About Sarah and this exhibition, show curator Doug Welsh writes:

“For Sarah Fisher, making is a means of survival, protection, healing, and transformation. The artist remains fully present with painful emotions and experiences as she repeatedly hand-prints crape myrtle bark, collages hundreds of STAIN stickers, carves wood, or etches plexiglass. These creative rituals are essential for Fisher as she confronts life’s inevitable “sideswipes” in order to evolve. In recent years one of Fisher’s key influences has been renowned meditation teacher Joseph Goldstein. His mantra, “It’s okay to feel this,” has become a tool Fisher repeats in her mind during particularly challenging moments. Through her work as a multidisciplinary artist and mindfulness student, Fisher is learning to sit with all feelings, no matter how difficult, and gently let them go.”

About the artist
Sarah Fisher is a visual artist who explores portraiture through the lens of painting, collage, printmaking, installation, and sculpture. Solo exhibitions include: When I Walk I See Things, landSPACE: a kunsthalle, Austin, TX (2023), You Won’t See It Coming, Museum of East Texas, Lufkin, TX (2022); Decisions, Michelson Museum of Art, Marshall, TX (2022); It’s No Small Thing, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX (2021); The Second Yes, Front Gallery, Houston, TX (2019); and Seen, Art Palace Gallery, Houston, TX.

Fisher graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1986 and completed the MFAH Glassell School of Art BLOCK Advanced Studio program in 2018. She is a member of G5 Collective in Houston, TX, where she lives and works.

About the curator
Doug Welsh is a queer painter, writer, curator, and co-founder of G5 Collective. He received his MFA from the University of Houston and his BA from Bates College. Doug is a regular contributor to Glasstire and has written exhibition essays for Sarah Fisher, Liz Gates, Chet Urban, Benji Stiles, and Ian Gerson. He has curated and organized exhibitions at the Lanecia Rouse Tinsley Gallery, The Jung Center, and Elgin Street Studios. As an artist, he has exhibited with Art League Houston, Pablo Cardoza Gallery, The Jung Center, F, Galveston Artist Residency, Jardín, Blaffer Art Museum, Foltz Fine Art, Anya Tish Gallery, Box 13, Sanman Studios, Hardy and Nance Studios, Elgin Street Studios, and Studio 9D in NYC.

This exhibit will be on view through April 19, 2024.