Education

B.F.A., The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland

Exhibitions and Projects

*(S) Solo *(C) Collaborative

2022

  • A Closer Look – FRIEDA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (S)
  • People – FRIEDA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2021

  • Practice: From The Inside Out – Carpenter Street Project Space, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (S)
  • The End of the Beginning – Carpenter Street Project Space, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (S)
  • Eros and the Anatomy of  Desire – The Art Parlour, Frenchtown, New Jersey

2020

  • Memento Mori – The Art Parlour, Frenchtown, New Jersey
  • Art of the Self Portrait – The Art Parlour, Frenchtown, New Jersey

2019

  • System All Normal – Pageant: Soloveev, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Spectrum IV – curated by Nathan Skiles – Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, Florida

2018

  • Drawing 1: The Every Day – curated by Deb Whitney – Engine Gallery, Biddeford Maine
  • Reverence to the Thread: Function and Form – Portland Public Library Lewis Gallery, Portland, Maine

2017

  • Get Off My Lawn: Philly Invades the Suburbs, Hamilton Street Gallery, Bound Brook, New Jersey
  • Tracing the Remains, The Mütter Museum – Sabrina Small & Caitlin McCormack, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Gruppenausstellung – Works on Paper, JR Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2016

  • Introduction, Pilot Projects, Philadelphia, PA
  • Moleskin Postal Notebook Project, Tempus Projects, Tampa, Florida
  • Exquisite Porch, Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Florida

2015

  • Monstra & Medicine, Gleaner’s, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (S)
  • Hyperintersection, Pageant: Soloveev, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2014

  • Some Like It Hot, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2013

  • After Glow – Alt Space, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida (S)
  • The Day Before – Symphony Space, New York, New York (C)
  • Woman Inherits The Earth – 3rd Ward Philly, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • I Never Thought So Much Could Change – Tempus Projects, Tampa, Florida

2012

  • Messengers of Memories – The University of the Arts, Levitt Foyer Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (S)
  • Moving Through Time – Haverlock & Small, Clothesline Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
  • Avant Garden – S/ART/Q – Selby Botanical Gardens, Sarasota, Florida
  • In the Zone – Station Number Three, St. Petersburg, Florida

2011

  • Thirteen – S/ART/Q – G.WIZ Science Museum, Sarasota, Florida
  • Voyeur – S/ART/Q – 1340 Central Ave, Sarasota, Florida (C)
  • WE ART Gruppenausstellung – Strzelski Galerie, Stuttgart, Germany
  • Fuzion Dance Artists 5th Season Concert, ‘Balancing Dualities’ – designed and constructed costumes and props in collaboration with Jen King Elliot. Performance at the Jane B. Cook Theater at the FSU Center for the Performing Arts, Sarasota, Florida (C)
  • The Fine Arts Society – Creators & Collectors Tour, Sarasota, Florida (S)

2010

  • Fuzion Dance Artists Winter Fundraiser – site-specific performance with Fuzion Dance Artists, Sarasota, Florida (C)
  • House of Wonders – Brian Haverlock & Sabrina Small, Mitchell Gallery, Englewood, Florida
  • Process – S/ART/Q, G.WIZ Science Museum, Sarasota, Florida
  • Beauty For Ashes: The Portrait Reconsidered, Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Florida
  • REAL(ists), The Selby Gallery at The Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida

2009

  • S/ART/Q Inaugural Exhibition, 1549 State Street, Sarasota, Florida
  • Ruptures, ‘DECK – Galerie fuer Aktuelle Kunst, Stuttgart, Germany (S)
  • Heavy Hitterz, Art Whino Gallery, National Harbor, Maryland
  • Duality, Grey Gallery and Lounge, Seattle, Washington (S)
  • Underground Art Mix, The Hub, Sarasota, Florida
  • Myths, Monsters and Mutations, The Hermitage Artist Retreat, Englewood, Florida (S)

