Artists Registry

SADIE BRIDGER,
Artist Lives in NYC

EXHIBITIONS

Interactive Art

2015 Whitney, “Imagination Series, New York, NY
2013 Artpost, “We are the River,” Experiential Sculpture, South Bend, IN
2012 Lubeznik Center for the Arts, “ Magical Sticks,” Michigan City, IN
2012 Southern Shore Art Association, “Recycled Releases,” Michigan City, IN
2011 Lubeznik Center for the Arts, “Double Cake,” Michigan City,
2006 W21 Gallery, “Releases 9/11/06,” Community Installation, New York, NY
2004 City Gallery, “Releases,” Installation with Connie Pfeiffer, New Haven, CT

One Person Show

1994 Pyramid Arts Center, “Inside the Cookroom: An Installation,” Rochester, NY
1992 Native American Center, Pembroke State University, “Bolivia,” Pembroke, NC
1990 Salon Municipal des Artes, “Man and the Environment,” Cochabamba, Bolivia
1989 Municipal Building Art Exhibition Series, “Portraits from Brazil,” Raleigh, NC

Selected Group Shows

2012 Midwest Museum of American Art, Juried Regional, Elkhart, IN
2013 Midwest Museum of American Art, Juried Regional, Elkhart, IN
2007 Art Students League, “Mixed Media, ” New York, NY
1996 Albert Einstein College of Medicine, “Women,” New York, NY
1994 The Center for Creative Imaging, Electronic Photography, Camden, ME
1993 Pyramid Arts Center, “VanGhost in the Machine,” Rochester, NY
1993 Arnot Art Museum, “Natural Instincts,”Contemporary works, Elmira, NY
1991 Art Space, “Rising to the Surface: Socio-Political Visions,” Raleigh, NC
1991 City Gallery of Contemporary Art, “A Photographic Review,” Raleigh, NC
1989 Lubbock Fine Arts Center, “Illuminance,” National exhibition, Lubbock, TX
1988 Mint Museum Biennial, Best Art of the Southeast, Charlotte, NC
1988 Duke University/UNC Reasearch on Women, Invitational, Chapel Hill, NC
1988 Waterworks Visual Arts Center, Invitational, Visiting artist, Salisbury, NC
1987 Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, “Shot in NC,” Winston-Salem, NC
1987 North Carolina Center for Creative Art, “Images,” Durham, NC
1986 Museum of York County, “Southern Visions,”Honorable Mention, York, SC
1985 Sawtooth Gallery, “National Aperture One,” Winston-Salem, NC

SADIE BRIDGER

Traveling Shows

1992-2014 Partners of the Americas, “Bolivia,” Solo exhibition for cultural exchange
1987-1990 We the People National Exhibition, Group exhibition honoring bicentennial of the Constitution, Parade magazine, traveled throughout US, New York, NY
1987-1988 Southeastern Spectrum Henley Exhibition, Traveled throughout state of NC
1986-1988 South Carolina Museum Touring Program, Traveled throughout state of SC

Annual Shows

1992-1994 RIT and Visual Studies Workshop, Graduate works, Rochester, NY
1987-1990 Durham Arts Guild Annual Juried Art Show, Durham ,NC

AWARDS

2013 Midwest Museum of Art, Elkhart, IN, Best Printmaking
1991 Nat’l Association of Partners of the Americas, Washington, DC Travel Grant
1988 National Aperture Three, Raleigh, NC, Quality Award, International Exhibition
1988 Museum of York County, York, SC, First-place winner, “Southern Visions”
1987 Emerging Artist Grant, Raleigh, NC, NC Arts Council & A.J. Fletcher Foundation

EDUCATION

1995 Rochester Institute of Technology, MFA In Imaging Arts, summa cum laude, NY
1986 Maine Photographic Workshops, Studied with Mary Ellen Mark, ME
1984 North Carolina State University, Studied with Jerry N. Uelsman, NC
1974 Applachian State University, BS Education, cum laude

WORK EXPERIENCE

1993 Strong Museum, Rochester, NY, National Endowment for the Humanities grant;
photographer for minature collections; carried out documentation for 22,000 objects

1991 - 1992 Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, Instructor and Assistant;
taught black and white beginning and intermediate photography for film and printing

1989 - 1991 The Independent, Durham, NC, Staff Photographer; statewide weekly produced cover illustrations, photo essays, editorial and feature work for alternative

1987 - 1988 Visiting Artist, Salisbury, NC, Artist; Lectures for prison system and local community college, instructor in photograpy using color and black and white, exhibitor

1985 - 1987 North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, Photography Instructor; taught all phases of black and white photography in a hands on darkroom environment

1984 - 1987 North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, Staff Photographer; studio using large format and public relations work for exhibitions and in-house publications

1987 - 1980 Wake County Schools, Raleigh, NC, Reading speacialist; dylexic student and classroom elementary teacher specialisting in mathematics, grated tenure, 1980

PUBLICATIONS

1993 E.S.P.R.I.T., Rochester, NY
1991 Health Policy and the Disadvantaged, Duke University Press, NC
1990 Southern Exposure, Institute for Southern Studies, Durham, NC
1990 Southern Reader Magazine, Oxford MS
1988-1990 The Independent, alternative weekly newspaper, Durham, NC
1988 Art Quest Catalogue, Los Angeles, CA
1988 Artists’ Liaison, Venice, CA
1988 We the People: A Pictorial Celebration of America, New York, NY
1984-1989 North Carolina Museum of Art, assorted catalogues, Raleigh, NC