whitworth University, Spokane, WA
2023 Vestiges, Feb/Mar, solo exhibition, Boswell Corner Gallery- North Idaho College, Coeur d’Alene, ID
Codex Project, Mar/Apr, group exhibition, Works on Paper Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2021 Horizon Mind, joint exhibition with Michael Horswill, Emerge, Coeur d’Alene, ID
Hope & Possibility, group benefit exhibition, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2020 Trade Ya!, group exhibition, Mar-Jun, Penn. Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Small Works Exhibit, Dec/Jan, Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d’Alene, ID
Sarah Thompson Moore & the Monumentalists- with Harold Balazs & Rudy Autio, Sept/Oct, AS2 at the Wonder Building, Spokane, WA
2018 Wish Meadow, community art installation, project design & lead, Coeur d’Alene, ID
2016 Model to Monument maquettes show, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, New York, NY
2015 By the By, joint exhibition with Sinead Cahill, Automat Collective, Philadelphia, PA
Annual Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Absolute, Fellowship Juried Exhibition, Gallery 128, Curated by Bill Scott and Stuart Shils, Philadelphia, PA
Permanent Collections
Tracing Alki- Seattle office of Arts & Culture, City of Seattle, WA
The Seeking Place- Spokane Arts, City of Spokane, WA
Convergence- Spokane Arts, City of Spokane, WA
Ex Vetera,- Whitworth University, Spokane, WA
Everything Between- Florida Keys Sculpture Trail, Islamorada, FL
Windtower- Florida Keys Sculpture Trail, Big Pine Key, FL
What Remains- R&R Global Partners, Philadelphia, PA
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Professional Experience
2023 Downtown Waterfront Design competition, Sandpoint, ID- part of the final team selected to create a strategic master plan for the City- with GGLO Design, Bernardo Wills, & Welch Comer.
2022 Seeking Place, A Journey in Public Art, guest speaker at Spokane Rotary Club, Spokane, WA
2021 Seattle Public Art Boot Camp Online, guest speaker along with artists Norie Sato and Melvin Freeman, Session 1: Developing Public Art Concepts Without Losing Your Own Style and Aesthetic, Seattle, WA
2020 Leadership Spokane- Arts Day, online guest speaker for public art, Spokane, WA
2019 Cultural/Historical Illustrator for Oregon Senate Bill 13 -Tribal History/Shared History, curriculum, Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, Roseburg, OR
2018-2019 Planning Committee member for community arts events, Emerge, Coeur d’Alene, ID
2017 Selected finalist for INB Performing Art Center renovation project, Spokane, WA
Selected finalist for Spokane CSO26 Plaza public art project, Spokane, WA
2016-2019 Mold maker- work with local artists on monumental & other sculpture projects
2016 Assistant to sculptor Greg Wyatt, Model to Monument program administrative duties, Art Students League, NYC
2014-2015 RAIR Philly (Recycled Artist in Residency,) artist assistant and part time Project Manager, Philadelphia, PA
2013-2016 Sculpture instructor at a free summer Arts Camp for youth, Philadelphia, PA
2010-2011 Studio assistant for artist Beth Cavener, Garfield, WA
2005-2008 Cire-Perdue Casting Inc., fine art bronze foundry mold maker/artisan, Hayden, ID
Awards
2021 City of Seattle: Public Artist Roster, selected professional artist, Seattle, WA
2020 City of San Antonio: Public Artist Roster selection, San Antonio, TX
2017 City of Seattle: Public Artist Roster, selected emerging artist, Seattle, WA
2015/16 Model to Monument Fellowship, Art Students League, New York, NY
2015 J. Henry Schiedt Memorial Travel Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) Philadelphia, PA
Alexander Prize for Sculpture, PAFA
Ward Prize for Sculpture, PAFA
Michael and Walter Lantz Prize, National Sculpture Society, New York, NY
2014 Stewardson Prize for Sculpture & Janet Fleisher Prize, PAFA
2013 Stimson Prize for Sculpture, PAFA
2012 Charles E. Dutrow Prize for Sculpture, PAFA
2011 4 year Merit Scholarship & Caldwell Scholarship Honorable Mention, PAFA
National Sculpture Society Scholarship, New York, NY