2008

  • Synaptic Dreams, Galerie Kulturreich and Galerie Jens Goethel, Hamburg, Germany (S)
  • Leinzell Open 2008, Schloss Leinzell, Leinzell Germany
  • The Space In-Between, Greene Contemporary, Sarasota, Florida (S)

2007

  • Assemblage, Greene Contemporary, Gallery Artists Group Show, Sarasota, Florida
  • Dort Rastet die Lilith – Sabrina Small & Pat Rosenmeir, ‘DECK – Galerie fuer Aktuelle Kunst, Stuttgart, Germany
  • Traum, Raab Galerie, Berlin, Germany
  • Smoke Signals; Trying to Get Back to Myself, Greene Contemporary, Sarasota, Florida (S)

2006

  • Roundtrip – Sabrina Small & Megan Saperstein, Million Fishes Collective, San Francisco, California
  • Suspended, I.D.E.A., Los Angeles, California
  • Distance, Nanjing Shengua Art Center, Nanjing, China

2005

  • Drawings, Paintings and Stitchings From Berlin, Greene Contemporary, Sarasota, Florida, (S)
  • Handarbeiten – Sabrina Small & Gaby Ray, Galerie Knoth & Krueger, Berlin, Germany
  • Komplize – Sabrina Small & Megan Saperstein, Galerie Paul Michaelsen, Berlin, Germany

2004-05

  • Selected Works, Miramar Gallery, Sarasota, Florida

2003

  • Never See What You Believe, Subspace, Berlin, Germany
  • Multiple Visions IV: Sarasota Artists 1975-2003, The Ringling College of Art, Sarasota, FloridaCurator: Mark Ormond
  • The Human Condition, The Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida
  • Transatlantic Relations: Berlin Meets Tampa, Covivant Gallery, Tampa, Florida
  • Spilling My Guts, Galerie Holz und Farbe, Berlin, Germany (S)

2002

  • Pure Samples – 12 Sarasota Artists, State Street Gallery, Sarasota, Florida

2001

  • Undercurrent/Overview5, The Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida
  • The Maiden Voyage, Beyond The Blue Door, Sarasota, Florida
  • Selected Works, 2001-02, Sonnet Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
  • A Woman’s Place: Sabrina Small, Madonna Phillips, Kathie Olivas, The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Florida

2000

  • Phoenix Gallery, New York, New York – Juror: Maria Christina Villasenor, Assistant Curator of Film and Media, Guggenheim Museum
  • In Good Hands, The Selby Public Library, Sarasota, Florida
  • The Fight Series, L’Antica, Sarasota, Florida (S)

Art Fairs

2009

  • Art Fair 21, by ‘DECK – Galerie fuer Aktuelle Kunst, Cologne, Germany

2007

  • Bridge London, by Greene Contemporary, London, UK
  • Jam Art Mallorca, by ‘DECK – Galerie fuer Aktuelle Kunst, Mallorca, Spain
  • Scope Hamptons, by Greene Contemporary, East Hampton, New York featured artist
  • Bridge Chicago, by Greene Contemporary, Chicago, Illinois
  • Art Karlsruhe, by Raab Gallery, Karlsruhe, Germany

2006

  • Scope Hamptons, by Greene Contemporary, East Hamptons, New York

Publications and Reviews

2022

  • Root Quarterly: Volume III // Issue No. 3 // Fearful Symmetry – Breaking The Nose of Every Beautiful Thing, Heather Shayne Blakeslee
  • The Shoutflower: Issue No. 3 // Winter 2022

2018

  • Maine Sunday Telegram – Engine Gets Edgy with Drawing, October 7, 2018, Daniel Kany

2017

  • Hyperallergic – Responding to Human Remains with Crotched Skeletons and Beaded Organs, February 15, 2017, Allison Meier

