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EDUCATION
1986-89 BACHELOR OF DESIGN
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design; Halifax, Nova Scotia
1985-86 FINE ART STUDIES
American Centre in Paris; Paris, France
1981-85 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Honours (Biology)
Acadia University; Wolfville, Nova Scotia
1980-81 DANCE STUDIES
Canadian College of Dance, Ryerson; Toronto, Ontario
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 BETWEEN PRESENCE AND ABSENCE
Acadia University Art Gallery; Wolfville, Nova Scotia
2008 PASSAGES (curator: Virginia Eichhorn)
Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery; Waterloo, Ontario
2003-04 OF SANCTUARY (curator: Shauna McCabe)
Confederation Centre of the Arts; Charlottetown, PEI
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 ASSEMBLY LINES (curator: Pan Wendt)
Confederation Centre of the Arts; Charlottetown, PEI
DIRT, DETRITUS & VERMIN (curators: Katie Belcher, Ingrid Jenkner)
Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery; Halifax, NS
2010 WHAT REMAINS (curator: Mireille Eagan)
Confederation Centre of the Arts; Charlottetown, PEI
2008 EAST COAST CERAMICS (curators: Alexandra McCurdy,
Jonathan Smith) Burlington Art Centre; Burlington, Ontario
2007 A HERITAGE ROOM WITH NEW VIEWS (curator: Kevin Rice)
Government House; Charlottetown, PEI
2006 MATTER OF CLAY ll-REPEATS AND OCCASIONAL POTS
Jonathon Bancroft-Snell Interiors; London, Ontario
2005 IN THE MARGINS (curator: Alexandra McCurdy)
Mary E. Black Gallery; Halifax, Nova Scotia
Jonathon Bancroft-Snell Interiors; London, Ontario
2003 A' CHISTE/THE KIST EXHIBITION (curator: Mary Carmicheall)
An Tuireann Art Gallery; Portree, Isle of Skye Scotland
2003 CELTIC ROUTES
Harbourfront Centre; Toronto, Ontario
2003 PULP FICTIONS (curator: Shauna McCabe)
Confederation Centre of the Arts; Charlottetown, PEI
2002-03 BIENNALE NATIONALE DE CERAMIQUE (curator: Alexandra
McCurdy) Galerie d'Art du Parc; Trois-Rivieres, Quebec
Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery; Waterloo, Ontario
1999-00 A HUNDRED POUNDS OF CLAY (curator: Gil McElroy)
Confederation Centre of the Arts; Charlottetown, PEI
1998 REPRESENTING ISLANDNESS (curators: Shauna McCabe,
Alan MacEarchern, Terry Graff)
Confederation Centre of the Arts; Charlottetown, PEI
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Burlington Art Centre; Burlington, Ontario
Prince Edward Island Provincial Art Bank; PEI
Crown Collection- The Canadiana Fund; Ottawa, Ontario
Confederation Centre Art Gallery & Museum; Charlottetown, PEI
An Tuireann Art Gallery; Portree, Isle of Skye Scotland
COMMISSIONS
2007 permanent installation
Jean Canfield Government Building, Charlottetown, PEI
2004 OBSERVATIONS ON THE EBB & FLOW OF LIVES AND
MEMORIES: public art installation in conjunction with The City of
Charlottetown's Waterfront Awareness Day, Charlottetown, PEI
2003 A' CHISTE/THE KIST
An Tuireann Art Gallery; Portree, Isle of Skye Scotland
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2009 PEI Council of the Art, Summer Studio Residency;
Charlottetown, PEI
AWARDS
2011 PEI Council of the Arts, artist grant
2008 PEI Council of the Arts, artist grant
2004 PEI Council of the Arts, artist grant
2003 PEI Council of the Arts, artist grant
2001 PEI Dept. Community & Cultural Affairs, cultural development
2000 Canada Council of the Arts, Visual Arts - creation grant
1997 PEI Council of the Arts, artist grant
1997 South Shore Arts Council, artist grant
1996 PEI Council of the Arts, artist grant
1995 PEI Council of the Arts, artist grant
ARTIST TALKS
2012 Confederation Centre of the Arts; Charlottetown, PEI
2010 Acadia University Art Gallery; Wolfville, Nova Scotia
2008 Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery; Waterloo, Ontario
2007 Confederation Centre of the Arts; Charlottetown, PEI
2003 Confederation Centre of the Arts; Charlottetown, PEI
BOOK REFERENCES
Gil McElroy, Sarah Saunders: songs of sanctuary, Craft; Perception and Practice: A Canadian Discourse (v.1), Ronsdale Press, Vancouver BC, 2002
EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
Dirt, Detritus and Vermin: Ornament and Grime, MSVU Art Gallery, Halifax, NS 2011
East Coast Ceramics, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Ontario, 2008
Meaning, Memory, Milieu, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario, 2008
in the margins, Nova Scotia Centre for Craft and Design, Halifax, NS, 2005
Sarah Saunders: Archive and Architecture, Confederation Centre of the Arts, Charlottetown, PE, 2003
Autoportrait, Editions d'Art le Sabord, Trois Rivieres PQ, 2002
JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES
Audrey Nicoll, “Lost in the Garden”, Visual Arts Nova Scotia, Fall 2011, p7
Katie Belcher, Body Concious, Visual Arts Nova Scotia, Spring 2011, p2
Shauna McCabe, Artist Pages, Arts Atlantic, Summer 2003, p9
Gil McElroy, Sarah Saunders: songs of sanctuary, Ceramics: Art and Perception (International) #43, 2001, p42
Jan Mollison, A Hundred Pounds of Clay, Arts Atlantic, Winter 1998-99
Dan Turner, Representing Islandness: Images of Myth and Memory, Arts Atlantic, Winter 1998-99
NEWSPAPERS
Jennifer Ormiston, Meaning, Memory and Milieu, Waterloo Chronicle, Waterloo ON, March 26 2008, p30
Robert Reid, Contrary Forces, Waterloo Region Record, Waterloo ON, April 12 2008, pE1
Mary MacKay, A Room with an Art View, The Guardian, Charlottetown PE, May 31 2007, pC1
Elissa Barnard, Women Reshape World of Clay, The Chronicle Herald, Halifax, NS, September 24 2005, pF8
Mary MacKay, Inner Meaning of Life, The Guardian, Charlottetown PE, December 1 2003, pC1
Ivy Wigmore, of Sanctuary, The Buzz, Charlottetown PE, November 2003, p15
Pan Wendt, Pulp Fictions: Regional Handmade Paper Products, The Buzz, Charlottetown PE, September 2003, p7
RADIO AND TELEVISION
Phyllis MacGregor, interview of sanctuary, CBC Radio, Halifax NS, 2003
TV interview, Focus on Resources, PEI Dept of Agriculture, Forestry & Development, 1998
PROFESSIONAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS
Confederation Centre Art Gallery & Museum: Acquisitions Committee
Culture PEI: boardmember
CARFAC: member
PEI Council of the Arts: membe
Inspired by textiles inherited from my mother and grandmother, the original textile piece is destroyed to create these objects. A clay record is all that remains, a memory of the original object. This technique, with its inevitable breakage, reinforces the ideas of vulnerability and impermanence.
Bonnet series, porcelain, 2008
Dress series, porcelain, 2008
