Sara Garden Armstrong

• Name — Sara Garden Armstrong • Education — Master of Fine Arts from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa; Master of Art Education from the University of Alabama at Birmingham • Known for — Multi-media artist • Style — Sculptures, paintings, drawings; artist's books, multimedia artworks involving computers sound and light, permanent installations in atrium spaces • Website — https: www.saragardenarmstrong.net

Armstrong received her Master of Fine Arts from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa and her Master of Art Education from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). She also studied art at New York University and with the University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario in Yeovil, England while attending UAB. She was an educator for several years at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She moved to New York City in 1981.

Armstrong's early period with the exploration of sound had exhibitions at the Visual Arts Gallery at UAB and the Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama. Her first exhibition in New York City was at PS1 in 1982, the Sound Corridor, curated by William Hellermen. This installation began her multimedia series of work entitled Airplayer, which ended in 1992 at the CB's 313 Gallery and Bar (next door to CBGB) on the Bowery, and Airplayer XIV. Both installations utilized mechanisms for movement and sound. Armstrong's work has been published extensively, including in Southern Accents, The New Yorker, The New York Art World, Birmingham Magazine, Port Folio Weekly, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and The New York Times.

• 1991 Airplayer XIII, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY • In 1992, Armstrong was invited to be part of "At the intersection of cinema & books: photographic & digital installations", curated by Emily Hartzell for Granary Books Gallery. • In 1995 The Book and Beyond, curated by Douglas Dodds, National Art Library at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England • In 1996 Stiftung für Konkrete Kunst, Reutlingen, Germany • In 1998 Art and Technology, Bellevue Art Museum, WA • In 1999, "Marking Time, Large Scale Drawing, Sara Garden Armstrong" was covered extensively. Among the various revues were The New Yorker, The New York Art World, M and Internet ArtResources. This exhibition was curated by Grady T. Turner and included a catalogue. • Alabama School of Fine Arts – Littoral series, 2002 • 2002 Space One Eleven, Birmingham, AL • 2003 – 2010 Lucky Draw, SculptureCenter, New York, NY • In 2004, David Moos curated Armstrong's work into "Contemporary American Art," at the United States Embassy in Prague, Prague, the Czech Republic • In 2006, Armstrong's work was part of "Contour: The Definitive Line", curated by Jon Coffelt. SHe was one of 17 artists who were asked to define the concept of contour. The exhibit was the culmination of this subjective approach. This exhibition also included Clayton Colvin, Travis Childers, Lee Isaacs and Sean Slemon. James Nelson commented on Armstrong's work in The Birmingham News on June 18, 2006. • In 2008, Armstrong was selected and curated by Miranda McClintic for 41 Park's "Sara Garden Armstrong: distant views: works on paper." A catalogue was included with this exhibition. • In 2009, Armstrong's work was chosen to be part of the exhibition "Anthropology: Revisited, Reinvented, Reinterpreted" along with the work of Lee Isaacs, Karen Graffeo, Janice Kluge, Pinky Bass, Mona Hatoum, Beatrice Coron. The exhibition was curated by Jon Coffelt and Maddy Rosenberg for Central Booking in Brooklyn, NY. • John Davis Gallery, 2009 • In 2010, Armstrong was selected to be part of "A Reader's Art," curated by Jon Coffelt for Susan Hensel Gallery in Minneapolis, MN. This was a 10-year survey of artist's books including works by Pinky Bass, Janice Kluge, Joan Lyons, Qi peng, Luce, Beatrice Coron, Buzz Spector and Mary Ann Sampson. This exhibition included a catalogue.