Statement | Resume

Sarah Lutz (American, b. 1967) is a New York-based artist who splits her time between the Hudson Valley, NY and Truro, MA. With a studio practice spanning more than 40 years, Lutz is primarily a painter and has also collaborated regularly over the past 20 years with master printer Marina Ancona of 10 Grand Press, Brooklyn, NY.

Lutz spent much of her childhood in Antigua, Guatemala and in recent years has had the opportunity to return regularly. Lutz has fostered a new collaborative relationship with the weaving factory of Mitchell Denburg Collection/JD Textiles and is translating her abstract paintings and prints into large scale hand-dyed woven carpets.

Lutz’s work is in numerous private and public collections, and she exhibits her paintings and monotypes regularly. She is represented by Schoolhouse Gallery where she has been exhibiting since 2002

“Although firmly rooted in abstraction, my work makes clear references to the natural world. I spend as much time as I am able near the water: listening, observing, and collecting. My vocabulary of images has been developing over many years and is deeply personal. These forms are the characters in my story, the narrative within each painting, and the evolving arch of my studio practice. I celebrate the pure physicality of my materials while also exploring their alchemistic and illusory potential. Subject matter and process are seamlessly interwoven; the evolution of each painting, both technically and conceptually, is the subject. I want my work to be beautiful, but at the same time unsettling; serious, but with a comedic aspect. In each painting I strive to create a world of light and movement, space, and joy, that feels at once familiar while hinting at something ethereal and unknown.” —Sarah Lutz