| SARAH KOLJONEN |
| EDUCATION |
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| Carnegie
Mellon University , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons) The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago , Illinois , USA |
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| RESIDENCIES | ||
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Vermont Studio Center, Vermont, USA The Chautauqua School of Art, Chautauqua, New York, USA |
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| AWARDS AND GRANTS | ||
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Greater Pittsbugh Arts Council- Aritst Opportunity Grant 2007 Vermont Studio Center Artist Grant 2007 Nominee for Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Emerging Artist of the Year 2007 Heinz Fellowship 2006 for residency at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (declined) Samuel Rosenburgh Senior Award 2006 Senior Leadership Award 2006 Recipient of SURG (Small Undergraduate Research Grant) for project Threads, 2006 Elizabeth Jones Award for Threads, 2006 Carnegie Mellon University College of Fine Arts Grant for Made in Motherland, 2005 Augusta Fisher Porter Junior Art Award, 2005 |
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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS |
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Solo Threads, Ellis Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2006 Ephemeral City, Gold Dome Multicultural Society, Oklahoma City, OK, November 2005 Made in Motherland, UC Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, October 2005 Goldfish Ride, Zebra Lounge, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, April 2004 Collaboration Afterlivelihood, The Frame Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, December 2005 Group Artist in the Neighbourhood Scheme IV Launching Exhibition, Hong Kong City Hall Lower Block, January 2008 Hong Kong Graphics Society 2007 Print Exhibition, Shaw College, Chinese University of Hong Kong, November 2007 Crossing Boundaries, Exhibition Gallery, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, Hong Kong, November 2007 Annual Exhibition, Logan Gallery, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY, July 2006 Senior Exhibition, Regina G. Miller Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2006 27th Annual Paper in Particular National Exhibition, Larson Gallery, Columbia College, Columbia, MO, February 2006 Printstallation, The Frame Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, November 2005 InExchange, Olive Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, November 2005 Untitled 2005, Carnegie Mellon University , Pittsburgh, PA, April 2005 The Love Show, The Frame Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University , Pittsburgh, PA, February 2005 Untitled 2004, Carnegie Mellon University , Pittsburgh, PA, April 2004 The Hong Kong Arts Center, Hong Kong, January 2004 |
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WORK EXPERIENCE |
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| Special Education- English Teacher, Pathways Foundation, Hong Kong, 2008- present | ||
| Research assistant, Pokit Consulting Ltd., Hong Kong, 2008- present | ||
| Artist Educator , International Baccalaureate- Diploma Level in Visual Arts, Li Po Chun United World College of Hong Kong, 2006-07 | ||
| Scientific illustrator intern, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh , PA , 2005-06 | ||
| Book illustrator, Leaps and Bounds, Hong Kong, Summer 2005 | ||
| Commistioned artist, relief paintings for Gold Dome Multicultural Society, Oklahoma City, OK, May 2005 | ||
| Studio assistant, Artist Image Resource, Pittsburgh , PA , Summer 2004 | ||
| Project assistant , Tai Po Environmental Association, Hong Kong, Summer 2004 | ||
| Muralist, Child Assessment Center, Kowloon and Fanling Branch, Hong Kong, Summer 2001 and 2004 | ||
| Teacher, Access Hong Kong , Hong Kong , Summer 2003 | ||
PUBLICATIONS |
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| Encyclopedia Destructica: | Volume Atum, Volume Bumba | |
| Big Straw Magazine | ||
INTERESTS |
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| Hong Kong Graphics Society, committee member, September 2006-present | ||
| Pittsburgh Society of Illustrators, member, August 2005-present | ||
| Road Cycling Club, Carnegie Mellon University , 2005 | ||
| Rowing Team, Carnegie Mellon University, 2003-2004 | ||
| Kayaking, open water expeditions, 2000-2002 | ||
| Scuba Diving in Hong Kong and Philippines , NAUI Open Water Diving Certificate, 2000 | ||
| Badminton, International Bronze Award, 1998 | ||
| Piano, Grade 8 (Exit level), Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music , UK , 1999 | ||