Sara Sisun

I am a painter currently based in Boulder, Colorado. I studied painting at Stanford University (BA 2009) and the San Francisco Art Institute (MFA 2011).

Stanford University, BA, Art Practice
San Francisco Art Institute, MFA, Painting
Slade School of Art, Summer Course, 2009

Awards:
Fikva Award for Painters, Online Representation Prize
Fikva Foundation, Antwerp, Belgium, 2025
Figurativas, Finalist
Museu Europeu d’Arte Modern, Barcelona, Spain, 2025
New Salem Museum, Competition Finalist
New Salem Museum, New Salem, Massachusetts, 2025
Almenera Art Prize, Honorable Mention
Almenera Collection, Córdoba, Spain, 2024
Hampstead Art Society People’s Choice
Award Nomination, London, UK, 2023
Audrey Beard Scholarship for Graduate Study in Art History
University of Colorado, Boulder, 2017
The Alpine Fellowship
Recipient for Art Practice, Venice, Italy, 2016
Kent Summer School in Critical Theory Merit Scholarship
For attendance at Summer School in Paris, 2016, 2017
Artist Residency with Jerusalem Studio School
Selected by Israel Hirschberg, Civita Castella, Italy, 2013
The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, Canada, 2010
My Art Space, 1st Prize Scholarship
Palo Alto, California, 2009
Rita B. Giese Award for Art Practice
Stanford University, Stanford, California, 2009
JE Wallace Sterling Award for Academic Achievement
Top 5% graduating class
Best of Show
Art Students League of Denver Summer Art Market, 2009
The Angel Grant
Stanford ...