About
Painting creates a skin of light that renders the unseen seen.
Sara Divya
For over 45 years Sara has delighted in the magical slight of hand that we call Art. Painting is a process of sensing, feeling and thinking that transforms the invisible to the visible. Waves of energy form a spectrum of light that is perceived as color. With a oil paint, a pencil and wax the the artist reveals her inner landscape in form. Texture, archetypal symbols, geometry and beloved fellow inhabitants of Earth meander through her corpus. Collected, found imagery from books ranging from a 1950's book on how to plant roses to a 15th century Materia Medica contain a beloved and repeated vocabulary. Sara ponders the seemingly unanswerable questions such as, " Why are we here?", What is Our Purpose?, and "How can we live with kindness in balance with Earth and her inhabitants?" She has no answers, but she creates pictures that hint at an iconography of the ineffable.
1993 MFA Painting & Drawing. University of Arizona. Tuscon, Arizona
1986 BA in Fine Arts. Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont
ART EXHIBITIONS / GALLERY AFFILIATION
2025 East Bay Open Studios, Firehouse Art Collective, Berkeley, California
May 31- June and June 7 - 8
California Seeds of Support, LA Wildfire Relief, Bancroft Garden, Berkeley, CA
March 2
2024 East Bay Open Studios, Firehouse Art Collective, Berkeley, California
December 7-8
Reno Tahoe International Art Show, Reno-Sparks Convention Center, Reno, Nevada
Co-chaired organizing thirty member artists to mount a show for the Firehouse Art Collective
Finalist for Best of Show Art Cities
September 10-13
Richmond Open Studios, Firehouse Art Collective - Point Richmond , Richmond,California
August 17-18
East Richmond Heights Art & Music Festival, Richmond,California
July 27
pARTy animals Group Art Exhibition, Gallery 2727, Berkeley, California
June 14-31
My paintings and interview were featured an article in the Berkeley Times by Todd Kerr
East Bay Open Studios, Firehouse Art Collective, Berkeley, California
June 1 - 2 and June 7 - 8
Treasure Fest, Treasure Island, San Francisco, California
Painting and Prints on display plus live group mural painting Painting and Prints on display plus live group mural painting
May 25-26, May 29-30, June 29-30, July 28
Gilman Street Fair, Berkeley, California
Curated, hung and participated in show
April 28
2023 Perfusion Vineyard, Holiday Gift Fair and Wine Tasting, Richmond, California
December 9
East Bay Open Studios, Firehouse Art Collective, Berkeley, California
December 2-3
How Weird Street Faire - Art Alley, San Francisco, California
October 14
East Bay Open Studios, Firehouse Art Collective, Berkeley, California
May 13 - 14
2015 Mitchell Fine Arts, Gallery Artist, Aspen, Colorado
2007 Wishard Fine Arts, Gallery Artist, Waimea, Hawaii
2007 Living Arts Gallery, Gallery Artist, Hawi, Hawaii
1998 Inside/Outside Studio Tour
Group studio tour including personal studio, Edwards, Colorado
Second Annual Inside/Outside Studio Tour Group Exhibition
May Gallery, Vilar Center for the Arts, Beaver Creek, Colorado
1997 Inside/Outside Studio Tour and Exhibition
Colorado Mountain College Gallery, Vail, Colorado
Personal studio, Edwards, Colorado
Colorado Mountain College, Faculty Show
Community Room, Vail, Colorado
1996 Colorado Mountain College, Faculty Show
Community Room, Vail, Colorado
1994 In the Garden, invited artist
Tucson Botanical Gardens, Tucson, Arizona
The American Dream, national juried show
Central Arts, Tucson, Arizona
How to Plant Roses, installation
Phantom Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1993 Xpo Chango, group show
Tucson, Arizona
Dinnerware’s 12th Annual Art Auction, group show
Dinnerware, Tucson, Arizona
Art Forms Gallery, group show
Tucson, Arizona
Books/Objects, group show
Book Arts Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Master of Fine Arts Thesis Show, Healing Wounds
University of Arizona Museum, Tucson, Arizona
M.F.A. Candidates, group show
Yuma Art Center, Yuma, Arizona
