about

Sarah Sampedro is a Minneapolis-based photographer and educator. Her artistic practice explores contemporary social systems, relationships, community, and belonging. Her work considers the histories, both personal and collective, that shape our perceptions of Self and Other, and the binary of “mine” and “yours.” Past series examined gentrification in her neighborhood, racial covenants and restrictive real estate contracts in Hennepin County, MN, and the 1862 Homestead Act which opened territories for colonization. The relationship between interpersonal space and social contracts has been a constant throughout her career.

Sampedro was 2012 recipient of a MN State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant, 2018 artist in residence at the Milchhof Atelier (Berlin, Germany), 2019 recipient of the Picture Berlin Artist Residency (Berlin, Germany), and a 2021-22 MCAD/Jerome Early Career Artist Fellow. She also chaired the Minneapolis Art Commission and sat on the Minneapolis Public Arts Advisory Panel. Sampedro holds an MFA in Photography and Moving Images from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities and teaches at the University of Minnesota.

TEACHING

Lecturer, Photography: Darkroom & Digital, University of Minnesota (2018-present)
Adjunct Professor, Art History (Online), Upper Iowa University (2020-present)
Teaching Assistant, Photography and Moving Images, University of Minnesota (2016-2018)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

HOMESTEAD, Nobles County Art Center, Worthington, MN (2023)
WATER AND LIGHT, Chatfield Center for the Arts, Chatfield, MN (2023)
NOCTURNE, Northside Artspace Lofts, Minneapolis, MN (2022)
TOGETHER, Robert J. Jones Urban Research and Outreach Center, Minneapolis, MN (2021)
NONPLACEMENT, Ahrnsbak Gallery, UW Marathon County, Wausau, WI (2018)
SEPARATION, Porch Family Room Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (2017)
THE TRANSPARENT SELF: ART & MOTHERHOOD, Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI (2014)
SELF-TITLED, Porch Family Room Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (2014)

 GROUP EXHIBITIONS

CURRENTS, Public Functionary, Minneapolis, MN (2023)
MINNESOTA STATE FAIR FINE ARTS EXHIBITION, St Paul, MN (2023)
MCAD/Jerome Early Career Artist Fellowship, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN (2023)
20th ANNIVERSARY, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN (2023)
COMMUNITY, Century College Teaching Gallery, White Bear Lake, MN (2022)
NEW WORK, Upper Iowa University, Fayetteville, IA (2022)
REFRAMING THE RURAL, PAPA Projects, Saint Paul, MN (2021)
PASSAGES, MSP International Airport (2021)
AFTER HOURS, University of Minnesota Quarter Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (2020)
OPEN DOOR 6, Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (2019)
OPEN WATER PROJECT; IN SIGHT, Minneapolis, MN (2019)
NORTH//EAST, Circa Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (2019)
GROßKREISENTFERNUNG, Torstraße, Berlin, Germany (2019)
HOUSE | YARD, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (2019)
SOMETHING I’M THINKING, Quarter Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (2018)
FOR FREEDOMS, Regis West Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (2018)
HOME INSIDE OUT, Waiting Room at Gallery 71, Edina, MN (2018)
STORIES WE’VE BEEN TOLD, Gründ, Berlin, Germany (2018)
DERIVÉ, Téte, Berlin, Germany (2018)
ATTENTION IS THE BEGINNING OF DEVOTION, Porch Family Room Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (2018)
THE HOUSE THAT RACE BUILT, Art Shanties Project, Minneapolis, MN (2018)
WHERE ARE YOU NOW, Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI (2017)
FRESH WORKS, Regis West Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (2017)
AMERICAN MIRROR, Regis West Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (2017)
WHY FEMME, Why World, Minneapolis, MN (2017)
YOU+ME, Porch Family Room Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (2016)
FUN, Regis West Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (2016)
BUILDING A BELIEF, Porch Family Room Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (2016)
COME INTO BEING, Porch Family Room Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (2015)
BREATH, LIFE, HEART, Porch Family Room Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (2015)
18thINTERNATIONAL OPEN, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL (2015)
NORTHSIDE NOIR, Homewood Studios, Minneapolis, MN (2014)

CURATION

FOR FREEDOMS, Co-curated with Monica Moses Haller & Teréz Iacovino in collaboration with Hank Willis Thomas & Eric Gottesman’s For Freedoms 50 States Initiative, Regis West Gallery, Minneapolis MN (2018)
PORTRAITS, Amy Anderson, Porch Family Room Gallery, Minneapolis MN (2018)
ATTENTION IS THE BEGINNING OF DEVOTION, Porch Family Room Gallery, Minneapolis MN (2018)
UNSELFIES & OTHER WORK, Carolyn McCardell, Porch Family Room Gallery, Minneapolis MN (2018)
DARKNESS, Porch Family Room Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (2017)
MAKE, Porch Family Room Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (2017)
YOU+ME, Porch Family Room Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (2016)
G+C, Danii Kutscheid, Porch Family Room Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (2016)
BUILDING A BELIEF, Porch Family Room Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (2016)
COME INTO BEING, Porch Family Room Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (2015)
FROM MY SIDE OF THE WORLD, Michelle Westmark Wingard and Magdel van Rooyen, Porch Family Room Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (2015)
BREATH, LIFE, HEART, Porch Family Room Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (2015)
NOURISHING WONDER, Mimi Schirber, Porch Family Room Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (2014)
VULNERABILITY: SELF PORTRAITS,Porch Family Room Gallery, Minneapolis, MN(2014)
THE TRANSPARENT SELF, Homewood Studios, Minneapolis, MN(2013)

AWARDS          

Minnesota Museum of American Art Purchase Award, MN State Fair (2023)
Puffin Foundation Project Grant (2023-24)
Art of the Rural; Rural Urban Exchange Fellowship (2023-24)
Jerome Foundation Early Career Artist Fellowship (2022-23)
Robert J. Jones Urban Research and Outreach Center 10th Anniversary Portrait Commission (2020)
UMN COGS Career Development Grant (2018)
DAAD German Academic Exchange Service Grant (2018)
UMN COGS Conference Travel Grant (2017)
Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant (2012)

RESIDENCIES

Picture Berlin (2018)
Milchhoff Atelier, Berlin (2017)
Vision Quest Trade River Residency, WI (2012)

COMMUNITY

Northside Artspace Lofts Exhibition Committee (2022-present)
Solomon’s Porch, Community Art Coordinator and Gallery Curator (2014-2018)
Minneapolis Public Arts Advisory Panel, Neighborhood Representative (2013-2016)
Lincoln Playground Reimaging, Leadership Team Arts Representative (2014-2016)
Minneapolis Arts Commission, Commissioner and Chair (2010-2013)

EDUCATION

MFA Art: Photography and Moving Images, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (2019)
BA Studio Art, Bethel University, St. Paul, MN (2001)