Sarah Adam
(b. 1998, NZ)
Sarah Adam is an oil painter who works from life painting remote parts of the New Zealand landscape.
She is a passionate conservationist, having previously worked for the Department of Conservation (DOC) on island nature reserves in the Hauraki Gulf. She has also worked on a predator eradication project on the West Coast of the South Island.
During her time on the West Coast she’s been painting in the rainforest, often under a tarp to avoid the rain. She has also been investigating painting the epiphytes (plants that grow off other plants) high in the rainforest canopy.
Education
2023 Studio Escalier: Summer Intensive Course, France
2021 Year-long Mentorship with Zarahn Southon, NZ
2017 - 2019 Bachelor of Architecture, Victoria University of Wellington, NZ
Solo Exhibition
Group Exhibitions
2024 Group Exhibition, Boyd - Dunlop Gallery, Napier
2022 Group Exhibition, Browne School of Art, Auckland
https://www.artsdiary.co.nz/159/3638.html
2019 Group Exhibition, Tennent Brown Architects, Wellington
2016 Group Exhibition, Quarry Arts Centre, Whangarei
Awards
2026 Finalist, Adam Portraiture Award
2022 Finalist, Walker and Hall Waiheke Art Award
2022 National Youth Art Awards - First Prize 20 - 25 years
2021 National Youth Art Awards - Merit Prize 20 - 25 years
2021 Aspiring Art Prize - Best Landscape (Wanaka)
Publications
Adam, S (2022). ‘Sarah Adam captures a famous trail in oils’ Interviewed by Lynn Freeman. Standing Room Only. Radio New Zealand. 4 December
Available at: Sarah Adam captures a famous trail in oils | RNZ
‘Te Araroa Artist’, Forest & Bird Magazine, Issue 386, Summer 2022, p. 37
Van Delden, Aaron: ‘Painting Te Araroa’, Wilderness Magazine, August 2022 p. 74
