Press
2022
Vannoy, Cynthia, “Ucross reception draws a large crowd,” Sheridan Media, November 6th.
Osborne-Coy, Doug, “New exhibition at the Marion Gallery examines prison experience,” Fredonia.edu, September 29.
Black, Noel, “Colorado’s Gulag Archipelago,” Lost Highways podcast, History Colorado, June 1.
Beachy-Quick, Dan, “Sarah McKenzie, David B. Smith Gallery,” Artforum, February.
Benson Reidy, Ann, “Ones to watch: Local artists to keep your eye on,” Luxe Magazine, January/February.
2021
Cook, Hugh, “Ucross Foundation celebrates 40 years and looks toward the future,” Wyoming Public Radio, December 3.
Froyd, Susan, “Art Attack: Great shows and events in Denver this weekend,” Westword, October 21.
Paglia, Michael, “Denver’s galleries and art museums look toward the future,” Westword, October 1.
Liu, Jasmine, “Boulder painter Sarah McKenzie explores power and prison architecture,” Westword, June 2.
Hamilton, Sarah, “Architectural artist named 2021 Marion Fellow,” Fredonia.edu, April 26.
2020
New American Paintings, Number 150, Wellesley, MA: Open Studios Press.
Paglia, Michael, “Solos take contemporary painting and sculpture in new directions,” Westword, February 19.
“Sarah McKenzie,” Wall Street International Magazine, January 31.
2019
“News brief: 2019 Rutsch winner,” ArtsNews Magazine, May.
“Rutsch winner Sarah McKenzie solo exhibition opens May 3 at Pelham Art Center,” Arts Westchester, April 22.
2018
“’Summer Mixer 2018’ at Joshua Liner Gallery, New York,” Blouin Art Info, July 6.
Laster, Paul, “Assembling a dream collection at the Dallas Art Fair,” WhiteHotMagazine.com, April.
“Exhibit: Elsewhere,” University of Arizona News, February.
2017
New American Paintings, Number 132, Wellesley, MA: Open Studios Press, October.
Paglia, Michael, “2016 top ten list: Denver,” Art Ltd. Magazine, January 5.
2016
Paglia, Michael, “Sarah McKenzie,” Art Ltd. Magazine, November 10.
Paglia, Michael, “Review: ‘White Walls’ is an art show about art shows,” Westword, October 6.
Sarah McKenzie: White Walls, (exhibition catalogue), Denver, CO: David B. Smith Gallery.
Bardeen, Tara, “The space between,” Modern in Denver Magazine, Fall.
Wills, Betsy, “‘Exhibitionist’ paintings by Sarah McKenzie,” ArtStormer.com, August 17.
Grossman, Dan, “Review: Sarah McKenzie’s ‘White Walls’; An actual art experience or a meta one?” NUVO, July 13.
Seed, John, “Sarah McKenzie’s ‘White Walls’ at the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art,” Huffington Post, June 10.
2015
New American Paintings, Number 120, Wellesley, MA: Open Studios Press, October.
Hill, John, “Architecture as subject for art,” World-Architects.com, August 17.
Art on the Edge, (exhibition catalogue), Santa Fe, NM: New Mexico Museum of Art.
Abatemarco, Michael, “’Art on the Edge 2015′ and ‘Material Matters’ at NMMoA,” Pasatiempo Magazine, May 8.
Biggers, Ashley, “Art on the edge,” Santa Fean Now, April 16-22.
Limon, Enrique, “Jury duty: New exhibit celebrates artists on the edge,” Santa Fe Reporter, April 15-21.
2014
Feireiss, Lukas, Imagine Architecture: Artistic Visions of the Urban Realm, Berlin: Gestalten Press.
Sarah McKenzie: Transitional, (exhibition catalogue), Denver, CO: David B. Smith Gallery.
Rinaldi, Ray, “The 10 best art galleries in Denver,” Denver Post, April 26.
Rinaldi, Ray, “Artists Sarah McKenzie, Mark Dean Veca have the un-time of their lives,” Denver Post, April 6.
Zevitas, Steven, “Must see painting shows: April,” NewAmericanPaintings.com, April 2.
“Boulder Artist Sarah McKenzie at David B. Smith Gallery,” Crave Magazine, March.
“Sarah McKenzie ‘Transitional’ @ David B. Smith, Denver,” Juztapoz.com, March 20.
Goebel, Leanne, “Front Range Women, Abstract Line and More: Denver Art Preview,” AdobeAirstream.com, January.
