Photo: Sarah Berman, "Ultra modern girl"

Artist's Profile
Sarah Berman was born in Tokyo, Japan and raised in San Francisco, CA. She recently graduated from Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., where she received a B.A. in Studio Art specializing in drawing. Her work focuses on contemporary femininity, and identity, using oil pastels and markers to depict memories and narratives that shape her worldview.

Base of Activity: San Francisco, CA, USA; Hanover, NH, USA
Media Used: Oil pastel, marker, pen

Selected CV:
1. B.A. Studio Art, Dartmouth College, 2025
2. W. David Dance Fine Art Award, Dartmouth College, 2025
3. Dartmouth General Fellowship Postgraduate Grant, 2025

Project Plan
During this residency, I intend to make a collection of oil pastel and marker drawings influenced by growing up immersed in social media and consumption. I will explore how contemporary American and Japanese media and culture have played formative roles in my progression into adulthood and gender expression.

This project is supported by: Dartmouth General Fellowship (James B. Richardson 1857 Memorial Fund)