Biography
Sage Szkabarnicki Stuart is an emerging photographer living in Ontario. She mostly uses herself as the subject of her photographs, which is both vain and necessary because she is alone a lot of the time. She is completely self-taught.
Szkabarnicki Stuart’s work focuses on how humans interact with their home environment. The central question of her work is: what defines a place as home? One way to try and answer this is by highlighting aspects of the day-to-day that are embedded in routine. Through her photographs Sage hopes to give the viewer a new sense of appreciation and awareness for the place they call home.
Szkabarnicki Stuart graduated with a degree in animation from Concordia University in 2018. Her work has been recently exhibited at the Artist Project and the Toronto Outdoor Art Fair where she won both the Honourable Mention: Student and Emerging Artists by Emerging Curator awards.
Selected Works
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Cygnus buccinator (TRUMPETER SWAN), 2020
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Cepaea nemoralis (GROVE SNAIL), 2020
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Goldfish Gymnocorymbus ternetzi (TETRA)
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Vespula alascensis (WASP), 2020
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Bento, 2019
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Fall, 2018
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My Room, 2018
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Breakfast, 2018
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Calypte anna (ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD), 2020
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Columbia livia (ROCK PIGEON), 2020
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Ovis aries (SHETLAND SHEEP), 2020
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Human, 2020
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Egg Rise, 2019
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How Was Your Week, 2018
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Montreal Vista, 2018
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Hair Envy, 2018
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Felis catus (HOUSE CAT), 2020
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Deroceras laeve (MARSH SLUG), 2020
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UNIDENTIFIED JUVENILE EARTHWORM, 2020
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On The Porch, 2018
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Windstorm, 2018
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Urban Bath, 2018
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OK Bye!, 2018
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I Brought You Flowers, 2018
Exhibitions
December 3 - December 26 - 2020
“The Simple Life”
Our curated December exhibition features artworks that are inspired by the home, domestic life and simple, everyday objects made extraordinary. The exhibit celebrates the everyday, delighting the senses and highlighting the beauty of intimate moments[...]
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April 7 - April 25 - 2020
Our New Shared Language
I have been thinking a lot lately about the importance of human touch. Aganetha Dyck's incredible beework and honeycomb sculpture "Arrival" sits on my desk and I look at it often. I was struck by[...]
MoreCurriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
Concordia University BFA Film Animation, 2018
Savannah College of Art and Design Rising Star Program for Highschool Students, 2011
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021, Pangea, ArtworxTO, location TBD
2020, Animal Logic, Featured Exhibition: Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, Henderson Lee Gallery, Toronto ON
2019, Good Stuff Bad Stuff, Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, Distillery District, Toronto ON
2019, “Sage Szkabarnicki-Stuart”, Robert Klein Gallery, Boston NY
JURIED SHOWS / GROUP SHOWS
2021
In Keeping With Myself, Portrait Gallery of Canada, Ottawa ON
“Time Lost” (CONTACT Festival), Arta Gallery, Toronto ON
2020
“Carmichael Canadian Landscape Exhibition”, Orillia Museum of Art & History, Orillia ON
“Future Retrospectives”, Habourfront Centre, Toronto ON
Feminist Art Fest, OCADU, Toronto ON
2019
“Sage Szkabarnicki-Stuart, Vlad Spicanovic, John Inglis”, Henderson Lee Gallery, Toronto ON
“RMG Exposed”, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa ON
Life Framer Photography Prize, Officine Fotografiche, Milan Italy
Life Framer Photography Prize, Bermondsey Project Space, London England
Photo Week Berlin Shortlist, BBA Gallery, Berlin Germany
DISCONNECT Photo Show, Contact Gallery, Brooklyn NY
AIRY Artist in Residence Exhibition, AIRY Residency, Kofu
AIRY Artist in Residence Exhibition, AIRY Residency, Kofu Japan
Revelations, Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto ON
Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, ImageFoundry, Toronto ON
Explicit Transfer, Living Arts Centre, Mississauga ON
Feature, Robert Klein Gallery, Boston NY
SNAP Live Auction, TBD, Toronto ON
InFocus Exhibition, Edmonton Airport, Edmonton AB
Winners’ Gallery, TBD Life Framer, New York City, Tokyo, Milan, Arles
2018
Gallery Display, Dimensions Gallery, Toronto ON
SKETCH Fundraiser, Gallerie AxeNeo7, Gatineau QC
Figureworks, Wallack Galleries, Ottawa ON
Silent Auction, SAW Gallery, Ottawa ON
Thor Wealth Management Art Prize, QuestArt Upper Gallery, Midland ON
SURGE II: Things to be said, Propeller Gallery, Toronto ON
The Next Big Thing, Living Arts Centre Gallery, Mississauga ON
Urban Landscapes, Suburban Scenes, Rural Impressions, NYC4PA Gallery, New York City, USA
Plastic, LoosenArt Gallery, Rome, Italy
Eyes of Society, New Regionalism Project, Toronto ON
Celebrating Women, Photoplace Gallery, Vermont, USA
Tranquility, Museum of Northern History, Kirkland Lake ON
CONNECT, Fashion Arts Toronto, Toronto ON
Photo Competition Collection, SNAP, Toronto ON
