about sawyer rose
Sawyer Rose, FRSA, MRSS is a sculptor, installation and social practice artist. Throughout her career, Rose has used her artwork to shine a spotlight on contemporary social and ecological issues. Her work on The Carrying Stones Project addresses women’s work inequity and has been featured by the New York Times, Ms., and BUST. Sculptures and photographs from the project are currently touring universities, museums, and corporate sites across the United States.
Rose has been a resident artist at Yaddo, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA), The Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Ireland, Moulin à Nef in France, Ragdale Foundation, and Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco. She has been awarded grants from The Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation, The Puffin Foundation, The Creative Capacity Fund, and The Awesome Foundation.
Rose is a Fellow of the Royal Society for Arts (London); a Member of the Royal Society of Sculptors (London); and a Signature Member of National Association of Women Artists (New York). She is the Past President and current Communications Chair of the Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art (San Francisco), where she runs a free Mentorship Program for emerging artists.
Born and raised in North Carolina, she holds a degree in Art History from Williams College in Massachusetts, and currently lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area.
photo: New Museum Los Gatos