Sarah Singh is a mixed media artist that uses dry media, paint, embroidery, and printmaking techniques to talk about paradox, borders, identity, lineage, peace, and tension. She holds a BA from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at NYU, an MA in Twentieth Century US History, and an MFA in Drawing and Painting from Tulane University. Her solo show Discerning the familiar is on display at Tulane’s Diboll Gallery 1440 Canal St. through December 2026. Sarah is an alumni of the Water Collaborative’s Brackish Artist Cohort and served as the Aquarium Gallery’s September Artist in Residence in New Orleans. Her recent exhibitions include Partition is Imaginary at the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture, Slow Open: the Process of Revealing Yourself, at Burnt Canoe Studios, and The only line that is true is the line you are from, her MFA Thesis show in the Newcomb Art Department Carroll Gallery.
Education
Tulane University, School of Liberal Arts, New Orleans, LA MFA, Drawing and Painting, 2026MA, Twentieth Century US History, 2021
New York University, Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York, NYBA, Individualized Degree: “Power, Property, and Personhood”, 2018
Solo Shows
2026
Discerning the Familiar, Diboll Gallery, Celia Scott Weatherhead Tulane School of Public Health, New Orleans, LA
2025
Selected Works 2021-2025, Travelers Hotel New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
Group Shows
2026
The only line that is true is the line you are from, MFA Thesis Show, Carroll Gallery, Woldenberg Art Center, New Orleans, LAEarthday Festival, Andre Cailloux Center for Performing Arts , New Orleans, LA
2025
"Partition is Imaginary", Seattle Office of Arts & Culture at King Street Station, Seattle, WA"Public History Creative Showcase," National Council on Public History Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2024
"Slow Open: The Process of Revealing Yourself", Burnt Canoe Studios, New Orleans, LA"The Birds Shall Return", Art Conscious Gallery, Arabi, LA"All Power to Joy", Hey! Cafe on the Lafitte Greenway, New Orleans, LA"Public History Creative Showcase", National Council on Public History Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah
2021
"A Subtle Universe", The Maven Gallery, New Orleans, LADistinctions and Publications
Current Affairs Magazine, Contributing Artist - New Orleans, LA, 2026Aquarium Gallery, Artist in Residence - New Orleans, LA, 2026New Orleans Water Collaborative, Brackish Artist Collective Fellow - New Orleans, LA, 2026 American Anthropology Association Conference, Artist in Residence - New Orleans, LA, 2025Tulane University Howard Tilton Memorial Library, Data & Visualization Contest Winner - New Orleans, LA, 2024Quartertone Coffee, Contributing Artist for small batch coffeebags - Ridgefield, CT, 2023Andrew C. Mellon Foundation, Fellow of Community Engaged Scholarship -New Orleans, LA, 2019 - 2022