Balancing In and Out, one woman show
Phantom Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1992 Big and Difficult Ladies, national juried group show
Theater Gallery, Skyline College, Bueno, California
Diagramming Self, two person show
830 Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Annual Student Art Exhibit, juried group show
Union Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Good Things in Small Frames, juried group show
Ann Original Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Celebration of the Natural World, group show
People’s Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
The Land/ The People 500 Years Later, group show
Café Quebec, Tucson, Arizona
1991 White and Dark: Recent Paintings, two person show
830 Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Input ’91, group show
Re:Action Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Recent Work, one woman show
Phantom Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Viscera, one woman show
Centennial Hall, Tucson, Arizona
Edwards, Colorado
Head/Heart Series, one woman show
Feature Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1990 Anderson Ranch Assistants’ Show, group show
Dows Gallery, Snowmass Village, Colorado
12th annual Colorado Artist’s Show, group show
The Lodge at Vail, Vail, Colorado
Arthouse Gallery, Founding Member featured artist
Minturn, Colorado
1989-1990 Arneson Fine Arts LTD
Gallery Artist
Vail, Colorado
1989 Contemporary Colorado Artists, group show
Arneson Fine Arts LTD., Vail, Colorado
More Flying Horses, one woman show
Community Room, Vail, Colorado
ART - PROFESSIONAL EXPEREINCE
2010 Instructor
Art Start, Parker School
Kamuela, HI
1994 -1998 Adjunct Instructor
Colorado Mountain College
Drawing 1, Drawing 2, Mixed Media Painting
Vail, CO
1996 - 1997 Volunteer Founder: Red Cliff Studios
Continues to Operate through 2018
Former Red Cliff Elementary School
Red Cliff, CO
1995 Red Cliff Day Camp: Volunteer
Children’s Art and High Road Mural Project
Red Cliff, CO
1993-94 Instructor
High School Art and Sixth Grade Art
St. Gregory College Preparatory School
Tucson, AZ
1993 Invited to Instruct “Reclaiming our History” a book arts course
Memphis College of Art,
Memphis, Tennessee
1993-1994 Adjunct Professor, Drawing 101
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
1991-1993 Graduate Teaching Assistant
Independently taught seven semesters of Drawing 101
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
1993 Substitute Intermediate Oil Painting
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
1993 Substitute Figure Drawing
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
1992 Committee for the Art in Centennial
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
1992 Super Safari, Imagination Celebration
Designed & led children’s printmaking and book making workshop
Tucson, Arizona
1991-1992 Day of the Dead Festival Steering Committee
Downtown Arts District Community Arts Festival
Tucson, Arizona
1991-1992 People’s Festival Visual Arts Consultant
Tucson, Arizona
1991-1992 Re: Action Gallery Founding Board Member
Tucson, Arizona
1991 Practicum, Assistant Teacher of Drawing 101
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
1991 Festival of the Sun Poster Project, Visiting Artist
Fifth and Sixth Grade Classrooms
Tucson, Arizona
1990 Summer Assistant to the Painting Director
Anderson Ranch Arts Center
Snowmass Village, Colorado
1989-1990 Board Member, Vail Valley Arts Council
Vail, Colorado
1990 Chair Twelfth Annual Artist’s Show
Vail, Colorado
1989 Visiting Artist Minturn Middle School
Minturn, Colorado
AWARDS/HONORS FOR STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENTS
1994 High School Invitational
Student’s Work selected and exhibited
Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ
1994 Celebration of Colors
Sixth grade students’ work exhibited and published
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
1993 Drawing: Space, Form, Expression, Prentice Hall
