Sarah Berkeley Regin Igloria

Sarah Berkeley and Regin Igloria

 

Intimate Frustrations


 

Frustration 1: Interference

 

Frustration 2: Inertia

 

Frustration 3: Gravity

 

Frustration 4: Current

Sarah Berkeley holds an MFA in Art & Design from the University of Michigan and a BFA with Distinction in Studio Art from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is the recipient of a Nebraska Wesleyan Faculty Development Grant, the City of Chicago Community Arts Assistance Program (CAAP) Grant, the Smucker-Wagstaff Research Grant, the Rackham Research Grant, and the University of Michigan School of Art & Design International Travel Grant. Prior to her current teaching position at Nebraska Wesleyan University, she taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has completed residencies at The Ragdale Foundation, Vermont Studio Center and ACRE. Her artwork has been collected and exhibited internationally.

Artist Statement: Sarah Berkeley is an artist who works across media questioning cultural norms such as the 9:00 to 5:00 work day, the office environment, indoor living, gender stereotypes and the voluntary sharing of personal data. She creates public interventions and durational performances which she documents using photography, video and GPS.


Regin Igloria maintains a studio practice that revolves around teaching and serving as an arts administrator. He teaches studio courses at Marwen, a nonprofit youth arts organization, where he has also served as program and exhibitions coordinator. He received his MFA in Painting from Rhode Island School of Design and is represented by Zg Gallery in Chicago, IL.