Myths, Dreams and Legends, PhotoPlace Gallery, Vermont, USA
Figureworks, St. Brigid’s Centre for the Arts, Ottawa ON
Emerging Artists Show, Gallery 1313, Toronto ON
AWARDS
2021
Ontario Arts Council, Emerging Artist Grant
2020
Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Best of Photography & Digital Media
International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, OneShot: Movement – Nature
International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, Advertising – Music
International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention People – Self-Portrait
2019
The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, RMG Exposed Youth Award
BBA Gallery, BBA Photography Prize Shortlist
Eddie Adams Workshop, Assignment Award (1 of 4)
Magenta Foundation, Special Interest: Female-Identifying
Magenta Foundation, Best Female-Identifying Photographer
Toronto Outdoor Art Festival, Jurors Pick
AIDS Committee of Toronto, SNAP Live Auction Selection
InFocus Photo, Nikon Award of Photographic Excellence
Toronto Arts Council, Emerging Artist Grant
2018
International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, Editorial-Environmental
International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, People-Self-Portrait
Life Framer, 1st Prize “Face of the Earth” Exhibition Category
Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Emerging Artists by Emerging Curator Award
Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Honourable Mention, Student
Mississauga Living Arts Centre, Fellowship
NYC4PA, 1st Prize “Urban Landscapes” Photo Exhibition Category
NYC4PA, 1st Prize “Rural Impressions” Photo Exhibition Category
Tanas Commun, Shortlisted for “Fur” Residency
PhotoEd Magazine, 1st Prize “PhotoEd Prairies” Competition
AIDS Committee of Toronto, SNAP Selection
Toronto Artist Project, UNTAPPED Emerging Artist Booth Recipient
2017
International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention Fine Art (Portrait)
International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention People (Portrait)
International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention People (Self)
The Motif Collective, Honorable Mention Street Photography
ARTIST RESIDENCES
November 2019 Numbers & Letters Residency, New York, NY
March – May 2018 AIRY Residency, Yamanashi Japan
September 2018 – September 2019 Living Arts Centre Fellowship, Mississauga Canada
June – July 2018 Warehome Residency, Toronto Canada
NEWS / PUBLICATIONS
PRISM: cover image, November 2020, print (magazine)
fotoCULT: article “Top Shot”, September 2020, print (magazine)
Fisheye: cover image and article, “Sage Szklabarnicki-Stuart”, March 2020, print (magazine)
Humble Arts Foundation: Interview, “There’s More Than Just “Whoa” to Sage Szkabarnicki-Stuart’s Wild (and sometimes uncomfortable) Self-Portraits”, February 2020, web: https://hafny.org/blog//2020/2/theres-more-than-just-whoa-to-sage-szkabarnicki-stuarts-wild-and-sometimes-uncomfortable-self-portraits
Picnic: cover image and article, “Sage Szkabarnicki-Stuart”, December 2019, print (magazine)
PhotoEd: cover image and article,
German Cosmopolitan Magazine: Photo spread on plastic, August 2019, print (magazine)
The Artist and Viewer: Sage Szkabarnicki-Stuart in ‘Revelations’, print (newspaper)
National Geographic: Plastic Awareness Day, June 2019, web: https://www.facebook.com/natgeo/
National Geographic YourShot: My Best Photos of 2018, David Y. Lee, January 2019, web: https://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/stories/my-best-photos-2018/
Toronto Outdoor Art Fair: Things to be said… About the artists, December 2018, web newsletter feature: https://bit.ly/2CbQfJA
Artsfile: Annual Figureworks exhibition expands its reach and reputation with this show, Peter Simpson, November 2018, web: https://bit.ly/2zZ9PqZ
Toronto Outdoor Art Fair: From Sage on her experience at TOAF, November 2018, web newsletter feature: https://bit.ly/2SK6Auf
Artoronto.ca: Art Toronto 2018 / The Artworks, Nathan Flint, November 2018, web: https://www.artoronto.ca/?p=41798
PhotoEd Magazine: PechaKucha Presentation, October 2018, speaker at speaking event: http://www.photoed.ca/single-post/2018/11/12/Inspired-by-Jackass-Sage-Szkabarnicki-Stuart-stops-viewers-in-their-tracks
Life Framer: Trash Magic: Interview with Sage Szkabarnicki-Stuart, August 2018, web: https://www.life-framer.com/sage-szkabarnicki-stuart/
Life Framer: The Collection, July 2018, web: https://www.life-framer.com/photographer/sage-szkabarnicki-stuart/
National Geographic: 10 Shocking Facts About Plastic, May 2018, web: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/plastic-facts/
National Geographic YourShot: Visualizing Your Identity, Kholood Eid, April 2018, web: https://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/stories/visualizing-your-identity/
National Geographic YourShot: Daily Dozen, David Y. Lee, April 16 2018, web: https://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/photos/11951204/
The Toronto Sun: Let Your Artwork Tell a Story, Natalie Deane, March 3 2018, print: https://www.janelockhart.com/about/pdf/sun_030318.pdf
The Globe and Mail: The Artist Project featured artist (advertisement), February 2018, print
TTC: The Artist Project featured artist (advertisement), February 2018, billboards
News
Videos
“Our New Shared Language” Video Tour
3 Minute Video Tour of our April 2020 middle gallery exhibition. "Our New Shared Language" reflects on our new shared language. Through humour, grace and sensitivity, these artists highlight our current shared human condition.Sage Szkabarnicki-Stuart Intro
Sage Szkabarnicki Stuart’s work focuses on how humans interact with their home environment. The central question of her work is: what defines a place as home? One way to try and answer this is by highlighting aspects of the day-to-day that are embedded in routine. Through her photographs Sage hopes to give the viewer a new sense of appreciation and awareness for the place they call home.
