Sara Cwynar — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works48

Museum Acquisitions

MoMA

SFMOMA

Previous Sales 3

Bonhams

Woman 2 (Cards), 2014

$6,188

Jun 2025

Christie's

Gold - NYT April 22, 1979 (Alphabet Stickers), 2013

$6,300

Jul 2024

Phillips

CMYK Print Test Panel (Darkroom Manuals)

$1,207

Jun 2024

For Sale 6

Aperture · Artsy

Red Rose III, 2020

US$10,000–US$12,000

Metallic C-Print

Cooper Cole Gallery · Artsy

Peony II, 2022

For sale

Archival pigment print

Cooper Cole Gallery · Artsy

Peony I, 2022

For sale

Archival pigment print

Foxy Production · Artsy

Darkroom Manuals (series), 2013

For sale

Four chromogenic prints mounted on Dibond

Performa · Artsy

Untitled, 2021

For sale

Chromogenic print

Foxy Production · Artsy

Encyclopedia Grids (Women Demonstrating Technology), 2021

For sale

Archival pigment print mounted to Dibond

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$6.2K – $6.3K

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$6.2K

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$6.2K

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Jun 2025 · $6.2K

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Phillips

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Galleries1

#551 Cooper Cole

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Prizes & Awards1

Bâloise Prize

Winner 2016

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Publications1

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Vitamin C+: Collage in Contemporary Art

Phaidon Press

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Recent News20

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Past Exhibitions7

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#398 The Approach

Baby Blue Benzo

Sara Cwynar

1st Floor, 47 Approach Road Bethnal Green

Apr 23, 2026 — Jun 7, 2026

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Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston

Sara Cwynar: Alphabet

Sara Cwynar

25 Harbor Shore Dr, Boston, MA 02210, USA

Jan 1, 2025

Sara Cwynar: Alphabet Feb 13 – Aug 3, 2025 Sara Cwynar (b. 1985 in Vancouver) examines the excess of pictures in today’s image-saturated culture through a va...

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Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston

Sara Cwynar

25 Harbor Shore Dr, Boston, MA 02210, USA

Jan 1, 2025

Sara Cwynar Feb 7 – Sep 7, 2025 The colorful and layered photographs, films, and installations of Sara Cwynar (b. 1985, Vancouver) examine the excess of pict...

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