EDUCATION
1986-89 BACHELOR OF DESIGN NSCAD; Halifax, Nova Scotia
1985-86 FINE ART STUDIES American Centre in Paris; Paris, France
1981-85 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Acadia University; Wolfville, Nova Scotia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 SILVER SKINS The Wall Gallery; University of PEI, Charlottetown, PEI
2014 BETWEEN PRESENCE AND ABSENCE ArtsPlace; Annapolis Royal, NS
2014 RECENT WORK Small Town Vitrine Gallery; Charlottetown, PEI
2014 WORK IN PROGRESS Small Town Market Gallery; Charlottetown, PEI
2010 BETWEEN PRESENCE AND ABSENCE Acadia University Art Gallery; Wolfville, NS
2008 PASSAGES Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery; Waterloo, Ontario
2003 OF SANCTUARY Confederation Centre of the Arts; Charlottetown, PEI
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 WHO’S YOUR MOTHER? Confederation Centre of the Arts; Charlottetown, PEI
2018 REVEAL>CONCEAL This Town is Small; Summerside, PEI
2018 REFRESH, Summerside Arts Festival; Summerside, PEI
2017 THIS TOWN IS SMALL IDEA MARKET Flotilla; Charlottetown, PEI
2017 THE EXQUISITE PROJECT Gallery in the Guild; Charlottetown, PEI
2015 I AM NSCAD Anna Leonowens Gallery; Halifax, NS
2013 ART IN THE OPEN Confederation Centre of the Arts; Charlottetown, PEI
2012 ART IN THE OPEN Confederation Centre of the Arts; Charlottetown, PEI
2011 ASSEMBLY LINES Confederation Centre of the Arts; Charlottetown, PEI
2011 DIRT, DETRITUS & VERMIN Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery; Halifax, NS
2010 WHAT REMAINS Confederation Centre of the Arts; Charlottetown, PEI
2008 EAST COAST CERAMICS Burlington Art Centre; Burlington, Ontario
2007 A HERITAGE ROOM WITH NEW VIEWS Government House; Charlottetown, PEI
2006 MATTER OF CLAY ll Jonathon Bancroft-Snell Interiors; London, Ontario
2005 IN THE MARGINS Mary E. Black Gallery; Halifax, NS
2005 IN THE MARGINS Jonathon Bancroft-Snell Interiors; London, Ontario
2003 A' CHISTE/THE KIST An Tuireann Art Gallery; Portree, Isle of Skye Scotland
2003 CELTIC ROUTES Harbourfront Centre; Toronto, Ontario
2003 PULP FICTIONS Confederation Centre of the Arts; Charlottetown, PEI
2002 BIENNALE NATIONALE DE CERAMIQUE Galerie d'Art du Parc; Trois-Rivieres, QE
2002 BIENNALE NATIONALE DE CERAMIQUE Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery; Waterloo, ON
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
ARTIST TALKS
2016 CARFAC panel discussion, Charlottetown, PEI
2015 The Wall Gallery; University of PEI, Charlottetown, PEI
2014 ASAP Artist Run Centre; Antigonish, Nova Scotia
2014 ArtsPlace; Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
2014 Small Town Market Gallery; Charlottetown, PEI
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
COMMISSIONS & AWARDS
2014 PEI Council of the Arts; Provincial Arts Awards commission
2014 PEI Council of the Arts; Sesquicentennial Public Art commission
2014 PEI Council of the Arts; dissemination grant
2011/08 PEI Council of the Arts; professional development grant
2007 Jean Canfield Government Building; Charlottetown, PEI
2004 City of Charlottetown’s Waterfront Awareness Day; Charlottetown, PEI
2004/03 PEI Council of the Arts; creation grant
2003 An Tuireann Art Gallery; Portree, Isle of Skye Scotland
2001 PEI Dept. Community & Cultural Affairs; cultural development grant
2000 Canada Council of the Arts; creation grant
1995-97 PEI Council of the Arts; creation grant
EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
“Dirt, Detritus and Vermin", MSVU Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 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, PE, 2003
“Autoportrait”, Editions d'Art le Sabord, Trois Rivieres PQ, 2002
JOURNALS & MAGAZINES
Audrey Nicoll, “Lost in the Garden”, Visual Arts Nova Scotia, Fall 2011, p7
Katie Belcher, “Body Conscious”, Visual Arts Nova Scotia, Spring 2011, p2
Shauna McCabe, “Artist Pages”, Arts Atlantic, Summer 2003, p9
Gil McElroy, “Sarah Saunders: songs of sanctuary”, Craft; Perception and Practice: A Canadian Discourse (v.1), Ronsdale Press, Vancouver BC, 2002
Gil McElroy, “Sarah Saunders: songs of sanctuary”, Ceramics: Art & Perception (Intl) #43, 2001, p42
Jan Mollison, “A Hundred Pounds of Clay”, Arts Atlantic, Winter 1998-99
Dan Turner, “Representing Islandness", Arts Atlantic, Winter 1998-99
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Confederation Centre Art Gallery & Museum: Acquisitions Committee
Holland College: Fundamental Arts Program Advisory Committee
Ongoing: various arts juries