Sarah Sullivan Sherrod graduated from the University of Kansas in 2011 with a BFA in Textile Design. Her work has been featured in Architectural Digest, Domino, and Apartment Therapy.
Sarah Sullivan Sherrod is a Tulsa-based fiber artist, muralist, and everything in-between. Through various mediums like handwoven textiles and painting, Sullivan’s work is an escape to a world of color and texture inspired by childhood games, pasta noodles, and outer space.
EXHIBITIONS + OTHER PROJECTS
“Prairie Planet,” Buck Atoms Cosmic Curios, Tulsa, OK, August 2020
Permanent installation, Carter & Higgins Orthodontics, Tulsa, OK 2019
“Work in Process,” Flash Flood + Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Tulsa, OK December 2019
The Art Project, Lakewood, CO, June 2019
“Mitochroma” duo show with Print Party, ahha, Tulsa, OK, April-May 2019
ArtNOW, Oklahoma Contemporary, OKC, Nov-January 2019
The Art Project, Lakewood, CO, October 2018
OVAC 12x12 Fundraiser, OKC, September 2018
Fiberworks, IAO Gallery, OKC, June/July 2018
AHHA: The Experience - contributor, Tulsa, June 2018
Habit Mural Festival, May 2017, 2018
“Space Food” solo show, Mainline Gallery, Tulsa, May 2018
"Voice of the Artist," Christopher Mantle Gallery, Tulsa, May 2018
TAC Gallery 5x5 Show, May 2016, 2017, 2018
Champagne and Chocolate, Living Arts, November 2017
Philbrook Museum Drawing Rally, November 2017
Tulsa Young Professionals Creative Catalyst Nominee, November 2017
(c)KREATOR, November 2017
Art Market After Dark, November 2017
Tulsa Art Studio Tour, October 2017
Plaza Walls Mural Expo, September 2017
OVAC 12x12 Fundraiser, September 2017
Fiberworks, AHHA Tulsa, August/September 2017
Philbrook Museum, Executive Director's Series, Summer 2017
Please Touch the Art, TCC Center For Creativity, June 2017
Artist INC, Tulsa, OK, Spring 2016
Members Only Exhibit, 108 Contemporary, December 2015
Hygge Pop-Up Shop, Holiday 2015
Warped Wefts: A Weaving Invitational, 108 Contemporary, July 2014
Members Only Exhibit, 108 Contemporary, April 2014
Lawrence Art Party Group Exhibition, Hobbs-Taylor Lofts, Lawrence, Kansas, April 2011
Textiles Club, University of Kansas, president, Fall 2010-11
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, LAWRENCE, KANSAS — BFA, TEXTILE DESIGN, 2011
PRESS
ONE MORE THING / MAY 2019
OKLAHOMA MAGAZINE / MARCH 2019
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / NOVEMBER 2018
OF A KIND / OCTOBER 2018
ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST / OCTOBER 2018
ART DESK / SUMMER 2018
APARTMENT THERAPY / April 2018
THE TULSA VOICE / Best of Tulsa 2018, Winner: Best Visual Artist
OF A KIND / February 2018
FRANKIE MAGAZINE / January 2018
THE TULSA VOICE / Cover Art + Feature, December 2017
DOMINO / Winter 2017
TULSA PEOPLE 2017 / September 2017
KOEL STORIES: SARAH SULLIVAN / August 2017
KJRH CHANNEL 2 TULSA / January 2017
EXPERIENCE
VOKSEE STUDIOS; TULSA, OK — MARCH 2017-2020
Digital Creative Project Manager
THE FIRST WARD; TULSA, OK — MAY 2015-2018
Project Manager - Inventory, Social Media, Web Design, and Pop-Up Shop
LINDA ALLEN MOSAICS; TULSA, OK — SUMMER 2012-15
Design, Application, Installation
WEST ELM; TULSA, OK — APRIL 2015-OCTOBER 2015
Assistant Visual Associate, Installations, Social Media
SARA MATSON WESTOVER, PAINTER; TULSA, OK — JANUARY-JUNE 2014
Studio Assistant, Material preparation, Studio maintenance
ARTCORE: ARTISTS IN RESIDENCY, LIVING ARTS; TULSA, OK — SPRING 2014
Taught interdisciplinary art program to public schools
108 CONTEMPORARY, VOLUNTEER; TULSA, OK — JANUARY-AUGUST 2014
Exhibit installation, Event assistance
WENDELINE MATSON,PAINTER; TULSA, OK — SUMMER 2012
Canvas preparation, Studio maintenance
SARAH’S FABRICS; LAWRENCE, KS — 2011-2012
Sales, Customer service, Web design, Social media
Sarah Sullivan Sherrod.
Sully if you wanna.
or SSS.
A dreamweaver and a rugrat.
Using the combination of handwoven textiles and paint, Sarah Sullivan Sherrod explores the energetic network of our shared global community and the world around us. Translated into the language of color, line, and space, Sherrod’s work emphasizes the basic yet powerful notion that everything is connected.