About:

​Sara Rahe
Lives and works in Boston, MA
sarahairstonrahe.com
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My process of making art is based on repetition and pattern. The geometric and swirling interwoven shapes of my art are inspired by viscera, fashion and craft itself.   I work in many media, with my primary focus on fiber art: knit sculptures, hand weavings, stitchings.  My pieces are unapologetically feminine, colorful and intensive.  I find comfort in the hypnotic repetition of my process and the beauty and history of the materials I choose.   There is a therapeutic element to my work - with needle, thread and yarn, I am essentially mending my wounds with art;  healing through tactile expression.

I have made art since childhood.   I went on to study painting at the Massachusetts College of Art and also hold a Masters of Fine Arts in Visual Art from Mason Gross School of Art at Rutgers.  I have taught drawing and painting at both Montclair University and the Boston Center for Adult Education.    My work has been displayed in shows nationally and internationally.


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Earned Degrees: MFA: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Mason Gross School of the Arts 1999   BFA: Massachusetts College of Art 1997​

Selected Exhibitions: Women of the Cloth Bunker Hill Community College Art Gallery, Boston. Kick-Ass Unter 100 Eigelsteinorburg, Cologne, Germany. Overflow, Laconia Gallery, Boston. Present Tense: A Drawing Show, Art Space @ 16, Malden, MA. Star Search: Self, The New England School of Art and Design, Boston. Malden Art Now Art S pace @ 16, Malden, MA. *MFA Thesis Show, Mason Gross School of the Arts Blue Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ. Faculty and Staff Show, Mason Gross School of the Arts Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ. Go Figure! Four Figurative Painters, Baaklar Gallery, Boston.
Teaching Experience: Instructor, Boston Center for Adult Education, MA, Adjunct Faculty, Fine Arts Department, Montclair University, NJ