Sarah Yuster

Sarah Yuster (born December 29, 1957) is an American painter.

Of Lithuanian Jewish extraction,[1] Yuster studied painting at the High School of Art & Design prior to attending the School of Visual Arts, from which she received her fine arts degree.[2] Her teachers included Irwin Greenberg.[1] A resident of the West Brighton neighborhood of Staten Island,[3] she is noted for both her landscape painting and her portraits. She has also worked on a series of short films with photographer Michael McWeeney.[4][5] Married to musician Robert Mosci, she has two children, a son and daughter.[6]

Yuster has shown paintings at the National Academy of Design and the Biggs Museum of American Art, as well as at numerous galleries around New York City.[2] Her portrait of Saul Bellow is owned by the National Portrait Gallery.[7] Her depiction of Neil DeGrasse Tyson is held by the National Air & Space Museum.[8] A portrait of E. O. Wilson is owned by Harvard University, while Yale University owns a portrait of Coit Liles, commissioned by the Skull and Bones Society. Yuster's work is also in the collections of the Thai royal family and of numerous corporations.[2]