Sara Stracey
b. 1976 Toronto, Canada
Lives and works in New York
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Biography
Sara Stracey, (1976, Toronto, CA) is an artist.
1999 - 2014 Member of SITE Architecture, Art & Design. Principal of Studio SSMC.
Education
2008 M.F.A. Columbia University, New York
1999 B.F.A. with European Honors, Rhode Island School of Design
1999 Independent RISD Winter Term Study, India
1998 Pont-Aven School of Art, Brittany, France
1996 Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, Virginia
Group Exhibitions
2011 Peeling Layers of Space Out of Thin Air, Curated by John Cleater, The Fields
Sculpture Park at OMI International Arts Center, Ghent, NY
2010 2000-2010 In Architecture, Curated by Maurizio Pelligrin, Macy Art Gallery, NY
Vertical Gardens, AIA San Francisco, CA
2009 Stuart Sherman: Nothing Up My Sleeve, Curated by Jonathan Berger, Participant Gallery, New York
2008 The New Academy, Robert Lehman Art Center, New York
Columbia MFA Exhibtion, Curated by Joao Ribas, Fisher Landau Center, NY
Utterpain/Juanpa: Phillp Stark on Gramercy, Curated by Jeremy Eilers, New York
Worlds Away, New Suburban Landscapes Walker Art Center, MN
2007 Columbia 1st Year Exhibition, Curated by Daniel Boschkov, Wallach Gallery, NY
2006 RISD Biennial, Curated by Robert Storr, Exit Art, New York
Peace Tower, Curated by Rirkrit Tiravanija & Mark di Suvero, Whitney Biennale: Night for Day, New York
2005 SITE: Identity in Density, Parsons New School, New York
Architecture & Arts 1900-2004, Curated by Germano Celant Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, Italy
Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artist’s Space, New York, NY
2004 Archilab New Experiments in Architecture, Art and the City 1950-05 Mori Art Museum Tokyo, Japan
Shake Shack: Drawings & Models, Senior & Shopmaker Gallery, New York
2002. Venice Architecttura Biennalle – A New World Trade Center, Venice, Italy
Architecture in Context, Curated by Marie-Ange Brayer, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Orléans, France
A New World Trade Center - Falling Waters, Max Protecht Gallery, New York
2000 Florida, Curated by Carrie Mackin, Covivant Gallery, New York
1998 Mostre dei Lavori & Album di Desegno, Palazzo Cenci, Rome, Italy
1996 Yves Tanguy in Eye, Swell Gallery, Brittany, France
Selected Projects / Architecture & Design / Public Art Commissions
2023 Gallery - Converted 17th Century Dairy Barn, Hudson Valley, NY
2021 Pandemic Chicken Coop, Hudson Valley, NY
2019 Wisefish, Concept Design, Tribeca, NY
2015 Deep Ellum Bowl, Design Proposal Dallas, TX
2014 XYZ Studio, Concept Design & Masterplan, Hong Kong
2011 VCU Institute for Contemporary Art, Initial Concept Design with Steven Holl, NY
Houston Museum of Art, Initial Concept Design with Steven Holl, NY
John F. Kennedy Museum Extension, Initial Concept Design with Steven Holl, NY
Denny’s Chapel and Design, Las Vegas, NV
2010 Sweet Greens, 3rd location + multiple, subsequent locations, Concept Design
Benihana, Design NY, NY
2009 Reliance Energy Headquarters: Thousand Suns, Concept Design, Mumbai, India
Hojeong Memorial Park - Cemetery, Concept Design, Wanju, South Korea
B-Home Beijing, Building Facade and Expo Design, Beijing, China
American Two Shot, Concept Design, New York, NY
2008 Diplomats Club: Fin Windows & Glass Marble Gardens, Gwacheon, Seoul, Korea
Sagri & Stracey 2008 – Bathes of Caracalla, Rome
Book of Masks with Georgia Sagri, Jeremy Eilers Davis Rhodes, Kristin Bratsch
New York, NY
Drawing Hands and Feet; Coffee, Columbia Café Science presents Oliver Sachs, NY
Drawing Lacan Lectures, Mark C. Taylor, Columbia University, NY
Drawing, Spivak
Caught Bouquet, Tara & Chloe Dzublio Wedding, NY, New York
Worlds Away, Worlds Away, Walker Art Center
Second Shack, Concept Design Dev. Columbus Ave. at 77nd St., New York
2007 Art History Hallway: Change of Lightbulbs, Columbia University, New York
One and Many, Two towers of light, Permanent Art Tampa, Florida
2005 Water Cacti, with Dennis Oppenheim Permanent Art Proposal, Los Angeles, CA
Jack’s Coffee with Jack, Concept Design Developement New York / Hamptons
2004 Shake Shack, Madison Square Park & 60+ subsequent locations Concept Design
Eidesis Capital - Simon Mihailovich, Hedge Fund Design. New York, NY
Coffers, Tokyo, Japan
Feedback Loops, Xerion, New York
2003 Antilia, Cumballa Hill, Mumbai, India
Split House, Olgiata, Italy
Tea with Leonora Carrington, Mexico City, Mexico
A Large Glass, Xerion Capital Partners - Dan Arbess, Park Ave, New York
2002 9 /11 Memorial for Staten Island, New York
LMDC A New World Trade Center Memorial, SITE & Gensler New York
2001 Santa Fe Railyard Park, SITE Competition Finalist, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Ann Marie Garden Sculpture Park & Visitors Center, St. Johns, MD
1999 Erasers - 14’ stacked floor to ceiling, Piazza Cenci, Rome, Italy
N˚ 1 Orange, Piazza Cenci, Rome, Italy
Green Room Lit Two Ways, Beautrice Cenci Room, Rome, Italy
1998 Il Cortile Mare, with Maya Lin, American Academy, Rome
1994 How to Tack up a Horse, Speech Class, Florida
Presentation: Reliance Energy Headquarters, Washington D.C.
