Lives and works in Oakland, CA

Education 2013 MFA Art Practice, University of California, Berkeley, MFA Art Practice 2013 Certificate of New Media, University of California, Berkeley 1996 BA Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz

Awards 2020 Artist in Residence, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito CA 2014 Kala Institute residency fellowship, Berkeley 2012 Murphy & Cadogen Contemporary Art Awards, The Foundation, San Francisco Eisner Award for Creative Excellence, University of California, Berkeley 2008 Alternative Exposure grant recipient, Southern Exposure, San Francisco

Solo and two person Exhibitions 2019 Afterhours, CANADA, New York NY Holder, Rebecca Camacho Presents, San Francisco CA 2017 Bow Bow, CANADA, New York NY They, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco CA 2016 2 x 2, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland CA 2014 2nd Floor Projects, San Francisco CA 2006 2nd Floor Projects, San Francisco CA

Group Exhibitions 2020 There Will Come Soft Rains, Gallery Candice Madey, New York NY Peace: Nine Artists Consider Kiki Gallery, Delaplane, San Francisco CA Hot Cue, Cloaca Projects, San Francisco CA 2019 SECA Art Award Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco CA Part and Parcel, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco CA 2018 Setting Forth By Signs, Interface Gallery, Oakland CA Material Futurity, Law Warschaw Gallery, Macalester College, St. Paul MN Bay Area Now, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco CA Artwork for Bedrooms, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco CA Digging for Diamonds in the Disco, Club Rhubarb, New York NY Way Bay, Berkeley Art Museum (BAMPFA), Berkeley CA 2016 Limb II, Et Al Gallery, San Francisco CA Everything is Best, Interface Gallery, Oakland CA Faces and Vases, Royal Nonesuch, Oakland CA 2015 L. Quan Check Cashing and Healing Arts Center, Ratio 3 Pop Up, San Francisco CA Super Contemporary, Creativity Explored, San Francisco CA 2014 Fertile Ground, Oakland Museum, Oakland CA Karla’s Living Room, The Battery, San Francisco CA Magical Thinking, Root Division, San Francisco CA Table Setting, Jancar Jones Gallery, Los Angeles CA 2013 Richard Shaw Slide Show short film screened at Jack Hanley Gallery, New York 2012 Fiat Lux Remix, Eisner Award, Pacific Film Archive University of California, Berkeley CA Murphy & Cadogen Art Awards, San Francisco Foundation and SOMARTS, San Francisco CA 2009 Strange Hope, Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco CA 2004 Collector’s Edition, Triple Base, San Francisco CA The Bay Area Show, Tangent Gallery, Detroit MI I dart SF, , San Francisco CA Inside of Inside, The Lab, San Francisco CA 2003 Hair Revival, Six Months, Los Angeles CA 2002 The ABCO Creepshow, ABCO Warehouse, Oakland CA Neo Dandy Cabaret, Conservatory Theatre Center, San Francisco CA Hot Pink, GLBT Historical Society of Northern California, San Francisco CA 2001 The Cathedral House of Doodoo, 949 Market, San Francisco CA 2000 Clarion Alley Mural Project, Clarion Alley, San Francisco CA

Bibliography 2019 Khraubani, Sahar. 'Sahar Khoury: Afterhours,' The Brooklyn Rail, October. 'Goings on About Town,' The New Yorker, 30 September. Desmarais, Charles. 'Bay Area ceramics scene fired up in new ways,' The San Francisco Chronicle, 24 July. Desmarais, Charles. 'Trio of Bay Area artists named SFMOMA's 2019 Award winners,' The San Francisco Chronicle, 4 April. 2018 Desmarais, Charles. 'YBCA's 'Bay Area Now 8': a bad show redeemed by good art, The San Francisco Chronicle, 20 September. Harbour, Aaron. 'Bay Area Now 8,' journal.fyi, 7 September. 2017 Cooper, Ashton. 'Johanna Jackson and Sahar Khoury bow wow,' ArtReview, Summer. Demarais, Charles. 'Galleries outside the mainstream but worth the effort,' The San Francicso Chronicle, 3 March. Hotchkiss, Sarah. 'Bay Area Sculpture Right Now: Sahar Khoury Revels in Rupture,' KQED Arts, 16 February. 2016 Harbour, Aaron. 'Royal Nonesuch Gallery // Faces and Vases,' curiouslydirect.com, 23 March. 2014 Hotchkiss, Sarah. 'Two Flights Up: Art and Text at [2nd floor projects],' KQED Arts, 14 July.