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EDUCATION
2022-24
MFA Sculpture, Columbia University, New York, NY
2014-18
BFA Studio Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
2022
Scholastic Art + Writing Awards 2022 Alumni Microgrant
High Desert Observatory Residency, Joshua Tree, CA
Celsius: Ocean Synthetic Biology Entrepreneur in Residence, San Pedro, CA
2021
Baltimore Jewelry Center, Self-Directed Residency, Baltimore, MD
2020
California Institute of Technology, Thomas Lauritsen Summer Research Fellow, Pasadena, California
Baltimore Jewelry Center, Scholarship Recipient, Baltimore, MD
2019
Rema Hort Mann, Emerging Artist Grant 2020 Nominee, Los Angeles, CA
Oxbow School of Art, Workshop Scholarship Recipient, Saugatuck, MI
Spira, Artist in Residence, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Urban Glass, Workshop Scholarship Recipient, New York, NY
New York Arts Practicum, New York, NY
Dallas Museum of Art, Clare Hart DeGolyer Memorial Grant Recipient, Dallas, TX
Anderson Ranch, Workshop Scholarship Recipient, Aspen, CO
The University of Texas at Austin, Irving & Jeannette Goodfriend Presidential Scholarship in Art
The University of Texas at Austin, Jack Risley Endowed Scholarship
The University of Texas at Austin, Steve Grosskopf Endowed Scholarship in Studio Art
The University of Texas at Austin, Undergraduate Research Fellowship
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2022
SELECTED TALKS, PRESENTATIONS + WORKSHOPS
2022
Timekeepers: Shrimpkeepers Bioplastic Extraction, Navel, Los Angeles, CA, July 9, 2022
Artist Talk: Sculpting Sustainable Futures, University of Colorado Boulder, January 24, 2022
2021
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2022-24
MFA Sculpture, Columbia University, New York, NY
2014-18
BFA Studio Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
GRANTS/SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS/RESIDENCIES
2022
Scholastic Art + Writing Awards 2022 Alumni Microgrant
High Desert Observatory Residency, Joshua Tree, CA
Celsius: Ocean Synthetic Biology Entrepreneur in Residence, San Pedro, CA
2021
Baltimore Jewelry Center, Self-Directed Residency, Baltimore, MD
2020
California Institute of Technology, Thomas Lauritsen Summer Research Fellow, Pasadena, California
Baltimore Jewelry Center, Scholarship Recipient, Baltimore, MD
2019
Rema Hort Mann, Emerging Artist Grant 2020 Nominee, Los Angeles, CA
Oxbow School of Art, Workshop Scholarship Recipient, Saugatuck, MI
Spira, Artist in Residence, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Urban Glass, Workshop Scholarship Recipient, New York, NY
New York Arts Practicum, New York, NY
Dallas Museum of Art, Clare Hart DeGolyer Memorial Grant Recipient, Dallas, TX
Anderson Ranch, Workshop Scholarship Recipient, Aspen, CO
The University of Texas at Austin, Irving & Jeannette Goodfriend Presidential Scholarship in Art
The University of Texas at Austin, Jack Risley Endowed Scholarship
The University of Texas at Austin, Steve Grosskopf Endowed Scholarship in Studio Art
The University of Texas at Austin, Undergraduate Research Fellowship
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2022
The Atavistic Homeschooling of Espalier, Below Grand, New York, NY
A Body is a Home, Hark LA, Los Angeles, CA
Augurhythms, Hesse Flatow, New York, NY
Symbiosis: Sculpting the Art of Living Together, Organized by Culture Hub LA, Navel, Los Angeles, CA
Cotyledon, Cotyledon Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Plantasia, Petty Cash, New York, NY
Live, Laugh, Love, Below Grand, New York, NY
Nature vs Nurture, Brea Gallery, Orange County, CA2021
A Memory Which Acts, House Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
Never Finished, collaboration with Emily Blythe Jones, Other Places Art Fair, San Pedro, CA
The Space Between Your Nostrils, RESORT, Baltimore, MD2020
Unearthed, Ars Electronica ft SUPERCOLLIDER, Los Angeles, CA
Vitrines, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD
Ghost Art Projects, online
Technosphere, Spring/Break Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
Tailgate, Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles, CA
A Message to Space, SUPERCOLLIDER, Los Angeles, CA2019
Hygiene & Other Surplus, Gallery Also, Los Angeles, CA
Velvet Ropes, Martha’s Contemporary, Austin, TX
