SARA J. FRANTZ

EDUCATION

2007 MFA Painting, University of Texas at Austin
2003 BS Studio Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison

EXHIBITIONS

2009 Chill, d berman gallery; Austin, Texas
2009 One on One on One, Art Palace; Austin, TX
2009 The Dog and Pony Show, Curator: Nina Rizzo, Assistant Professor of Painting, NIU, Bad Dog Gallery; DeKalb, IL
2009 60 WRD/MIN Art Critic, participant in Lori Waxman’s performance critic at Arthouse; Austin, TX
2009 Best in Show: Twisted Spurs 2009, Juror: Angel Quesada of the Mexic-Arte Museum, K Space Contemporary; Corpus Christi, TX
2009 Paperworks 2009 International Juried Competition, Juror: Maura Heffner, Exhibition Mgr. Whitney Museum of American Art, B.J. Spokes Gallery;
Huntington, NY
2009 27th Annual Juried Exhibition, Juror: Nat Trotman, Assistant Curator of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,
Pleiades Gallery of Contemporary Art, Inc; New York, NY
2009 Works of Art on Paper, Juror: Shelley Langdale, Associate Curator of Prints and Drawings of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Long Beach Island
Foundation of the Arts and Sciences; Loveladies, New Jersey
2009 Quit the Neighborhood, Cactus Bra Gallery; San Antonio, TX (solo show)
2009 10th anniversary of 5 x 7, Arthouse at the Jones Center; Austin, TX
2009 The XIV Biennial UTSA Art Faculty Exhibition, UTSA Art Gallery, The University of Texas at San Antonio Department of Art and Art History; San Antonio, TX
2009 Texas National 2009, Juror: Mel Chin, The Cole Center @ The Opera House, Stephen F. Austin State University; Nacogdoches, TX
2009 Over and Out, Elizabeth Laurence Contemporary Art Space; San Francisco, CA
2009 EXPO 2009, Juror: Gavin Morrison, curator of the Fort Worth Contemporary Art Gallery, 500X Gallery; Dallas, TX
2008 Housewarming Homecoming, FAB Gallery; Austin, TX
2008 Faculty Exhibition, Creative Research Lab, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Art and Art History; Austin, TX
2008 5 x 7 Art Splurge and Exhibition, Arthouse at the Jones Center; Austin, TX
2008 Shine! Black and White, Arlington Museum of Art; Arlington, TX
2007 Paint Girls, a collaboration between Sara J Frantz and Erin Curtis, in conjunction with the 2007 East Austin Studio Tour; Austin, TX
2007 Massive, Curator: Jeff Litchfield, Under the Sun Gallery, associated with Gallery 705; El Paso, TX
2007 Faculty Exhibition, Creative Research Lab; University of Texas at Austin, Department of Art & Art History; Austin, TX
2007 5 x 7 Art Splurge and Exhibition, Arthouse at the Jones Center; Austin, Texas
2007 Coda, MFA Thesis Show Part 1, Creative Research Lab; University of Texas at Austin, Department of Art & Art History; Austin, TX
2006 Rebound, Caladan Gallery; Beverly, MA
2006 20 Megabytes, Guest Curator: Aaron Dubrow, MASS; Austin, TX
2006 Liquid Days: Navigating the Mutable Tides of Memory, Butridge Gallery at Dougherty Arts Center; Austin, TX
2006 Making it Alone, Creative Research Lab; University of Texas at Austin, Department of Art &Art History; Austin, TX
2006 5x7 Art Splurge & Exhibition, Arthouse at the Jones Center; Austin, Texas
2006 Related, MASS; Austin, TX
2005 Fever, Creative Research Lab; University of Texas at Austin, Department of Art & Art History; Austin, TX
2005 5x7 Art Splurge & Exhibition, Arthouse at the Jones Center; Austin, Texas
2005 Student Art Exhibition, The University of Texas Performing Arts Center 6th Floor Gallery; Austin, TX
2005 Shine! 2005, Moonglow, The Arlington Museum of Art; Arlington, TX
2004 Hana’s Office, with Sara Frantz and Ali Fitzgerald, Casual Fridays Gallery, Creative Research Laboratory,
University of Texas at Austin, Department of Art & Art History; Austin, TX

AWARDS

2009 Winner of Best in Show: Twisted Spurs 2009, Juror: Angel Quesada of the Mexic-Arte Museum, K Space Contemporary; Corpus Christi, TX
2004/5 Emily Maverick Miller and Emily Miller Wells Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Art, University of Texas at Austin; Austin, TX

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2010 -Wayne Alan Brenner, Chill, The Austin Chronicle, Vol. 29 No. 19, January 8, 2010.
2009 -New American Paintings, No. 84, Juror, Terrie Sultan, Director of The Parrish Art Museum
-Lori Waxman, 60 WRD/MIN Art Critic. Austin American-Statesman, July 15th, 2009. http://60wrdmin.org
-Emily Messer, Look & Listen: Finding isolation, desolation across borders. 210SA Volume 3, Issue 15; p. 11.
-Scott Dickens, “Quit the Neighborhood" with Sara J. Frantz, San Antonio Contemporary Art Examiner.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2008-present Lecturer II (painting and drawing), University of Texas at San Antonio; San Antonio, TX
2008 Summer Resident, NES Artist Residency; Skagastrond, Iceland
2007-2009 Lecturer (painting and drawing), University of Texas at Austin; Austin, TX