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Sarah Kaizar is an illustrator and designer based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her work has been seen in galleries and museums including Paradigm Gallery + Studio, Delaware Contemporary, 3rd Street Gallery, the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, and the Woodmere Art Museum. She is the author of Hiker Trash: Notes, Sketches + Other Detritus on the Appalachian Trail, an illustrated work based on her 2015 thru-hike, published by Mountaineers Books.

Sarah has served as a designer for non-profit organizations in the Greater Philadelphia area including WHYY, the Wharton Esherick Museum, Bristol Riverside Theatre, and the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey. She is currently working in design and communications for The Center for Art in Wood.


Email: sk@sarahkaizar.com // Instagram: @sarahkaizar


Sarah Kaizar
Education

2019

Mural Training Program, Mural Arts Philadelphia

2009

Bucks County Community College, Associates, Marketing

2007

Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Bachelor of Fine Arts


Solo Exhibitions

2019

Hiker Trash, The Land Collective, Philadelphia, PA

2019

Hiker Trash, Paradigm Gallery + Studio, Philadelphia, PA

2017

Rally for the Rare, 5x5 Gallery at Philadelphia Independents, Philadelphia, PA

2016

Endangered, United By Blue, Philadelphia, PA

2014

Mars Show, 3rd Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2014

Clams & Mussels, United By Blue, Philadelphia, PA

2013

In Danger, Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Philadelphia, PA

2013

Wildlife Illustration, St Asaph Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2013

Rare, 3rd Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA


Group Exhibitions

2020

Everyone is a Collector: InLiquid Benefit 2020, InLiquid, Philadelphia, PA

2020

Assemblage: 20 Years of Environmental Art at the Schuylkill Center, Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Philadelphia, PA

2018

Phillustration 10 Juried Exhibition, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

2018

The Pennsylvania Landscape in Impressionism and Contemporary Art, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA

2017

Buy Art, Save Lives, Red Hook Cafe, Philadelphia, PA

2017

OBSERVE: Friends' Juried Exhibition, The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE

2016

Instashow, Silicon Fine Art Prints, Philadelphia, PA

2014

Roar, Silicon Fine Art Prints, Philadelphia, PA

2013

POST: Annual Members Exhibition, 3rd Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2013

Library of Life: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Art Gallery in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA

2012

POST: Annual Members Exhibition, 3rd Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA


Press / Interviews

REI Co-Op Journal

Aer Parris, "Hiker Trash: A Love Letter to the Appalachian Trail," October 10, 2019

Outdoor Project

"Catch These Newly Released Outdoor Titles for Fall," September 10, 2019

National Parks Traveler

Kurt Repanshek, "Hiker Trash, Fishing Great Smoky, 'Acting' Directors," September 8, 2019

Bucks County Magazine

Bob Waite, "She's Drawing a List," June 2018

Perdiz Magazine

Hannah Whitfield, "Hiker Trash: Tales from the Appalachian Trail," Sept 19, 2017

Litro Magazine

Eric Akoto, "Again and Again," June 2017, Issue 163

Wild Lens: Eyes on Conservation Podcast

Matthew Podolsky, "EOC 108: Artist Sarah Kaizar Takes on the Endangered Species List with Pen and Ink," February 8, 2017

Philadelphia Magazine

Aubrey Nagle, "THE ONE: Artist Sarah Kaizar on 'Mars Show,'" November 7, 2014

Temple News

Alexa Bricker, "Drawing Awareness," June 28, 2013.


Teaching / Speaking

2020

Book signing, Outdoor Retailer Winter Show, Denver, CO

2019

Author talk and book signing, United By Blue, Philadelphia, PA

2019

Featured speaker, Perkiomen Valley Art Center, Harleysville, PA

2016

"Flash Talk: Working in the Anthropocene", Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Philadelphia, PA

2016

Guest teacher, The Montgomery School, Chester Springs, PA


Collections

2019

Franklin Furnace Artists' Book Collection

2016

The Permanent Collection of Silicon Gallery


Publications

2019

Hiker Trash: Notes, Sketches + Other Detritus from the Appalachian Trail, Sarah Kaizar

2018

The Pennsylvania Landscape in Impressionism and Contemporary Art, Woodmere Art Museum













Sarah Kaizar




Email: sk@sarahkaizar.com // Instagram: @sarahkaizar