Sarah Fairchild’s work transforms familiar botanical forms into vibrant, embellished meditations on nature’s resilience and beauty. Through layered processes involving painting, silkscreen, metallic foils, flocking, and hand-stitched elements, she elevates weeds, vegetables, and pollinators into radiant icons. Her lush, tactile compositions reflect an ecological reverence while embracing excess and ornamentation, creating a tension between fragility and power. Inspired by both the natural world and decorative arts, Fairchild explores the connections between humanity and nature, inviting viewers to reflect on what we value, preserve, and often overlook. Her art celebrates the wild, the overlooked, and the sacred within the everyday sublime.
Sarah Fairchild is a mixed media artist living in Jersey City, NJ and working in Long Island City, NY. She received her BFA from Columbus College of Art and Design in Columbus, OH. Sarah has exhibited widely in both solo and group exhibitions at Contemporary Art Matters, Columbus, OH, Keyes Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY, and Hammond Harkins Gallery, Columbus, OH. Special projects include her mixed media presentation, Floribunda, at the One Pierrepont Plaza, Brooklyn, NY, and the vinyl installation, Cruciferous, at the Grace Building Lobby in New York City, NY. Works by Sarah are owned by numerous collections including The State Palace of the Hubei Province, China, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH, and Brassica Restaurants, Columbus, OH. In 2021, Sarah received the Community Arts Partnership Purchase Award from the Greater Columbus Arts Council. In 2023 Fairchild had a solo exhibition Anima Mundi at Contemporary Art Matters, Columbus, OH