Sarah Faux (b. 1986 Boston, MA, USA) is a painter whose work lies at the threshold of figuration and abstraction. Her paintings and collages explore the delights and contradictions of living in a body. Faux has held solo exhibitions at Capsule (Shanghai), Hales Gallery (NYC), M+B (Los Angeles), and Stems Gallery (Brussels), among others. She has shown in numerous group exhibitions including at Eric Firestone (NYC), The New York Studio School (NYC), Sim Smith (London) and Loyal Gallery (Stockholm). Faux’s paintings have been featured in The New York Times, BOMB Magazine, Cultured Magazine, i-D Vice, and more. Faux has been the recipient of many residencies and grants, including an Institute Residential Fellowship at the Clyfford Still Museum (2024), a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant (2023-2024), and artist residencies at Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY (2017, 2012). Sarah Faux has lectured on her work and contemporary art at The Jewish Museum, The Yuz Museum, Yale University and elsewhere. Faux holds an MFA in Painting from Yale University and a joint BA/BFA from Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design. Faux lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
