Saira
McLaren
b. Toronto, Canada
Lives and works in New York City & The Catskill Mountains
2003
Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto Ontario BFA
Awards
& Residencies
2015
Edward Albee Foundation Residency
2003
Ontario College of Art & Design, Curry Prize for Painting
Ontario College of Art & Design, Curry Prize for Painting
Selected Solo &
Two-Person Exhibitions
2015
Sargent’s Daughters, A Day and the Night, New York, NY
2014
Essex Flowers, EZ
Spirit (in collaboration with Lizzie Wright & Janine Polak,) New York,
NY
NADA New York with Sargent’s Daughters, New York NY
2013
Sargent`s Daughters, Saira
McLaren & Christopher Astley, New York, NY
Mulherin, a Closing Eyelid, a Tiny Fainting Spell,
New York, NY
Selected
Group Exhibitions
2014
Sargents’ Daughters, Sargent’s Daughters, New York, NY
George Lawson Gallery, Under
the Bridge, San Francisco CA
Correspondance: Works and Writings
Between New York City, Hudson and Catskill, Publication Studio, Hudson NY
Essex Flowers, Yard Show, New York, NY
2013
Virginia Commonwealth University Gallery, Land Ho
(curated by Ridley Howard & Holly Coulis,) Richmond, VA
Court Square, Fabrika,
New York, NY
The Willows, Love at the Willows, Brooklyn, NY
2012
New York City, Pig
Party (curated by Gina Beavers), New York, NY
Wildlife, Water Feature, Brooklyn,NY
Fleisher/Ollman, You, Me, We and She (with the Art
book club), Philadelphia, PA
2011
Art Book Club, Printed
Matter Art Book Fair, PS1, Queens, NY
ArtBlogArtBlog, The Death of Affect, New York, NY
ZieherSmith, Grasping at Relics, New York, NY
St Cecilia’s Convent, Art Book Club Presents-The Living Room, New York, NY
Wildlife, Beach on the Moon, Brooklyn, NY
2010
Hal Brom Gallery, Anti/Anti Non/Non, New York, NY
Daily Operation, I Wanna be Somewhere, New York, NY
St Cecilia’s Convent, System:System, Brooklyn NY
2008
Heskin Contemporary, Object Direct, New York, NY
Acuna Hansen, Summer Guests, Los Angeles, CA
Mississippi State University, New Work New York-The Object Direct, Mississippi
Bibliography
2016
Sarah Chaich, “Studio Visit, “ Black Cat Journal, Spring
2016
2015
Peiffer, Prudence, “Saira Mclaren at Sargent’s Daughters”
Artforum, March 2015 p. 279
Bailey, Paige K, “Saira Mclaren – Critic’s Pick,”
Artforum.com, January 15, 2015
New American Paintings, Northeast Edition 116
2014
“Saira McLaren, “A Day and the Night,” TimeOut.com, December
29, 2014
Schwendener, Martha. “Gathering of Far-Flung Friends, and
Trends, Pope Chairs and Carpets at NADA NYC Art Fair,” New York Times,
May 8th, 2014
Creahan, D. “AO Preview – Frieze New York Art Week, May 7th
– 11th, 2014,” Art Observed.com, May 7th, 2014
Kutsenkow, Andrea Lynn. “1960’s Nostalgia Meets NYC’s Urban
Jungle in EZ Spirit,” mDaily.com, March 18, 2014
2013
Salz, Jerry. “To Do: December 18 – January 1, 2013”, New
York Magazine
Hoelsher, Jason. “Beauty and Non-Order in Contemporary
Painting,” Art Pulse Magazine, Vol 4 2013
“Love at the Willows”, Domus Magazine, February 2013
Joshua Abelow, “Saira McLaren”, ArtBlogArtBlog, April
2013
Irena Jurek, “Saira McLaren”, Best of All Worlds,
January 2013
Eve Latiner, Studio Visit with Saira McLaren, Bull and
Ram, February
2012
Newhall, Edith. “A Wide-Ranging Celebration of 2d-Wave
Feminism” Philadelphia Inquirer, March 18, 2012 (with ArtBook Club)
2011
Stephanie Young, Vellum issue 3, 2011
Aldrin Valdez, 'Subconscious Pickings' - Editors Pick, ArtSlant,
July 20, 2011
Emily Nathan, “Brooklyn Local,” artnet.com, June 13,
2011
Amir H. Fallah, 'Saira McLaren is Far Out Man', Beautiful
Decay Magazine, January 2011
