Community Show 2025

Sarah Hardesty’s work has been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Arlington, VA; VisArts, Rockville, MD; Metro Micro Gallery, Arlington, VA; ISE Cultural Foundation, New York, NY; Davidson Contemporary, New York, NY; MPG Gallery, Boston, MA; Wheaton College, Norton, MA; and the Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ. She has been awarded residencies at MoCA Arlington, MacDowell Colony, Wassaic Project, Carriage House at Islip Art Museum, Santa Fe Art Institute, and Vermont Studio Center. Hardesty is the recipient of numerous financial awards, including a Fairfax County Artist Grant (2020), a VFIC Mednick Fellowship (2019), a Leon Levy award (2012), and an award from The Joan Mitchell Foundation (2007). Hardesty holds an MFA in Painting from the University of Arizona and a BS in Studio Art from Skidmore College. She is an Associate Professor of Art at Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia. She was born in Strong, Maine, and is currently based in Pawtucket, RI.