Saira McLaren b. Toronto, Canada
Awards & Residencies
2020 Dieu Donne Paper Mill, Paper Variables Editions Artist
2019 Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk CT
2015 Edward Albee Foundation Residency
2012 -2016 Greenwich House Pottery Scholarship
2003 Ontario College of Art & Design, Curry Prize for Painting
Selected Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
2021 Essex Flowers, Swish, New York, NY
2019 Sargent’s Daughters, Something I have been meaning to tell you, New York, NY
2018 Bushel, Deep Library, 2-person show with Colie Collins, Delhi, NY
2017 Sargent’s Daughters, rope, straw and feathers are to sleep on, New York, NY
2015 Sargent’s Daughters, A Day and the Night, New York, NY
2014 Essex Flowers, EZ Spirit (in collaboration with Lizzie Wright & Janine Polak,) New York, NY
NADA New York with Sargent’s Daughters, New York NY
2013 Sargent`s Daughters, Saira McLaren & Christopher Astley, New York, NY
Mulherin, a Closing Eyelid, a Tiny Fainting Spell, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 56 Henry, Notebook curated by Joanne Greenbaum
Wild Palms, A Fairly Secret Army, Dusseldorf, Germany
2018 Sargent’s Daughters, Visions of Other Worlds, New York, NY
George Gallery, Eyes in the Heat, Brooklyn, NY
2016 The Willows, If You Build It, Lord & Taylor New York, NY
2014 Sargents’ Daughters, Sargent’s Daughters, New York, NY
George Lawson Gallery, Under the Bridge, San Francisco CA
Correspondance: Works and Writings Between New York City, Hudson and Catskill, Publication Studio, Hudson
Essex Flowers, Yard Show, New York, NY
2013 Virginia Commonwealth University Gallery, Land Ho (curated by Ridley Howard & Holly Coulis,) Richmond, VA
The Willows, Love at the Willows, Brooklyn, NY
2012 New York City, Pig Party (curated by Gina Beavers), New York, NY
Wildlife, Water Feature, Brooklyn,NY
Fleisher/Ollman, You, Me, We and She (with the Art book club), Philadelphia, PA
2011 Art Book Club, Printed Matter Art Book Fair, PS1, Queens, NY
ArtBlogArtBlog, The Death of Affect, New York, NY
ZieherSmith, Grasping at Relics, New York, NY
St Cecilia’s Convent, Art Book Club Presents-The Living Room, New York, NY
2010 Hal Brom Gallery, Anti/Anti Non/Non, New York, NY
St Cecilia’s Convent, System:System, Brooklyn NY
2008 Acuna Hansen, Summer Guests, Los Angeles, CA
Mississippi State University, New Work New York-The Object Direct, Mississippi
Bibliography
2017 Art Viewer, “Saira McLaren at Sargent’s Daughters,” October 20, 2017
2016 Sarah Chaich, "Studio Visit, " Black Cat Journal, Spring 2016
2015 Peiffer, Prudence, “Saira Mclaren at Sargent’s Daughters” Artforum, March 2015 p. 279
Bailey, Paige K, “Saira Mclaren – Critic’s Pick,” Artforum.com, January 15, 2015
New American Paintings, Northeast Edition 116
2014 “Saira McLaren, “A Day and the Night,” TimeOut.com, December 29, 2014
Schwendener, Martha. “Gathering of Far-Flung Friends, and Trends, Pope Chairs and Carpets at NADA NYC Art Fair,” New York Times, May 8th, 2014
Creahan, D. “AO Preview – Frieze New York Art Week, May 7th – 11th, 2014,” Art Observed.com, May 7th, 2014
Kutsenkow, Andrea Lynn. “1960’s Nostalgia Meets NYC’s Urban Jungle in EZ Spirit,” mDaily.com, March 18
2013 Salz, Jerry. “To Do: December 18 – January 1, 2013”, New York Magazine
Hoelsher, Jason. “Beauty and Non-Order in Contemporary Painting,” Art Pulse Magazine, Vol 4 2013
“Love at the Willows”, Domus Magazine, February 2013
Joshua Abelow, “Saira McLaren”, ArtBlogArtBlog, April 2013
Irena Jurek, “Saira McLaren”, Best of All Worlds, January 2013
Eve Latiner, Studio Visit with Saira McLaren, Bull and Ram, February
2012 Newhall, Edith. “A Wide-Ranging Celebration of 2d-Wave Feminism” Philadelphia Inquirer, March 18, 2012
2011 Stephanie Young, Vellum issue 3, 2011
Aldrin Valdez, 'Subconscious Pickings' - Editors Pick, ArtSlant, July 20, 2011
Emily Nathan, “Brooklyn Local,” artnet.com, June 13, 2011
Amir H. Fallah, 'Saira McLaren is Far Out Man', Beautiful Decay Magazine, January 2011