SARAH ROONEY Curriculum Vitae
b. 1974, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Lives in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
EDUCATION
2001 -
Master of Fine Arts, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
1993 -
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
1994 -
Fine Arts Foundation Certificate, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
— Périphérie aérienne - espaces flottants, Montréal, QC.
2020
— Malleable Geometry - curator Jakub Zdebik, Orleans OSA Gallery, Ottawa, ON.
2019
— Radiators & Dunes - McClure Gallery, Montréal, QC.
2012
— 10 Years My Darling - Portes Ouvertes, Fonderie Darling, Montréal, QC.
2010
— Héliport - Galerie Les Territoires, Montréal, QC.
2007
— With-Drawing - LandymoreKeith Contemporary Art, Toronto, ON.
— Comme le soleil factice - Usine C, Montréal, QC.
2006
— Beach Flames & Fine Lines - Niagara Gallery (Pari Nadimi Gallery), Toronto, ON.
2003
— Peinture Récente - Galerie l'Étude (Louis Brillant Architecte), Montréal, QC.
2001
— They Say It Takes Four Years to Unravel the City - site-specific (3 shipping containers), York University, Toronto, ON.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
— (forthcoming) Signaux photosynthétiques, group expo curator Sarah Rooney, espaces flottants, Montréal, QC.
2025
— Light Metals Heavy Waits - Diane Morin & Sarah Rooney, espaces flottants, Montréal, QC.
2023
— Renewal - McClure Gallery, Montréal, QC.
2022
— Parle-moi d’amour - 24e édition, Les impatients, l’Agora Hydro-Québec de l’UQAM, Montréal, QC.
2021
— Roots of Clay - McClure Gallery, Montréal, QC.
— Parle-moi d’amour - 23e édition, Les impatients, l’Agora Hydro-Québec de l’UQAM, Montréal, QC.
2020
— Fond d’aide Covid - on line, Visual Arts Centre, Montréal, QC.
2019
— Abstract Networks | Réseaux abstraits- curator Jakub Zdebik with Luce Meunier, Sarah Rooney and Monica Tap, Karsh-Masson Gallery, Ottawa, ON.
— En Couleur, McClure Gallery – Montréal, QC.
— Parle-moi d’amour- 21e édition, Les impatients, Atrium de l’Édifice Wilder – Espace Danse, Montréal, QC.
2018
— Impulsion de réseau | Network Impulse- curator Jakub Zdebik - Luce Meunier, Sarah Rooney, Monica Tap, Galerie R3 de l’UQTR, Trois-Rivières, QC.
— Vendu-Sold- Esse Art + Opinions, auction, (Sailing in a Rain Shadow Desert (sr1), 2018), Museum of Fine Arts Montréal, QC.
— Foire Papier - Paper Art Fair- Martin Schop, Arsenal Contemporary, Montréal, QC.
2015
— Le Party- Art auction OAG/GAO,Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON.
2014
— Yours Truly Exhibition - Galerie Les Territoires, Montréal, QC.
2012
— GwangHwaMun International Art Festival - Sejong Cultural Centre, Seoul, Korea.
2006
— XX/2 Fisch HausExhibition - The Fisch Haus, Wichita, KS, United States.
2005
— Narration…Damnation– curator Robert Dufour, Maison de la culture Côte-des-Neiges, Montréal, QC.
— iIlustré : 3 espaces peints curator Jesh Hanspal: Sukaina Kubba, Sarah Rooney, Jinny Yu, Galerie la Fabriq, Montréal, QC.
2001
— 10080 minutes- IDA Gallery, Toronto, ON.
2000
— Delineating Space, IDA Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada.
1998
— Seuil - Anthony Loring & Sarah Rooney, Centre des arts actuels Skol, Montréal, QC.
EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
2019
— Zdebik, Jakub. Sarah Rooney, Radiators & Dunes, Galerie McClure, Montréal, QC.
— Zdebik, Jakub. Abstract Networks| Réseaux abstraits : Luce Meunier, Sarah Rooney, Monica Tap. Karsh-Masson Gallery, Ottawa, ON.
2012
— The 8th Gwanghwamun International Art Festival, Sejong Cultural Center, Seoul, Korea.
2005
— Dufour, Robert. Narration…Damnation, Maison de la culture Côte-des-Neiges. Montréal, QC.
1998
— Almeida, Jose Milton dos Santos; Rooney, Sarah; Loring, Anthony. - SEUil. Centre des arts actuels Skol, Montréal, QC.
CURATORIAL
2024 - present
Founded espaces flottants, an independent initiative dedicated to exhibitions and publications, Montréal, QC.
DIGITAL PUBLICATIONS
2026
— Gingras, Nicole; Morin, Diane; Rooney, Sarah. Entretien 1. espaces flottants Publications.
— Gingras, Nicole; Morin, Diane; Rooney, Sarah. Interview 1. espaces flottants Publications.
2007
— Rooney, Sarah. Close to Silence, (Review: videos by Jacek Knopp, Krzysztof Rzaezynski; Aitken Doug.) Off Screen, Volume 11, Issue 7.
— Rooney, Sarah. Almost Falling Woman, (Review of video works by Cathy Sisler)
Off Screen, Volume 11, Issue 7.
— Rooney, Sarah. 2007, Release, Off Screen, (Review of video works by Christoph Girardet) Off Screen, Volume 11, Issue 7, 2007.
— Rooney, Sarah. Window, (Review of view video works by Nelson Hendrick)Off Screen, Volume 1, Issue 3.
— Rooney, Sarah. Truth and Dare, (Review of works video Donigan Cumming) Off Screen, Volume 1, Issue 3,
ARTIST TALKS / RESIDENCIES
2020 — Malleable Geometry - Orleans Gallery - OSA, Ottawa, ON.
2019 — Radiators & Dunes- McClure Gallery, Montréal, ON.
2008 — The Geographical Imaginary- Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB.
2012 — Artist residency - Fonderie darling - April – July, Montréal, QC.
SELECTED PRESS
2020
— Canadian Art. Editor’s Pick - Malleable Geometry - Orleans Gallery - OSA, Ottawa.
2018
— Arsenault, Marc-André. Impulsion de réseau à la Galerie R3: Une collaboration artistique avec un grand F, Zone Campus, April, 12.
2005
— Delgado, Jérôme. EXPO La fabriq, La Presse, January 19, 2005
2005
— Lehmann, Henry. Art Comes to N.D.G, The Gazette, January 8, 2005
GRANTS
2026 | 2024 | 2022 | 2019 | 2017
APTPUO — (Academic and Professional Development Fund), University of Ottawa.
1999
CALQ (Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec), Research & Creation.
ART COLLECTIONS
Canada Council Art Bank
Private collections in Canada, Germany, Mexico, UK, US
VISUAL ARTS ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2007 - present: Teaching Professor, Painting & Studio, University of Ottawa, ON.
2021: Invited Professor Painting, University of Ottawa, ON.
2010: Drawing Instructor, University of Toronto, ON.