This is gardening, not architecture.

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SARAH SATURDAY nom de scène GARDENING, NOT ARCHITECTURE

Born in 1980, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. Lives and works in Nashville, TN.

EDUCATION

2023

Nashville Software School, Nashville, TN

2002

Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI

2000

University of Wisconsin–Platteville, Baraboo, WI

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024

Absence of Me – COOP Gallery, Nashville, TN
Voyage (Los Angeles Premiere) — Hudson Guild Theatre, Los Angeles, TN

2023

Absence of Me – Sofar Sounds, Louisville, KY
Voyage – Tri-Star Arts at Condaro, Knoxville, TN
Voyage (Nashville Premiere) – Darkhorse Theatre, Nashville, TN
Voyage (Preview) – Kindling Arts Festival, Nashville, TN
Absence of Me – Far Out Film Fest, Nashville, TN
Voyage (WIP Residency Preview) – Coop Gallery, Nashville, TN

2021

Absence of Me, The Dome Show, Kindling Arts Festival, Nashville, TN

2019

Absence of Me, Kindling Arts Festival, Nashville, TN
Absence of Me
(Nashville Premiere), The Cobra, Nashville, TN

2016

Fossils 360, Abrasive Media, Nashville, TN

2015

Fossils: A Visual Album (Premiere), The Crying Wolf, Nashville, TN

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024

(Scheduled: May) Brave New Works Lab, Oz Arts Nashville, Nashville, TN


2023

A Place to Scream, Random Sample, Nashville, TN

2022

Brave New Works Lab, Oz Arts Nashville, Nashville, TN
Portals: A Performance Party, Oz Arts Nashville, Nashville, TN

2020

Fast/Forward: Nashville Artists Look to Our Future, Oz Arts Nashville, Nashville, TN

2019

Brief Encounters, Kindling Arts Festival, Nashville, TN

2016

Modular Art Pods Show @ Queen Ave, Nashville, TN

AWARDS + RESIDENCIES:

2023

Tennessee Arts Commission (FY2024) Individual Artist Fellowship
Artist Residency (January), The Coop Gallery, Nashville, TN

2022

“Best Art Night Out 2022: Portals: A Performance Party,” Nashville Scene

2020

Artist Residency (March), Mindful Nashville, Nashville, TN

TOURING

2012

Eastern U.S. Fall Tour with Yardsss, United States
Eastern U.S. Winter Tour with Dinner And A Suit, United States

2011

Northwest-to-Southeast U.S. Fall Tour with Chris Staples, United States

2010

U.S. & Canada Fall Tour (Solo), United States & Canada
Vans Warped Tour, United States & Canada
Central Canada Spring Tour with Crazy Diamond, Canada

2009

U.S. Fall Tour with Gavin Castleton, United States
U.S. Fall Tour with We The Living, United States
Western U.S. Spring Tour (Solo), United States

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2023

WNXP Radio (NPR), On-Air Radio Interview, “New Music Experience: Gardening, Not Architecture Listening Party,” August 4

2023

Joe Nolan, “Critic’s Pick of the Week,” Nashville Scene, August 3

2023

Today In Nashville (NBC), In-Studio TV Interview, “Today in Nashville,” July 31

2023

Listening Now, “Gardening, Not Architecture – Like You,” Last Day Deaf, July 19

2023

Astrid Clave, “Review: Gardening, Not Architecture – Like You (Synthwave),” Tonspion, July 9

2023

Kaninika Dey, “Premiere: Experimental Indie Pop Artist Gardening, Not Architecture Delivers Enchanting Music Video For Single ‘Like You’,” Music Mecca, July 6

2023

Stories & Insights, “Meet Sarah Saturday,” Canvas Rebel, February 23

2023

Michael Eades, “336: We’re Back,” We Own This Town Podcast, January 23

2023

Joe Nolan, “Crawl Space: January 2023,” Nashville Scene, January 4

2023

Stephi Wild, “Coop Gallery Presents GARDENING, NOT ARCHITECTURE Artist Residency,” Broadway World, January 2

2022

Bonsai Creative, “Dycee Wildman & Sarah Saturday - Running a Virtual Film Festival,” Make It: The Indie Film Podcast, September 22

2022

PRIDE Newsdesk, “OZ Inaugural Brave New Works Lab,” Pride Publishing Group, May 5

2022

Oz Arts Nashville, “Jennifer Whitcomb-Oliva and Sarah Saturday,” Brave New Art Podcast, May

2020

Joan Allison, “OZ Arts Nashville Presents Fast/Forward, a Virtual Premiere of Powerful Short Performances from Influential Nashville Dancers, Musicians, Poets, and Performers,” Focus Magazine, November

2020

Jordan Mohler, “Unsigned Spotlight: Gardening, Not Architecture,” Kill The Music, March 19

2019

Philip Obenschain, “Watch Gardening, Not Architecture Team Up with Boom Forest for Remix of ‘Absence of Me’,” No Country For New Nashville, September 13

2016

Meagan Whitney, “Catch Gardening, Not Architecture Tonight at Mercy Lounge,” No Country For New Nashville, January 13

2015

Philip Obenschain, “Review: Dead Cures, Gardening Not Architecture, & yOya,” No Country For New Nashville, December 1

2015

Philip Obenschain, “Watch A Teaser Of The Film ‘Fossils’ ft. Gardening, Not Architecture’s ‘Exterior’,” No Country For New Nashville, November 16

2015

Keeley Harper, “Indie-rock band Gardening, Not Architecture presents a unique, across-the-arts collaboration to produce a film, an album, and an art exhibit,” Nashville Arts Magazine, June

2015

Keeley Harper, “‘Fossils’ Spans Film, Music, Dance, and Art,” Nashville Arts Magazine, May