selected Group Exhibitions:
Red Mill Gallery, Johnson, VT, A River Runs Through, 2026
Scripps Seaside Forum, La Jolla, CA, exhibiting 2D artist at Salty Cinema, 2026
SME Gallery, La Jolla, CA, Watery Grave, 2026
VAF, La Jolla, CA, Graduate Open Studios, 2026
Scripps Seaside Forum, La Jolla, CA, Scripps Student Symposium (S3), 2025
SME Gallery, La Jolla, CA, Uncertain Terms, 2025
VAF, La Jolla, CA, Graduate Open Studios, 2025
SME Gallery, La Jolla, CA, Unbound Natures, 2024
John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI, Regional Responses to the Art Preserve, 2023
Filter Space, Chicago, IL, V, 2022
280 Building, Chicago, IL, Senior Expo, 2019
Filter Space, Chicago, IL, Context 2019, 2019
Ann Brierly Gallery, Winnetka, IL, Invitational Alumni Exhibition, 2019
Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL, Spring Undergraduate Exhibition, 2019
Ice House Gallery, Evanston, IL, What’s Next?, 2019
SITE Galleries, Chicago, IL, Artificial Landscape, 2018
University of New Mexico Field Station, La Joya, NM, REU Symposium Exhibition, 2018
Weinberg/Newton Gallery, Chicago, IL, Then, 2018
Wilmette Public Library, Wilmette, IL, Wilmette Arts Guild Member’s Show, 2017
Sharp Building, Chicago, IL, Artbash, 2016
Gallery 400, Chicago, IL, IHSA Exhibition, 2015
Ann Brierly Gallery, Winnetka, IL, Nancy Joyce Murray Scholarship Exhibition, 2015
awards, fellowships, and residencies
Polar Archives Research Award, Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Archival Program, The Ohio State University, 2026
Artist in Residence, Vermont Studio Center, 2026
Fellowship, Suraj Israni Center for Cinematic Arts, 2026
Artist in Residence, Trout Lake Station, University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Limnology, 2025
Summer Travel Award, University of California San Diego, 2025
Graduate Research Fellowship (Ann Arbor Farm and Garden Association Award), University of Michigan Biological Station, 2025
Summer Institute in Environmental Humanities Fellowship and Travel Grant, Colby College, 2025
Marine Biodiversity and Conservation PIER Scholarship, Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 2024
Program for Interdisciplinary Environmental Research (PIER) Summer Stipend, University of California San Diego, 2024
Diversity Fellowship, University of California San Diego, 2023
Filter Photo People’s Choice Award, Filter Photo, 2022
PGAC Research and Travel Award, Newnham College, University of Cambridge, 2021
Book Grant, Newnham College, University of Cambridge, 2021
Presidential Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2015-2019
SAIC Scholars Program, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2015-2019
SAIC Summer Travel Grant 2019: Art in the Anthropocene Conference at Trinity College, Dublin , School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2019
Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) National Science Foundation and Sevilleta Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Grant, 2018
Dean’s List for Outstanding Sophomores, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2017
First Year Scholars Study Trip Grant, Siena, Italy, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2016
Wilmette Arts Guild Senior Scholarship, Wilmette Arts Guild, 2015
Paul Weigner Scholarship, North Shore Art League, 2015
Justine Stevens Photography Scholarship, Justine Stevens Foundation, 2015
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS:
Conference Presenter, Design Lab, Considering the Octopus Model Conference, 2026
Guest Lecturer, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Professional Practice Course, 2026
Guest Lecturer, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Sophomore Seminar Course, 2026
Guest Lecturer, Colby College, Environmental Humanities Course, 2025
Cyanotype Workshop, San Diego Bird Alliance and Kendall-Frost Marsh Reserve, 2025
Cyanotype Workshop, Design Lab, 2024
Visiting Artist Presentation, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, First-Year Experience Course, 2024
Cyanotype Workshop, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, 2023
Cyanotype Workshop, Mather, 2023
Visiting Artist Presentation, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, First-Year Experience Course, 2023
Guest Lecturer, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Sophomore Seminar Course, 2022
Artist Talk, Hubbard Woods Elementary School, 4th Grade Class, 2021
Cyanotype Workshop, Newnham College, University of Cambridge, 2021
Dissertation Forum Presentation, University of Cambridge, Geography Department, 2021
Guest Lecturer, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Sophomore Seminar Course, 2021
Artist Talk, New Trier High School, 2019
REU Symposium Presentation, Sevilleta Field Station, University of New Mexico, 2018
Dean’s List Sophomore Seminar Presentation, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2017
NEWS:
UC San Diego Today, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, “Meet 5 UC San Diego Artists Bridging Creativity, Science and Technology,” 2026
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Archival Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, “Sarah Rose, PhD, named Polar Archives Award Winner,” 2026
UMBS News, University of Michigan Biological Station, Pellston, MI, “Ph.D. Student Researcher Uses Art to Reveal Vital Role of Bogs as Carbon Sinks,” 2025
Publications:
in situ, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, vol. 2: Countercurrents, 2026
in situ, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, vol. 1: Seas of Change, 2025
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Photography Department Catalog 2018-19, 2019
Collective Terrain, Chicago, IL, Inaugural Issue, 2018
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Photography Department Catalog 2017-18, 2018
The Thread Mag, New York City, NY, Translation Issue, 2018
The Thread Mag, New York City, NY, Overflow Issue, 2017
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, First Catalog, 2016
Education:
University of California San Diego, PhD in Art Practice with a Specialization in Interdisciplinary Environmental Research, 2023-present
University of Cambridge, MPhil in Anthropocene Studies with Distinction, 2021
Newnham College, Geography Department
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), BFA with Distinction, 2019
Presidential Scholarship; Dean's List for Outstanding Sophomores; Scholars Program; Wilmette Arts Guild Senior Scholarship; North Shore Art League's Paul Weigner Scholarship; Justine Stevens Scholarship