Hop Scotch, Rosenberg Gallery, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD
Big Ringer, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY
Oozy Rat In A Sanitary Zoo, Visual Arts Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX2018
Holiday Open House, Resort Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Artstartart, East Austin Studio Tour, Austin, TX
Red Dot, Women and Their Work, Austin, TX
Sketches, Shoes Off, Brooklyn, NY
Through The Closet, Tracy’s Room, Brooklyn, NY
Beast Manner Collective, West Austin Studio Tour, Austin, TX
Stickermom: Soft Scramble, UT Research Week, Austin, TX
Quickie, Dude Ranch, Austin, TX
The End, Fab Gallery, Austin, TX
It's Not What You Think, Visual Arts Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Untitled, Visual Art Center, Austin, TX2017
Art Bash, Native Hostel, Austin, TX
Through Friction, Art & Vinyl, Austin, TX
Hello Girls! No Vacancy 3,New York, NY
Meta_"Real"_World, Visual Arts Center, Austin, TX
Learning Tuscany, Visual Arts Center, Austin, TX
Mille Otto, Santa Chiara, Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy
Untitled, Undergraduate Art History Association,Austin, TX
Venus, Spider House, Austin, TX
SELECTED TALKS, PRESENTATIONS + WORKSHOPS
2022
Timekeepers: Shrimpkeepers Bioplastic Extraction, Navel, Los Angeles, CA, July 9, 2022
Artist Talk: Sculpting Sustainable Futures, University of Colorado Boulder, January 24, 2022
2021
Artist Talk: Sculpting Sustainable Futures (collaboration with Emily Blythe Jones), Kenyon College, November 4, 2021
Artist Talk: Bio-Plastics: Sculptural Experimentation, Natural History Society of Maryland, July 22, 2021
Workshop: Timekeepers Community Cicada Collection + Bioplastic Extraction, The Shed Space, Baltimore, MD, July 9, 2021
Visiting Artist: Cycad Fossil Sculpture Workshop, Goucher College, June 21 + 23, 2021
Artist Talk (collaboration with Emily Blythe Jones), University of Denver, Denver, CO, March 5, 2021 Artist Talk, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, February 18, 20212020
Artist Talk, CSULB, Long Beach, CA, February 2, 2021
Workshop: How to Grow Your Own Dye Using Algae (collaboration with Spira) Genspace, New York, NY, January 9 + 21, 2021
Artist Talk (collaboration with Emily Blythe Jones),Goucher College, Baltimore, MD, November 2020
Presentation: Sculpting Marine Waste: Methods for Biomaterial Characterization for Home + Studio Labs, Fall Seminar Day, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, October 20, 2020
Presentation: Sculpting Sustainable Resin: Castable and Optically Clear Biocomposite from Chitosan and Hagfish Slime Fibers, Summer Seminar Day, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, July 7, 20202018
Artist Talk, Dallas Museum of Art, Dalls, Texas, May 5, 2018
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Announcing the 2022 Alumni Microgrant Recipients, Scholasatic Art + Writing Awards
Yanelab Podcast: Sasha Fishman – Biomaterials in Sculpture, February 16, 2022
Rupture and Regeneration: Sophia Belkin and Sasha Fishman in Resort’s Final Shows, Bmore Art, Rebekah Kirkman, July 6, 2021
Kirschner, Noelani, Sasha Fishman,The American Scholar, September 21, 2020
Mccain, Peter, “My Date with A Hagfish” Batshit Times, April 2020.
“Check out Sasha Fishman” Voyage LA, 3 Oct. 2019.
Max, Amy. “STUDIO VISIT – SASHA FISHMAN.” INERTIA, 7 Sept. 2019.
Belblidia, Nora. “Blurring the Boundary Between Art and Science – BmoreArt - Baltimore ContemporaryArt.” Bmoreart, 5 Sept. 2019.
Johnson, Brooke; Fishman, Sasha; Murchison, Seth; Wilson, Rachel; Rodriguez, Tin. “Oozy Rat In A Sanitary Zoo.” Limited edition risograph handbound books. Austin, Texas March, 2019.
Rachid, Jen. “Artist Spotlight :: Sasha Fishman.” Raw Paw, Jan. 2019.
Rees, Christina & Zech, Brandon, “Top Five: January 24, 2019”, Glasstire, Glasstire, 24 January 2019
“Artist Spotlight: Sasha Fishman.” ArtStartArt, 2018.
Jones, Ashley. “Awarded Anticipation: DMA 2018 Awards To Artists” Arts & Culture Texas, 18 June 2018.
“Dallas Museum of Art Announces 2018 Awards.” Glasstire, Glasstire, 4 May 2018.
“Sasha Fishman: Local Artist.” Venus, 14 Feb. 2017.
“Through Friction: Opening Reception.” Bbatx, 7 Dec. 2017.
“Sasha Fishman: Squiggle Garden.” Venus, 22 Dec. 2016.
“Photograms.” Venus, 22 Dec. 2016.
“How I Spent My Summer: Sasha Fishman.” The University of Texas at Austin College of Fine Arts, 2016.