2013
New American Paintings, Number 108, Wellesley, MA: Open Studios Press, October.
Stinson, Don, “Picturing the land,” Sojourns Magazine, Summer/Fall.
Della Monica, Lauren, “Urban views: Artist reflect on our built environment,” MetropolisMag.com, July 23.
Della Monica, Lauren, Painted Landscapes: Contemporary Views, Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing.
Goebel, Leanne, “Ten Colorado artists you should know about; they happen to be women,” AdobeAirstream.com, March 8.
2012
Selby, May, “Continental Drift,” Aspen Times, Volume 25, No. 294, October 20.
Oksenhorn, Stewart, “Continental Drift, a show of ideas,” Aspen Times Weekly, October 18.
Goebel, Leanne, “Working in mysterious ways, Continental Drift spotlights contemporary Coloradans,” AdobeAirstream.com, August 29.
Paglia, Michael, “Continental Drift brings a sense of place to the MCA,” Westword, August 23.
Paglia, Michael, “Report: Denver,” Art Ltd. Magazine, July.
Chayka, Kyle, “Preview the best of New York’s Pulse 2012 Art Fair,” Flavorwire.com, May 4.
2011
“100 artists to watch,” Modern Painters, December/January.
Hill, John, “Oil and acrylic architecture,” A Daily Dose of Architecture (archidose.blogspot.com), October 9.
“Sarah McKenzie,” American Contemporary Art, September.
2010
Macmillan, Kyle, “In the visual arts, one icon emerges, another re-emerges—and the culture wars continue,” Denver Post, December 26.
Macmillan, Kyle, “Artist Sarah McKenzie builds fine foundation,” Denver Post, December 17.
Belongea, Melissa, “Fall 2010: Gallery Guide,” Modern in Denver, Autumn.
Macmillan, Kyle, “2010 fall arts preview: Visual arts,” Denver Post, September 5.
Wehr, Anne, “Art review: Land Use Survey,” Time Out New York, Issue 775, August 5-11.
Britt, Aaron, “Land Use Survey at Jen Bekman Gallery,” Dwell Magazine, July.
Seed, John, “Sarah McKenzie: A nation of builders, and of artists,” The Huffington Post, July 7.
2009
New American Paintings, Number 84, Wellesley, MA: Open Studios Press, December.
Lukez, Paul, “Urban edges transformed,” Time-Based Architecture International, Volume 6, June.
Orendorff, Danny, “Art for all at Chicago’s fairs,” Art in America, May 8.
Tidmarsh, David, “Suburbia seduces in Art & Architecture,” Yale Daily News, March 3.
Hagberg, Eva, “Building Code’s Sarah McKenzie speaks!” Edificial.com, March 3.
Wesseler, Sarah, “Building on canvas: Sarah McKenzie and the new American landscape,” ArchDaily.com, February 25.
Stanley, Caroline, “Jen Bekman artist to watch: Sarah McKenzie,” FlavorWire.com, January 20.
Arieff, Allison, “What will save the suburbs?” The New York Times, January 11.
2008
Riddle, Mason, “Worlds away: New suburban landscapes,” Public Art Review, Fall/Winter.
O’Neill, Brian, “The suburbs as a museum piece,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 5.
Lowry, Patricia, “Think you know the ‘burbs’?” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 2.
Sherwin, Brian, “ArtSpace talk: Sarah McKenzie,” MyArtSpace.com, June 6.
Johnson, Paddy, “In our masthead: Sarah McKenzie,” ArtFagCity.com, May 13.
Blauvelt, Andrew, Ed., Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes, (exhibition catalogue), Minneapolis: Walker Art Center.
Dell’orto, Giovanna, “Worlds Away exhibit spotlights suburbs,” Miami Herald, February 24.
Dell’orto, Giovanna, “Life in ‘the burbs’: Exhibit explores, explodes myths,” Kitsap Sun, February 24.
Dell’orto, Giovanna, “Minneapolis museum shows work on suburbs,” Reading Eagle, February 24.
Dell’orto, Giovanna, “Last arts frontier: Walker exhibit explores, explodes suburbia myths,” DailyIllini.com, February 15.
Bravo, Amber, “Suburban subversion,” Dwell Magazine, December/January.
2007
Cash, Stephanie, “Report from Colorado: The hills are alive,” Art in America, February.
Jones, Richard, “Abstructions shows what’s hidden in the big picture,” Go!, January 12.