Presentation: Reliance Energy Headquarters, Santa Cruz, Mumbai
Presentation: Residence Antilia, New York, NY
Presentation: Guggenheim Estate, Sands Point, New York, NY
Bibliography
Kelly, Robert, BUILDERS, Poem for Sara Stracey and Steven Holl, 2011
Dave Letterman Show, Inspired the Top 10 List with Denny’s Chapel.
#1 Where do you go for your honeymoon: Sleepy’s & on
Obama at Shack - ON BUILDING BUSINESS http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/05/obama-and-biden-goto-shake-shack/
Coburn, Tyler, The Rundown : Columbia University’s 2008 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Rhizome.org, May 14,2008
Gottardo, Ferinando. REL Corporate Headquareters, l’architettura naturale int. Review on Sustainable Architecture, Fall 2007
Mumbai Update IV, SkySkraper City, May 10, 2007
Voeller, Megan, Etched and Otherwise; Lighting up Skypoint, Creative Loafing, June 13, 2007
Merrick, Jay, Beware of the Dogma, Art Review, London/New York November 2005
Saracino, Antonio Pio, Intervista with Site James Wines, Denise MC Lee & Sara Stracey, Abitare
La Terre, May 2005
Morris, Mark, Artificial Ruins: Old Before Their Time, Freize UK
Hammatt, Heather, Finding the Middle Ground, Landscape Architecture, Washinton D.C. (Cover
Concept for WTC Memorial) 2002
Lacayo, Richard, Buildings That Breathe, Time Magazine, New York, August 26, 2002
Simenc, Christian, James Wines ou l’architecture in situ, Beaux Arts, Paris France May 2002
Visions d’un monde naturel, La Republique du Centre, Orléans, France, May 30, 2002
L’economie de la terres - ARCHILAB a Orléans, La Republique du Centre, Orléans, France, May
30, 2002
Rail-yard team eyes design finalists, The Santa Fe New Mexican, Santa Fe, May 10, 2002
Wines, James, What Shall We Do About the World Trade Center?, Metropolis, New York, April
11, 2002
Porcu, Michele, Two SITE in Italy - Casa Fabiani and Ranger Garden Pavilion, Abitare, Milano
Italy, March 2002
Christoforous Alexis, Rebuilding After September 11, CBS Marketwatch, New York, January 20,
2002
WTC Design Proposals, Washington Post, January 18, 2002
Sixteen Acres, Countless Proposals , Wall Street Journal, New York January 11, 2002
Books
Architecture Now! 4, (Ed. by Philip Jodidio). Taschen, New York. 2006
SlTE (Ed. by Mario Pisani). Edistampa slr: Roma, ltaly. 2006
Maisons Mobiles, (Ed. Veronique Willemin). Editions Alternatives: Paris, France. 2006
SITE: Identity in Density, (Ed. Sara Stracey), Foreword by Tom Wolfe. Images Publishing:
Melbourne, Australia. 2004
Awards
2008 Columbia University Viar Tuit Fellowship
2008 Columbia University Hayman Visual Arts Gift
2003 Penn State University Research Fellowship
2000 Graphics Studio Photogravure Workshop with Deli Sacilotto
1997 Yale Norfolk Nominee
1994 Freda L. Turner Fellowship
1994 Berkeley Wyeth Award
1994 Hollins Goodnight Moon Scholarship
1993 Congressional Art Award, Washington D.C.
Academic Experience
2012 Final Reviews with Yehuda Safran, Architecture, Columbia University
2010 Columbia University Teachers College, Guest Lecturer
2009-11 Pace University, Adjunct Professor Design, Sculpture and Drawing
2008 Columbia University, Fall
2007 Sculpture I, Graduate Teaching Assistant
2007 School of Visual Arts, Sculpture I, Guest Lecturer
2005 NYU Gallatin Program, Visiting Critic