Student’s Work from the University of Arizona chosen to be published in the second edition of this textbook
1989 Visiting Artist Minturn Middle School
Minturn, Colorado
ART AWARD/HONORS
1992 Liquitex Excellence in Art Student Grant Program
Recipient Project Grant
AREAS OF INTEREST/SPECIALIZATION IN ART
Oil and Encaustic Painting, Artists Books, Mixed Media Sculpture, Installation, Public Art, Textiles,
Children and Art
Volunteer Work
Meditation Center
Former Names
Sara Nott, Sara Argueso-Nott
1993 MFA Painting & Drawing. University of Arizona. Tuscon, Arizona
1986 BA in Fine Arts. Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont
ART EXHIBITIONS / GALLERY AFFILIATION
2025 East Bay Open Studios, Firehouse Art Collective, Berkeley, California
May 31- June and June 7 - 8
California Seeds of Support, LA Wildfire Relief, Bancroft Garden, Berkeley, CA
March 2
2024 East Bay Open Studios, Firehouse Art Collective, Berkeley, California
December 7-8
Reno Tahoe International Art Show, Reno-Sparks Convention Center, Reno, Nevada
Co-chaired organizing thirty member artists to mount a show for the Firehouse Art Collective
Finalist for Best of Show Art Cities
September 10-13
Richmond Open Studios, Firehouse Art Collective - Point Richmond , Richmond,California
August 17-18
East Richmond Heights Art & Music Festival, Richmond,California
July 27
pARTy animals Group Art Exhibition, Gallery 2727, Berkeley, California
June 14-31
My paintings and interview were featured an article in the Berkeley Times by Todd Kerr
East Bay Open Studios, Firehouse Art Collective, Berkeley, California
June 1 - 2 and June 7 - 8
Treasure Fest, Treasure Island, San Francisco, California
Painting and Prints on display plus live group mural painting Painting and Prints on display plus live group mural painting
May 25-26, May 29-30, June 29-30, July 28
Gilman Street Fair, Berkeley, California
Curated, hung and participated in show
April 28
2023 Perfusion Vineyard, Holiday Gift Fair and Wine Tasting, Richmond, California
December 9
East Bay Open Studios, Firehouse Art Collective, Berkeley, California
December 2-3
How Weird Street Faire - Art Alley, San Francisco, California
October 14
East Bay Open Studios, Firehouse Art Collective, Berkeley, California
May 13 - 14
2015 Mitchell Fine Arts, Gallery Artist, Aspen, Colorado
2007 Wishard Fine Arts, Gallery Artist, Waimea, Hawaii
2007 Living Arts Gallery, Gallery Artist, Hawi, Hawaii
1998 Inside/Outside Studio Tour
Group studio tour including personal studio, Edwards, Colorado
Second Annual Inside/Outside Studio Tour Group Exhibition
May Gallery, Vilar Center for the Arts, Beaver Creek, Colorado
1997 Inside/Outside Studio Tour and Exhibition
Colorado Mountain College Gallery, Vail, Colorado
Personal studio, Edwards, Colorado
Colorado Mountain College, Faculty Show
Community Room, Vail, Colorado
1996 Colorado Mountain College, Faculty Show
Community Room, Vail, Colorado
1994 In the Garden, invited artist
Tucson Botanical Gardens, Tucson, Arizona
The American Dream, national juried show
Central Arts, Tucson, Arizona
How to Plant Roses, installation
Phantom Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1993 Xpo Chango, group show
Tucson, Arizona
Dinnerware’s 12th Annual Art Auction, group show
Dinnerware, Tucson, Arizona
Art Forms Gallery, group show
Tucson, Arizona
Books/Objects, group show
Book Arts Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Master of Fine Arts Thesis Show, Healing Wounds
University of Arizona Museum, Tucson, Arizona
M.F.A. Candidates, group show
Yuma Art Center, Yuma, Arizona
Balancing In and Out, one woman show
Phantom Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1992 Big and Difficult Ladies, national juried group show
Theater Gallery, Skyline College, Bueno, California
Diagramming Self, two person show
830 Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Annual Student Art Exhibit, juried group show
Union Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Good Things in Small Frames, juried group show
