Sarah Hatton
Sarah Hatton was born in the UK, and raised in Barbados and Canada.
She received her BFA from Queen’s University and her MFA from the University of Calgary, and is the recipient of numerous awards for art and academics.
Her deep interest in human nature, mortality, patterns, and her insatiable curiosity about the natural world are found throughout her paintings and installation work. Her “Bee Works”, made from thousands of dead honeybees, received international acclaim, balancing artistry with advocacy, and winning the RBC Emerging Artist Award in 2014.
Hatton lives and works in Chelsea, Quebec, one of Canada’s most creative and environmentally-friendly communities.
education
2001 Master of Fine Arts, University of Calgary 4.0 GPA
1999 Bachelor of Fine Art, Queen’s University First Class Distinction
solo exhibitions
2022 Ambedo, Galerie St-Laurent + Hill, Ottawa, Canada
2020 Fight or Flight, Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Ottawa, Canada
2020 Tipping Point, Visual Voice Art Gallery, Montreal, Canada
2019 Overflow, Espace Odyssée, Gatineau, Canada
2017 Surround Galerie St-Laurent + Hill, Ottawa, Canada
2017 Detachment, Visual Voice Art Gallery, Montreal, Canada
2016 Lake Fever, Galerie St-Laurent + Hill, Ottawa, Canada
2015 Bee Works, Visual Voice Art Gallery, Montreal, Canada
2015 Drift, Galerie D’Avignon, Montreal, Canada
2014 Wake, James Baird Gallery, Pouch Cove, Newfoundland, Canada
2014 Fathom, Galerie St-Laurent + Hill, Ottawa, Canada
2013 Tension, Galerie St-Laurent + Hill, Ottawa, Canada
2011 belonging, Dale Smith Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2009 bare, Dale Smith Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2008 green, Dale Smith Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2007 play | fight, Ottawa Art Gallery, Rental and Sales, Ottawa, Canada
2006 Role Models, City Hall Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2005 Turn for the Judges, Dale Smith Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2004 Incendiary, Dale Smith Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2003 All that has Happened Since, Cumberland Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2003 All that has Happened Since, Union Gallery, Kingston, Canada
2001 Post Script, Devonian Art Gallery, Calgary, Canada
selected group exhibitions
2018 - Learning From The Bees, Westergasfabriek Cultural Centre, Amsterdam
2017 Vimy – Beyond the Battle. Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, Canada
2012 4H: Hatton, Harrington, Holmes & Holst. Galerie St-Laurent + Hill, Ottawa, Canada
2006-2013 Le pArty: OAG Annual Art Auction, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada2010 December exhibition, Dale Smith Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2009 Recent acquisitions to the art collection of the City of Ottawa, City Hall Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2008 International Group Exhibition, Caelum Gallery, New York, USA
2006-2010 Celebration: New Year, New Work, Dale Smith Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2007 December, Dale Smith Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2007 5 Jahre Jubiläum Halde Galerie, Halde Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
2007 Haunt: New work by Sarah Hatton and Amy Thompson, Dale Smith Gallery, Ottawa
2007 Spring, Halde Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
2005-2006 101 Frames, Gallery 101, Ottawa, Canada
2006 Juried Contemporary Art Exhibition Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa, Canada
2005 Hatton, Gamble, Fischer Dale Smith Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2004 The Angels Want to Wear My Red Shoes , Dale Smith Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2003 Dale Smith Gallery: Premier Exhibition, Dale Smith Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2001 Shed: MFA Graduating Exhibition, The Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, Canada
2000 Vestige, The Mezzanine Gallery, Calgary, Canada
1999 38th Annual Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, Canada
1999 BFA On View ’99, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Canada
1999 Headlock. BFA Graduating Exhibition, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada
1999 99 degrees [Juror: Ralph Allen, Toronto], Modern Fuel Artist-run Centre, Kingston, Canada
1998 extra muros, Union Gallery, Kingston, Canada
1996 Ground Zero, Union Gallery, Kingston, Canada
selected awards
2014 Finalist, RBC Emerging Artist Award, Council for the Arts, Ottawa
2009 Quebec Arts Council creation and production grant (emerging artist)
2002 City of Ottawa creation and production Grant (emerging artist)
2001 Nominated for the Governor General’s Gold Medal (Best Graduate Thesis)
2001 Faculty of Fine Arts Research Award
2000 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Graduate Scholarship
2000 Faculty of Graduate Studies Award, University of Calgary
1999 University of Calgary Graduate Research Scholarship
1999 Faculty of Graduate Studies Award, University of Calgary
1995-1999 Chancellor’s Scholarship, Queen’s University (National competition, 4 yr. tenure)
1994,1995 Gayle McGregor Excellence in Education Award
artist talks & presentations
2017 Detachment - Invited speaker at the Library of Congress, Washington DC. July 25, 2017
2016 Detachment - Screening at Library and Archives Canada, December 5, 2016
2003 Artist’s Talk: Stories from All that has Happened Since. Union Gallery, Kingston ON. June 7, 2003
2001 “So You Wanna be an Art Star!” Performance piece held at The Nickle Arts Museum with Linda Carreiro and RICHard SMOLinski. April 22, 2001. Calgary.
2000 MFA Artist’s Talk. The Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary.
1999 Invited participant in Artcaps, a series of presentations at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston.
publications
Hammes, Mary Jessica. Nurture. Catalogue for art exhibition at Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, GA. January 9 – February 28, 2010.
Preston catalogue — Ottawa : Cuative & Co., 2007 issue no.9
Joyce, Catherine, 1949-. Artists of the Gatineau Hills / Catherine Joyce — Chelsea, Québec : Waneva Books, c2007. — 155 p. : ports. ; 23 cm. — ISBN 9780969821144
Hatton, Sarah Joanne, 1976-. Sarah Hatton : role models — Ottawa : City of Ottawa, 2006. — – ISBN 0978187601 — AMICUS No. 33035568
Hatton, Sarah Joanne. All that has Happened Since [microform] — Ottawa : National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2002. — microfiches. — ISBN 0612650669 — AMICUS No. 27759500
In/Land: Narrative in Western LandscapeCatalogue of Art Exhibition at Calgary: The Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary. Curated by Sarah Hatton and Christine Sowiak. June 23 to August 5, 2000
collections
Dentons Canada LLP
Canada Agriculture and Food Museum
City of Ottawa Permanent Collection
Private collections in North America and Europe