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Nationality
  
American

Known for
  
Taxidermy Sculpture

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Education
  
Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Movement
  
Taxidermy Art, Pop Surrealism

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Taxidermy Art of Sarina Brewer

Sarina brewer


Sarina Brewer is a Minneapolis based American artist known for her avant-garde taxidermy sculpture and her role in the popularization of taxidermy related art. Brewer is one of the individuals responsible for the formation of the genre of Rogue Taxidermy, a variety of mixed media art. A primary directive throughout her career has been the use of ethically procured animal materials.

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Early life

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Brewer's parents, also artists, raised her in an environment centered around wildlife and family pets. Her art arose from an interest in biology and nature. She studied at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD), earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1992. During her formative years at MCAD she worked primarily with found objects, most of which were mummified animal remains. Her early works were shrines to the animals they incorporated and often involved the gold leafing of animal mummies, a technique still utilized in her current body of work. Her work with the remains of animals evolved into taxidermy over the years and she is self-taught in this realm. She describes the art she has created throughout her career as an hommage to the animals she uses. Brewer is a conservationist and former wildlife rehabilitator who volunteered in the biology department at the Science Museum of Minnesota for over a decade.

Career

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In 2004, Brewer and two fellow Minneapolis artists established The Minnesota Association of Rogue Taxidermists (MART), an international collective of artists who use taxidermy-related materials (both organic and synthetic) as the common thread to unite their respective styles of mixed-media sculpture. The work of Brewer and the other founders of MART dramatically changed the way taxidermy materials are used. The pioneering work of Brewer and her fellow co-founders gained worldwide attention in 2005 after they appeared on the front page of the New York Times art section following their inaugural gallery exhibition. The article featured Brewer's taxidermy sculpture titled Goth Griffin. Positive response from other artists following the exhibition led to the formation of the collective. Public interest in the genre gave rise to an art movement. Taxidermy art (a term used interchangeably with Rogue Taxidermy) is a trend that started in Minnesota with the work of Brewer and fellow MART co-founders and now has an international following.

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Brewer does not kill animals for the purpose of creating art and she is noted as a trendsetter in this arena. Her work is made from recycled animal components salvaged from ethical sources such as natural deaths and road kill. She brought this policy with her when she helped construct MART. Brewer and her fellow co-founders incorporated this precept into the group's ethics charter, to which members of the collective were required to adhere. MART's "no-harm-no-waste" approach was one of the genre's founding elements and the use of ethically sourced materials has since become a tenet associated with the art movement.

Brewer is regarded as an influential figure within the genre which has been noted for being largely female-driven, and she is acknowledged for playing a role in the shaping of it aesthetically as well as ethically. She has exhibited across the United States and has received international recognition. Her work has been included in Midwestern, West Coast, East Coast, and European venues. Among notable venues are the Los Angeles Art Show and The Natural History Museum of Geneva.

Exhibitions

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  • 2017 Conjoined VIl, Copro Gallery, Santa Monica CA
  • 2016 The L.A. Art Show (Los Angeles Art Show), Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles CA
  • 2016 Fahrenheit, Lovetts Fine Art, Tulsa OK
  • 2016 BeinArt Collective Copro Gallery, Santa Monica CA
  • 2016 The Hunt ~The Prey ~The Spirit, Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City IN
  • 2016 Hearsay, LosJoCos Gallery, Los Angeles CA
  • 2016 Conjoined VI, Copro Gallery, Santa Monica CA
  • 2016 The Cauldron, Lovetts Fine Art, Tulsa OK
  • 2015 Myths & Legends, Lancaster Museum of Art and History (MOAH), Lancaster CA
  • 2015 Vibrant Matters, Instinct Gallery, Minneapolis MN
  • 2015 Animal Dreams ArtStart Arts & Cultural Center, Rhinelander WI
  • 2015 Conjoined V, Copro Gallery, Santa Monica CA
  • 2014 Third Biennial Taxidermy Art Exhibition, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles CA
  • 2014 Fruitful and Multiplying: The Overpopulation Exhibit, Inez Greenberg Gallery, Bloomington MN
  • 2014 Hearsay: Artists Reveal Urban Legends, Begovich Gallery, Fullerton CA
  • 2014 Til Death, Left Hand Black Gallery, San Diego CA
  • 2013 BeinArt Collective Group Exhibition, Copro Gallery, Fullerton CA
  • 2013 God's Sketchbook for Creation, Instinct Gallery, Minneapolis MN
  • 2013 Animal Skins: Visual Surfaces, Haas Fine Arts Center Foster Gallery, Eau Claire WI
  • 2013 Creature Feature, Left Hand Black Gallery, San Diego CA
  • 2013 Conjoined III, Copro Gallery, Santa Monica CA
  • 2012 The Rogue Taxidermy Biennial, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles CA
  • 2012 Fortune Favors the Bold, Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park NJ
  • 2012 Anomalies, Copro Gallery, Santa Monica CA
  • 2010 Rogue Taxidermy Kunstkammer, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles CA
  • 2009 Art Bloc, Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park NJ
  • 2006 Alive Inside: The Lure & Lore of the Sideshow, Robert Ringel Gallery, West Lafayette IN
  • 2006 The Artists of Juxtapoz, Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis MN
  • 2006 Cryptozoology: Out of Time Out of Place, Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston ME
  • 2006 Fabulous Sea Monsters, fr:Océanopolis, Brittany France
  • 2005 Man & Beast: Part II of Regional Collections, Emily Davis Gallery, Akron OH
  • 2005 Rogue Taxidermists: The Iowa Invitational, Mills Gallery, Pella IA
  • 2005 Art-a-Whirl, NEMAA California Arts Building, Minneapolis MN
  • 2005 Alive Inside: The Lure and Lore of the Sideshow, Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston SC
  • 2004 Wunderkabinet of Ichthyological Curiosities, Natural History Museum of Geneva, Switzerland
  • 2004 Rogue Taxidermy Inaugural, Creative Electric Gallery, Minneapolis MN
  • Notable Collections

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  • Natural History Museum of Geneva, Switzerland
  • fr:Océanopolis Culture & Science Center, Brest France
  • Mark Parker, Nike CEO. Nike World Headquarters, Portland, Oregon
  • Guillermo del Toro, film producer and director. Los Angeles, California
  • Richard Garriott, astronaut and digital gaming magnate. Britannia Manor, Austin, Texas
  • References

    Sarina Brewer Wikipedia