SARA CONDO
Live and Works in Chicago, Illinois
saracondo@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2016 MFA, University of Illinois at Chicago
2009 BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2006 Media Arts, DePaul University
ADDITIONAL COURSEWORK
2017 Structuring Interactive Software for Digital Arts Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), Stanford University *Women in Computer Music Scholarship Recipient*
2008 Under the Northern Lights: Avant-Garde Film Study Abroad (Berlin, Brussels, Amsterdam, Rotterdam), School of the Art Institute of Chicago
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
2016 WZFR Residency for Experimental Filmmakers
2013 ACRE Artists Cooperative and Residency
2012 Ox-Bow School of Art and Artist Residency Fall Residency, Scholarship Recipient
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2021 This Is What We Know So Far, Chicago Art Department, Chicago, Illinois
2019 No Man’s Land, Rare Air Exhibitions, Governor’s Island, New York, New York *
2017 Alone Together, Randy Alexander Gallery, Chicago, Illinois *
2016 Culture. 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Roots and Culture Contemporary Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
The Battery Art Show Vol. 12, ICON, The Battery, San Francisco, California
A cavern. In the middle, a boiling cauldron. MFA Thesis Exhibition, Gallery 400, Chicago, Illinois
Shades, Curated by Haynes Riley and Jess Hirch, Bedfellows Club, Little Rock, Arkansas
2015 SARA.CONDO / LINDSAY.HUTCHENS, Permanent. Collection, Austin, Texas **
2014 Love to Love You, New Work by Oli Rodriguez and Sara Condo, Roots and Culture Contemporary Art Center, Chicago, Illinois **
Prepped, Usable Space, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Cowgirl in the Sand, New Work by Sara Condo, The Hills Esthetic Center, Chicago, Illinois *
2013 Artwork6, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, Illinois
2012 Light Show, Roots and Culture Contemporary Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
2010 Asi Esta La Cosa, Marwen, Untitled Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Anthem, Galleri Babel Kunst, Trondheim, Norway
Music from Big Pink, Pentagon Gallery, Chicago, Illinois **
2009 Chicago Artists Coalition 24/24 Photography Project, River East Arts Center, Chicago, Illinois
My Strawberry Roan – New Art from America, Curated by Elina Tuhkanen, Galleria FAFA, Helsinki, Finland
Spring Undergraduate Exhibition, School of the Art Institute Sullivan Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Map of the World, Bridge Art Fair, New York, New York
Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition, Texas Women’s University, Denton, Texas
2008 Dark Matter: Version Fest 08, The Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, Illinois
2006 DePaul University Juried Exhibition, DePaul University Art Museum Chicago, Illinois
SCREENINGS & PERFORMANCE
2023 A Study of Waves, Curves, and Circles organized by Jennifer Reeder for Gallery 400 Benefit, Chicago, Illinois
2019 Playing the Blues in Space, Flatland Gallery, Chicago, Illinois *
2018 The Wizard, Everywhere is Anywhere, Nightingale Cinema, Chicago, Illinois *
The Wizard - TELE-THON, Presented by Live-to Tape Artist Festival and ACRETV, Nightingale Cinema, Chicago, Illinois
2016 Digital Cowgirl #1/Somewhere, Fields #6 Release, Café Mustache, Chicago, Illinois
Somewhere, WZFR residency screening, Lily Springs Farm, Osceola, Wisconsin
Digital Cowgirl #2, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Gallery 400, Chicago, Illinois
Wanderlust, Nightingale Cinema, Chicago, Illinois
The Empire Builder, Palace Film Festival, Chicago, Illinois
2014 Dreamgirl, Usable Space, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2013 Dreamgirl, Forever and Always, Chicago, Illinois *
(* solo, ** two person)
PUBLIC ART & COLLABORATION
2018 Spaceship Earth, Presented by ACRE TV for CUBED : Luminous , Pensacola Art Museum, Pensacola, Florida
2017 Sonic Arcade, Museum of Art and Design, New York, New York
Audio Design and Micro Processing with Deborah Stratman and Timothy Dukes for Radius
2016 Temporary Resurfacing, in collaboration with Fem Gems (Rachel Glass, Liz Cambron, Grace Cross) Public Art Project, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
GRANT AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
2024 Faculty Enrichment Grant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2023 Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs(DCASE) Grant Individual Artist Program
2020 Dean’s Professional Faculty Development Fund, University of Illinois at Chicago
2014-2016 Board of Trustees Tuition Waiver, University of Illinois at Chicago
2009 Endsley Fellowship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2007-2009 Merit and Academic Scholarship, The School of the Art Institute Chicago
PRESS
2023 Artists to Watch, Comfort Station, Chicago, Illinois
2021 Bad At Sports This Is What We Know So Far, Badatsports.com
2016 Shades at the Bedfellow’s Club, Artviewer.org
2015 Sara Condo/Lindsay Hutchens at Permanent Collection, Austin Chronicle
Top 5 Glasstire, Glasstire.com
2014 Pick of the Week, Love to Love You, Chicago, Tribune
COLLECTIONS
Joan Flasch Artists’ Books Collection
Art Institute of Chicago
TEACHING
2023-current - Lecturer, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Courses Include:
PHOTO 3011(001) - Exploratory Media, PHOTO (3002-001) Large Format Camera, PHOTO (2015-002) Lighting Fundamentals
2018-Current - Lecturer-Credit Course I-Union, Harold Washington Colleges, City Colleges of Chicago
Courses Include:
ART 113 - Introduction to Digital Photography, ART 115 - Introduction to Black and White Photography, ART 114 Art Appreciation for History of Photography, ART 117 - Beginning Color Darkroom, ART 213 - Intermediate Digital Photography
2018-current - Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
Courses Include:
ART 160, Introduction to Digital Photography, ART 260, Adv. Topics in Digital Photography: Computer Vision, Topics in Digital Photography: Expanded Photography, ART 350/480 Adv. Topics in New Media: Physical Body : Virtual World Digital Interactivity for Installation and Performance
2018-2019 Instructor, Loyola University Chicago
Courses Include:
COMM 130 Introduction to Audio Production
2016 - Teaching Fellowship, University of Illinois at Chicago
Courses Include:
ART 160, Introduction to Digital Photography
2015 - Teaching Assistant to Deborah Stratman, University of Illinois at Chicago
Courses Include:
ART 376 Audio Aesthetics
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & PRODUCTION WORK
2010-2018 Media Production Coordinator, Staff Photographer, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2010-2015 Photo & Video Production, Ox-Bow School of Art and Artist Residency
2008 Photo Archives, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago