Sarah Hobbs

Sarah Hobbs (born 1970) is an artist.

Biography

Hobbs is from Lynchburg, Virginia. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in art history from the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia in 1992 and her Master of Fine Arts degree in photography in 2000, also from the University of Georgia. She lives and works in Atlanta.

In 2011 Hobbs received an Artadia Award.[1] In 2003 she was a finalist for the Forward Arts Foundation Emerging Artist Award.[2] In 2011 she was an Artadia Awardee.[3] Her work has been exhibited in notable public collections including at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas.[4] Her work has been traveling since 1998.[4]

Hobbs creates psychological still lives/states and photographs them as large scale color images.[5] Her photos are taken on a 4x5 camera as seen in the series "Small Problems in Living" (1999-2004).[6] These scenes are set up in Hobb's home or the homes of close friends, they are made to be dreamlike.[7]

"Sarah Hobbs's work explores and gives form to various human behaviors and compulsions. She carefully stages and photographs scenes that are meant to embody phobias, neuroses, and obsessions. Her intricate tableaus are simultaneously profound and witty, reflecting Hobbs's understanding of human psychology." - Katherine A. Bussard, Assistant Curator of Photography at The Art Institute of Chicago.[8]

References
  1. "Sarah Hobbs". Artadia. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  2. "Sarah Hobbs Biography – Sarah Hobbs on artnet". www.artnet.com. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
  3. "Sarah Hobbs". Artadia. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
  4. www.c71123.com, JK Keller. "Yossi Milo Gallery - Artists - Sarah Hobbs". www.yossimilo.com. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
  5. "Sarah Hobbs exhibition: 'Interior States' | SCAD.edu". SCAD.edu. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
  6. Vitamin Ph: new perspectives in photography. London; New York, NY: Phaidon. 2010-01-01. ISBN 9780714856421. OCLC 795174663.
  7. Hapgood, Susan (2008). Slightly Unbalanced. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-916365-78-3.
  8. "Sarah Hobbs". www.sumtergallery.org. Retrieved 2017-02-21.


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