SARAH TAYLOR KO
Contemporary Mixed Media Art
Current and Upcoming Exhibitions
"Hawai'i Nei Native Species Art Show"
Opening November 5, 2021
Wailoa Center, Hilo, Hawai'i
"Reaching Out" Palila Project
July, 2021-current
Viewpoints Gallery 3620 Bldwin Ave, Makawao, Maui
"Connections"
An international invitational show sponsored by ART 55
Opens March 14, 2021
"Wild Lands" curated by Gina Tuzzi
An online juried show sponsored by the Artis Alliance
Selected Awards
~ Recognition and Purchase Award from The Hawai'i State Foundation for Culture and the Arts, 2019
~ Honorable Mention for "Little Bird in a Wild World," Hawaii Nei, Wailoa Center, Hilo, Hawai'i, November, 2018
~ Honorable Mention First Annual Art2Life Academy International Show juried by Donna Seager, October, 2018
~ Recognition Award, Volcano Art Center, 2017
~ Second Place for "Wild Boar," Imagine Juried Show, Hilo, Hawai'i, 2017
~ People's Choice Award for "Go with the Flow" Collaborative Art Exhibit, August, 2015
~ Honorable Mention 4th Biennial juried "Abstract Only" Exhibition, Wailoa Center, Hilo Hawai'i, August, 2012
~ Honorable Mention Award, Hawai’i Nei Celebrating Native Species, Wailoa Center, Hilo, HI, August, 2011
~ Third Place Award, E Komo Mai juried competition, Wailoa Center, Hilo, Hawai'i, November, 2010
~ Honorable Mention, East Hawai’i Cultural Center Spring Arts Festival, Hilo, Hawai'i, April, 2007
~ Jurors Award, East Hawai’i Cultural Center Fall Arts Festival, Hilo, HI, recognition by the State of Hawai’i, 2007
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Selected Exhibition History
~ Firehouse Gallery "Freedom Celebration", Waimea, Hawai'i'i August 2021
~ "Celebration of Hawaii" Invitational Show, Viewpoints Gallery, Maui, Hawai'i, 2021
~ Front Porch Gallery Annual Juried Exhibition juried by Maria Mingalone, Carlsbad, California, August, 2020
~ "Through the Eyes of Artists" Invitational Mural Project, Viewpoints Gallery Maui, Hawai'i, June, 2020
~ 10th Annual Maui Open Studios, 2020
~ "Portals" Firehouse Gallery, Waimea, Hawai'i, April, 2019
~ "Hawai'i Nei", Wailoa Center Hilo, Hawai'i, November, 2018
~ Juried into the First Annual International Art2Life Academy Show, 2018
~ "Birds of the Park" Invitational Exhibit, Volcano Art Center, Hawai'i, 2018
~ "MidSummer Art Celebration", Wailoa Center, Hilo, Hawai'i, 2018
~ Selected for Juried Art Show, Volcano Art Center, 2017
~ "Imagine" Juried Show, Hilo, Hawai'i, 2017
~ Selected for the first Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park Juried Invitational Show, "Through Artist's Eyes" April, 2015
~ Hawai'i Nei, juried art competition, Walioa Center, Hawai'i, 2014
~ 4th Biennial juried "Abstract Only" Exhibition, Wailoa Center, Hilo Hawai'i, August, 2012
~ Calvin University Alumni Juried Painting Exhibition, Center Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2012
~ Hawai'i Volcano Observatory’s 100th Anniversary juried show, January, East Hawai'i Cultural Center, Hilo, Hawai'i, 2012
~ Selected for Hawai’i Nei Celebrating Native Species, Wailoa Center, Hilo, Hawai'i, August, 2011
~ "E Komo Mai" Wailoa Center, Hilo, Hawai'i, November, 2010
~ East Hawai’i Cultural Center juried Spring Arts Festival, Hilo, Hawaii, April, 2007
Publication
~ Published in the December 2019 issue of Still Points Quarterly, "Phenomenol Women."
~ Published in Cloudsong, a collaborative music and art show inspired by clouds, 2016
Current Gallery Representation:
~Viewpoints Gallery, 3620 Baldwin Ave # 101, Makawao, Hawai'i, 96768
2020-present
~Banyan Gallery, 71 Banyan Drive, Hilo, Hawai'i, 96720
2014-present
~One Gallery, 186 Kamehameha Ave, Hilo, Hawai'i, 96720
2013-present
Education:
~ Language of Design, Mark Eanes, 2021
~ CVP Creative Visionary Program, Nicholas Wilton, 2017
~ BFA, Calvin College, 1994
About
For 98 years only boys were born in the Taylor family until Sarah broke tradition and entered the scene in the 1970's near Detroit, Michigan.
Sarah was co-chair of the Visual Arts Guild at Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan where she graduated magna cum laude and earned a BFA in 1994. She relocated to Hawai'i Island, homeschooled her 2 children, started an aquaponic farm, raised flocks of chickens, and always kept a hand in art. She has painted with acrylic and oils, made stained glass, worked with encaustic, Japanese bookbinding, printmaking, hand made papers, zentangle, and taught free classes at the local schools.
Sarah's award winning work has been juried into over 25 shows, recognized by the Hawai'i State Foundation for Culture and the Arts, and purchased by the permanent collection of Calvin University and the Honolulu Museum of Art. It can be found in private collections around the world.
Because of her interest in patina she prefers working on wood panels with acrylic paint, collage, and other elements that can be distressed. She has an enduring desire to showcase the diverse and unique aspects of Hawai'i as well as an interest in imaginative abstract work.