Ann Original Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Celebration of the Natural World, group show
People’s Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
The Land/ The People 500 Years Later, group show
Café Quebec, Tucson, Arizona
1991 White and Dark: Recent Paintings, two person show
830 Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Input ’91, group show
Re:Action Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Recent Work, one woman show
Phantom Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Viscera, one woman show
Centennial Hall, Tucson, Arizona
Edwards, Colorado
Head/Heart Series, one woman show
Feature Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1990 Anderson Ranch Assistants’ Show, group show
Dows Gallery, Snowmass Village, Colorado
12th annual Colorado Artist’s Show, group show
The Lodge at Vail, Vail, Colorado
Arthouse Gallery, Founding Member featured artist
Minturn, Colorado
1989-1990 Arneson Fine Arts LTD
Gallery Artist
Vail, Colorado
1989 Contemporary Colorado Artists, group show
Arneson Fine Arts LTD., Vail, Colorado
More Flying Horses, one woman show
Community Room, Vail, Colorado
ART - PROFESSIONAL EXPEREINCE
2010 Instructor
Art Start, Parker School
Kamuela, HI
1994 -1998 Adjunct Instructor
Colorado Mountain College
Drawing 1, Drawing 2, Mixed Media Painting
Vail, CO
1996 - 1997 Volunteer Founder: Red Cliff Studios
Continues to Operate through 2018
Former Red Cliff Elementary School
Red Cliff, CO
1995 Red Cliff Day Camp: Volunteer
Children’s Art and High Road Mural Project
Red Cliff, CO
1993-94 Instructor
High School Art and Sixth Grade Art
St. Gregory College Preparatory School
Tucson, AZ
1993 Invited to Instruct “Reclaiming our History” a book arts course
Memphis College of Art,
Memphis, Tennessee
1993-1994 Adjunct Professor, Drawing 101
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
1991-1993 Graduate Teaching Assistant
Independently taught seven semesters of Drawing 101
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
1993 Substitute Intermediate Oil Painting
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
1993 Substitute Figure Drawing
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
1992 Committee for the Art in Centennial
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
1992 Super Safari, Imagination Celebration
Designed & led children’s printmaking and book making workshop
Tucson, Arizona
1991-1992 Day of the Dead Festival Steering Committee
Downtown Arts District Community Arts Festival
Tucson, Arizona
1991-1992 People’s Festival Visual Arts Consultant
Tucson, Arizona
1991-1992 Re: Action Gallery Founding Board Member
Tucson, Arizona
1991 Practicum, Assistant Teacher of Drawing 101
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
1991 Festival of the Sun Poster Project, Visiting Artist
Fifth and Sixth Grade Classrooms
Tucson, Arizona
1990 Summer Assistant to the Painting Director
Anderson Ranch Arts Center
Snowmass Village, Colorado
1989-1990 Board Member, Vail Valley Arts Council
Vail, Colorado
1990 Chair Twelfth Annual Artist’s Show
Vail, Colorado
1989 Visiting Artist Minturn Middle School
Minturn, Colorado
AWARDS/HONORS FOR STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENTS
1994 High School Invitational
Student’s Work selected and exhibited
Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ
1994 Celebration of Colors
Sixth grade students’ work exhibited and published
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
1993 Drawing: Space, Form, Expression, Prentice Hall
Student’s Work from the University of Arizona chosen to be published in the second edition of this textbook
1989 Visiting Artist Minturn Middle School
Minturn, Colorado
ART AWARD/HONORS
1992 Liquitex Excellence in Art Student Grant Program
Recipient Project Grant
AREAS OF INTEREST/SPECIALIZATION IN ART
Oil and Encaustic Painting, Artists Books, Mixed Media Sculpture, Installation, Public Art, Textiles,
Children and Art
Volunteer Work
Meditation Center
Former Names
Sara Nott, Sara Argueso-Nott