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Yuster, Sarah |
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BIO: 2006 Sarah Yuster is a New York painter best known for her urban landscapes and insightful portraits. Early focus on painting at NYC's High School of Art and Design provided an invaluable base of academic technique. She earned her BFA at the School of Visual Arts and continued other aspects of her education with two years of language study at the Italian Cultural Institute and six years at the Greek Language Center in Manhattan. Showing since 1980, Yuster has received numerous grants and awards including Best in Show by NY Times critic William Zimmer, Best Figure/Portrait by Tony Moore of the Guggenheim, and a NY State Legislative award for "Women in the Arts". In 1996, her portrait of the great American author, Nobel laureate Saul Bellow was purchased by the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. for its permanent collection. A recent portrait of internationally recognized biologist and two time Pulitzer prize winner, Edward O. Wilson hangs in Harvard University. Solo shows, including long term installations at the New York Road Runners Club and the National Distance Runners Hall of Fame have met with positive public response and media review. Yuster's paintings have been exhibited at the National Academy of Design and several Soho galleries, while other works are permanently installed in many major institutions and corporate headquarters throughout the New York metropolitan area. . The Firefighter's Commemorative, a triad of paintings that includes her familiar image of the pre 9/11 NYC skyline as seen from the Island is now at Civil Court. Her current endeavor, Habitats, Biophiles and Beasts is a growing series honoring the work of environmentalists, activists and those dedicated to the life sciences via informal portraits and studies of indigenous flora and fauna. Inspired by a diversity of artists such as Vuillard, Whistler, Sargent, Deibenkorn and Neel, she transposes her own sense of economy, quiet bravado, and humor to create the light and imagery that make her work powerful, personal, and accessible. Yuster has her home and studio on Staten Island, New York City's quiet borough, where she lives with her husband Robert, a musician and their two children, Ian and Nora. |
