Sarah Brent "Portrait of an Artist and Mother II"

Sarah Brent has exhibited widely, inclduing solo exhibitions at The Art Complex Museum in Duxbury, MA, The Mayor’s Gallery in Boston, and Chase Young Gallery, Boston. Recent group shows include “New England Now” at the Shelburne Art Museum, Shelburne, VT and “Still No More” at Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH. Reviews of her numerous exhibitions have been featured in Art New England Magazine, The Boston Globe, Sculpture Magazine, and other publications. Her work is in the permanent collections of Danforth Art Museum, Liquitex Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, and in numerous private collections.
Born in Hadley, NY, Sarah Meyers Brent received her BS from Skidmore College, her Post-Baccalaurate in Studio Art from Brandeis University, and her MFA in painting from the University of New Hampshire. The artist maintains a studio at Waltham Mills in Waltham, MA.

Artist Statement:

"My mixed media works take discarded items from my house, community and town transfer station to create sculptures and alternative landscapes that embody the craziness of motherhood and environmental chaos. The mix of old kids’ clothes, paint globs, toys and rags, incorporated with dirt and other natural elements, look as if they are simultaneously growing and decaying. They express the weight of raising children in environmental disorder while juggling our lives and trying to maintain a sense of self and balance. Referencing the overuse of stuff in our lives and the mental load that women carry around, piles of trash take on a second, organic life. I work through the mess of life to try to find order in chaos and beauty in the reality of imperfection." - Sarah Brent