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Sara Greenberger Rafferty

Sara Greenberger Rafferty's work is inspired by myriad sources, including popular culture, television, photographs of singular performers, and alternative color theories. She explores issues of feminism with a great deal of humor and wisdom.

A graduate of the Columbia University School of the Arts MFA Program, Greenberger Rafferty has been championed by the likes of Roberta Smith, the New York Times art critic, amongst others. She has been the subject of well-received solo exhibitions at MoMA PS1 in 2006 and Rachel Uffner in 2009, and has more than 5 exhibitions opening around the world in the coming year. Her work is included among the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.


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Born 1978
Hometown Chicago, IL
Lives and Works Brooklyn, NY
Education
MFA, Columbia University, New York, NY 2005
BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 2000
Representing Galleries

Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY

Interview with the Artist

1. What is your idea of a dream home or holiday?
Home: any one of the carriage houses on Verandah Place in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. Holiday: anywhere with my husband, when I'm not working, where there's above average food.
2. What is your preferred mode of transportation?
Tele-portation.
3. What is your favorite film?
Some days it's McCabe and Mrs. Miller, some days it's Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles and for completely inexplicable reasons, just seeing the words "Meet the Fockers" cracks me up.
4. What is on your iPod?
I'm clearing out space for Tyler, The Creator next month.
5. What is your preferred drink?
Tequila shots.
6. What would you want your last meal on earth to be?
Whatever I had for dinner the night before, because I'd prefer to die in my sleep.

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SHOWS

Mrs.

New York
Jun 13 2019 - Jun 15 2019

Art Auction To Benefit Hampshire College

Halsey McKay Gallery

East Hampton
Oct 28 2017 - Jan 06 2018

New Information

DOCUMENT

Chicago
Nov 11 2016 - Dec 23 2016

Dead Jokes

James Cohan

New York
Jun 29 2016 - Sep 11 2016

Certain Skins

Simone Subal

New York
Jan 10 2016 - Feb 07 2016

Untitled Body Parts
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