2013

  • Philly Art Blog – June 26, 2013, Chip Schwartz

2012

  • EDEN Magazine – Summer 2012, Alexis Leroux-Zupont
  • SRQ Magazine – Best of SRQ Local, April 2012
  • Scene Magazine, The Visual Arts Profiles, April 2012
  • SarasotaVisualArt, “Thirteen at G.WIZ”, Kevin Costello

2011

  • newART Sarasota, on-line blog for Contemporary Art, Kim Russo
  • The Sarasota Herald Tribune, “S/ART/Q to open a lucky “THIRTEEN”, December 6, Marty Fugate
  • The Sarasota Herald Tribune, Ticket: “Review: Fuzion Dance Artists Provide a Feast of Fusion”, March 26, Carrie Seidman
  • The Sarasota Herald Tribune, “Creators & Collectors Tour: Back to Basics”, March 11, Marsha Fottler
  • Sarasota Magazine, Insider People: “Small’s World”, March issue, Kay Kipling

2010

  • The Observer, “Strange Depictions”, June 9, Heidi Kurpiela
  • Catalog for REAL(ists) exhibition at The Selby Gallery – Ringling College of Art and Design
  • The Observer, “Reality Check”, January 20, Heidi Kurpiela

2009

  • Converge, “Art 5×5 Dish: Culinary Art”, 2009-2010 Edition, Sarah Walch
  • ZERO: A Modern Arts Directory by John Revisky; Art Book featuring Sarasota and Tampa Bay Artists
  • The Sarasota Herald Tribune, “Retreat By The Sea”, January 18, Harold Bubil

2008

  • The Sarasota Herald Tribune, “Local Artists On The Brink” August 17, page E1, Joel Rozen
  • The Sarasota Herald Tribune, “In-Between Spaces Of The Psyche”, February 21, Kevin Costello
  • Creative Loafing Sarasota, “Spring Arts Preview 2008”, Jan. 30 – Feb. 5, Vol. 10, No. 17, Brian Ries

2007

  • Catalog for Brainstorms and Smoke Signals – Greene Contemporary and ‘Deck Galerie
  • NYArts Magazine, Vol. 11, Issue 9-10, September 2007
  • MyArtSpace>Blog, “Art Space Talk: Sabrina Small”, May 21, Brian Sherwin
  • The Sarasota Herald Tribune, “Smoke Signals Explores Female Psyche”, February 18, Kevin Costello

2006

  • The Tampa Bay Times, “Last Weekend For Covivant?”, June 3, Lennie Bennet
  • The Pelican Press, “An Explosion Of Paintings, Sculpture and Architecture”, January 1, Mark Ormond

2005

  • The Pelican Press, November 29, 2005, Mark Ormond
  • The Sarasota Herald Tribune, “Artist Denotes Passing Of Youth”, July 29, Kevin Costello

2003

  • The St. Petersburg Times, “Making The Most Of The Rest”, July 3, Lennie Bennett
  • The Metropole Magazine, “Biggie Small – Meet Sabrina Small; A Talent To Be Reckoned With”, Issue no. 18, Chris Browne
  • The St. Petersburg Times, “Beyond The Borders”, June 5, Lennie Bennet

2001

  • The Pelican Press, “Sarasota Artists Star In Tampa Exhibition”, August 30, Mark Ormond
  • The Tampa Tribune, “Brain Food”, August 5, Joanne Milani
  • The Tampa Tribune, “A Woman’s Place”, February 2001, Joanne Milani

2000

  • The Sarasota Herald Tribune, “Artmaking In Good Hands”, February 25, Joan Altabe

Awards, Grants and Honors

2014

•  Da Vinci Art Alliance, Best in Show, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2011

  • John Ringling Towers Fund for Visual Arts, guest panelist 2011-2012, Sarasota, Florida

2009

  • The Hermitage Artist Retreat, awarded six week residency, Englewood, Florida

2008

  • John Ringling Towers Individual Artist Fellowship, Sarasota Arts Council,Sarasota, Florida