Sarah Cain was born in Albany, New York in 1979 and lives in Los Angeles. She received a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2001 and a MFA from the University of California, Berkeley in 2006. Sarah Cain: blue in your body, red when it hits the air is on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego through July 19, 2015, and a one-person exhibition featuring a 4,000 square foot original work on site will open at the Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh, North Carolina in the fall of 2015. Cain’s work has been included in exhibitions such as Variations: Conversations in and around Abstract Painting, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (2014); Now-ism: Abstraction Today, Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, OH (2014); I was a double, Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY (2014); Outside The Lines, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX (2013); Painting in Place, Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND), Los Angeles, CA (2013); PAINT THINGS: beyond the stretcher, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA (2013); Made in L.A., Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA (2012); Gold, Imperial Belvedere Palace Museum, Vienna, Austria (2012); Nothing Beside Remains, LAND: Marfa, Marfa, TX (2011); Two Schools of Cool, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA (2011); 2008 California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA (2008); SECA Art Award Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA (2007); and Like Color in Pictures, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO (2007).
Artist
Sarah Cain

Sarah Cain Victoria Lucas, 2015

Sarah Cain Varied Bow, 2018

Sarah Cain: Yoni Wolf, 2012
Cardboard, acrylic, stick and string on canvas
70 x 48 x 3 inches
Cardboard, acrylic, stick and string on canvas
70 x 48 x 3 inches

Sarah Cain witchcraft, 2015

Sarah Cain waves, 2015

Sarah Cain: BOW DOWN, 2015
Installation view, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Installation view, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Sarah Cain: the exes, 2012
Acrylic on canvas and stretcher bar
103 x 103 inches
Acrylic on canvas and stretcher bar
103 x 103 inches

Sarah Cain: spring rain, 2012
Acrylic, gouache, necklaces, fabric, sand, glitter and Velcro on canvas
60 x 48 x 2 inches
Acrylic, gouache, necklaces, fabric, sand, glitter and Velcro on canvas
60 x 48 x 2 inches

Sarah Cain: Sunglasses, 2012
Acrylic, blanket, sunglasses, silver leaf and string on canvas
122 x 77 x 4 inches
Acrylic, blanket, sunglasses, silver leaf and string on canvas
122 x 77 x 4 inches

Sarah Cain, Sarah Cain: Sunglasses, 2012
Acrylic, blanket, sunglasses, silver leaf and string on canvas
122 x 77 x 4 inches
Acrylic, blanket, sunglasses, silver leaf and string on canvas
122 x 77 x 4 inches

Sarah Cain $ talismans, 2019

Sarah Cain Tessie, 2015

Sarah Cain: the exes, 2012
Acrylic on canvas and stretcher bar
103 x 103 inches
Acrylic on canvas and stretcher bar
103 x 103 inches

Sarah Cain: so there, it's air, 2012
Plastic, cardboard, bench, beads, string, palm frond, rock, gloss, acrylic, canvas, stretcher bars and silver leaf on wall and floor
Dimensions variable
Plastic, cardboard, bench, beads, string, palm frond, rock, gloss, acrylic, canvas, stretcher bars and silver leaf on wall and floor
Dimensions variable

Sarah Cain self portrait, 2018

Sarah Cain hawaii with you take two, 2016

Sarah Cain femme, 2016

Sarah Cain SURPRISE, 2016


Sarah Cain Power Shifts, 2018

Sarah Cain: rasta disco, 2012
Acrylic, beads and string on canvas
74 x 72 x 3 inches
Acrylic, beads and string on canvas
74 x 72 x 3 inches

Sarah Cain mint green X, 2015

Sarah Cain Martha, 2018

Sarah Cain RBG, 2018

Sarah Cain: Mister, 2012
Acrylic, canvas and sticks on canvas
89 x 74 x 7 inches
Acrylic, canvas and sticks on canvas
89 x 74 x 7 inches

Sarah Cain modern love, 2018

Sarah Cain R-E-S-P-E-C-T, 2018

Sarah Cain: crying in public, 2012
Acrylic, shoe laces, bracelet, thread and gouache on canvas
67 x 22 x 2 inches
Acrylic, shoe laces, bracelet, thread and gouache on canvas
67 x 22 x 2 inches

Sarah Cain Mood Swings, 2018

Sarah Cain: freedom is a prime number, 2012
Clay beads, wood beads, string and stick on canvas
81 x 56 x 4 inches
Clay beads, wood beads, string and stick on canvas
81 x 56 x 4 inches

Sarah Cain Palm Afterlife, 2015

Sarah Cain Marc, 2015

Vincent Ramos Love, 2007

Sarah Cain love rag, 2015

Sarah Cain Kyte, 2015

Sarah Cain losing your mind to find your mind, 2018

Sarah Cain getting wavy, 2015

Sarah Cain created out of magic from under a rock, 2017

Sarah Cain thought patterns, 2015

Sarah Cain it's like seeing a rainbow in the middle of a forest, 2017

Sarah Cain keep it safe and legal, 2018

Sarah Cain the sun will not wait floor, 2019

Sarah Cain: falling, 2012
Acrylic, silver leaf and feathers on canvas
104 x 72 inches
Acrylic, silver leaf and feathers on canvas
104 x 72 inches

Sarah Cain: face painting, 2012
Acrylic, string, beads, thread and gouache on canvas
72 x 48 x 3 inches
Acrylic, string, beads, thread and gouache on canvas
72 x 48 x 3 inches

Sarah Cain: Abandon Everything Again, 2012
Acrylic, gouache, necklaces, fabric, sand, glitter and Velcro on canvas
126 x 72 x 3 inches
Acrylic, gouache, necklaces, fabric, sand, glitter and Velcro on canvas
126 x 72 x 3 inches

Sarah Cain welcome to planet motherfucker, 2018

Sarah Cain dresser, 2015

Sarah Cain dresser, 2015

Vincent Ramos Double Meaning 2, 2007

Sarah Cain cat magic, 2018

Sarah Cain: carnival cruise, 2012
Beads, thread, plastic bags, gouache, acrylic and silver leaf on canvas
62 x 48 x 7 inches
Beads, thread, plastic bags, gouache, acrylic and silver leaf on canvas
62 x 48 x 7 inches

Sarah Cain anthem, 2018

Sarah Cain stonewashed starchart, 2015

Sarah Cain vanity (flawless), 2015

Sarah Cain vanity (flawless), 2015

Sarah Cain: 9am flight, 2012
Acrylic, feathers, chain, bead, gold leaf and gouache on canvas
64 x 16 x 2 inches
Acrylic, feathers, chain, bead, gold leaf and gouache on canvas
64 x 16 x 2 inches
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Group Exhibition
Summer

Solo Exhibition
Sarah Cain – The Sun Will Not Wait

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Platform: Sarah Cain
The Armory Show - NY

Group Exhibition
Conceptual Feedback

Fair
Sarah Cain
Dallas Art Fair

Solo Exhibition
Sarah Cain – BOW DOWN

Solo Exhibition
Sarah Cain – freedom is a prime number