2006
New American Paintings, Number 65, Wellesley, MA: Open Studios Press, September.
Glueck, Grace, “Happiness Is a 2-Car Garage and a Quarter-Pounder Roof Overhead,” The New York Times, March 24.
Genocchio, Benjamin, “The Place We Call Home,” The New York Times, February 12.
Gouveia, Georgette, “Seeing suburban life through artists’ eyes,” The Westchester County, NY Journal News, January 22.
2005
Chandler, Mary Voelz, “Last call,” Denver Rocky Mountain News, November 11.
Macmillan, Kyle, “McKenzie and abstraction, beyond suburbia,” Denver Post, November 4.
Paglia, Michael, “Changing scenes: A duet at Robischon, two solos at Sandy Carson, and Lew Tilley takes his final bow,” Westword, October 27.
Voelz Chandler, Mary, “Group shows refresh galleries,” Denver Rocky Mountain News, August 13.
2004
Litt, Steven, “As leaders depart, some angels arrive,” Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 26.
“Portfolio: Sarah McKenzie,” Angle: A Journal of Arts and Culture, Volume 2, Number 14, June.
“Best of the Midwest: What’s New in American Painting?” Dialogue Magazine, May/June.
Hassebroek, Ashley, “Review: Bemis exhibit is a showcase of originality,” Omaha World-Herald, May 14.
Litt, Steven, “Show illustrates skills of art school’s new faculty,” Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 16.
Radio Interview, “Around Noon with Dee Perry,” WCPN, Cleveland, OH, April 9.
Hassebroek, Ashley, “Bemis to feature emerging artists,” Omaha World-Herald, March 25.
Black, Noel, “Punch packed: Spring shows at Sangre de Christo do it again,” The Independent, March 18-24.
Logan, Casey, “NEXT: Good Point of Demarcation,” Omaha Reader, March 4-10.
Arnest, Mark, “Displacement is haunting theme of exhibits in Pueblo,” The Gazette, February 20.
Sonnema, Roy, “Borderlands: Art exhibitions explore the boundaries of our world,” Pueblo Chieftain, February 19.
Macmillan, Kyle, “10+10, Bourgeois sculptures among state’s best in 2003,” Denver Post, January 11.
2003
Baker, Sarah, “Big names converge on Bemis,” Omaha Reader, November 6-12.
Utter, Douglas Max, “Bonfoey Gallery’s 110th Anniversary Exhibition,” Angle: A Journal of Arts and Culture, Volume 1, Number 8, October.
Bracken-Sparks, Amy, “That old school try,” Cleveland Plain Dealer, September 5.
Freeman, Allen. “Rip Rap: Guilty as Charged,” Landscape Architecture, Volume 93, Number 4, April.
Macmillan, Kyle, “An aerial view: Out of order, chaos,” Denver Post, February 26.
Macmillan, Kyle, “‘Demise’ of painting just a myth: Brushstrokes remain powerful piece of art, Denver Post, February 9.
Chandler, Mary Voelz, “Growing concerns seen in art,” Denver Rocky Mountain News, February 7.
Paglia, Michael, “Grooving to the oldies: Fascinating shows feature riffs on the golden age of modernism,” Westword, January 30.
2002
Journal of the American Planning Association, Volume 68, Number 4, Autumn. Cover image.
2001
New American Paintings, Number 36, Wellesley, MA: Open Studios Press, November.
Chandler, Mary Voelz, “Summer Time well-seasoned,” Denver Rocky Mountain News, August 17.
Macmillan, Kyle, “McKenzie leaves us with two exhibits; Young Boulder artist headed for Cleveland,” Denver Post, July 27.
2000
Gluckstern, J., “Artful Spaces,” Boulder Daily Camera, December 17.
Macmillan, Kyle, “Skillful compositions offer expressionist view of sprawl,” Denver Post, December 8.
Chandler, Mary Voelz, “Critic’s Choice,” Denver Rocky Mountain News, November 26.
1999
Young, Christopher, “5 artists bring ‘dimensions’ to Buckham,” Flint Journal, April 18.
1998
Cantu, John Carlos, “In Zoom’s Rooms: New gallery opens doors to 3 artists’ inner spaces,” Ann Arbor News, July 18.
1997
Herron, Jerry, “Repetition and Devotion: Three Recent Shows,” Ground Up, April/May.
Kjolseth, Francisco, “Painting a Thesis,” Ann Arbor News, November 19.