Sarah Hirneisen

Sarah Hirneisen uses three-dimensional materials and processes to elevate familiar and everyday objects. She received a BFA in glass from Rhode Island School of Design in 2001 and her MFA in sculpture in 2011 from Mills College. Sarah has received a Community Initiatives Grant through the City of Austin, was awarded a residency through the Hungarian Multicultural Center, has received an Individual Artist Grant through the City of Oakland’s Cultural Art’s Program and a Phelan, Murphy & Cadogan fellowship from the San Francisco Foundation for graduate students in the arts. She teaches Sculpture at Texas State University and has taught at Mills College, Cabrillo College, and City College of San Francisco. Sarah has exhibited her work extensively throughout the US as well as Hungary, Korea and England.