About Me

I’ve worked as an art critic and journalist in New York City for 14 years. My writing has appeared in newspapers like The New York Post and The New York Times, weekly publications like TimeOut New York and The Village Voice, and monthly and bi-monthly publications like Art in America, ArtNews, Photograph, and Art & Auction.

I’ve taught Writing for Artists at The New School, and art history at Pratt Institute’s School of Professional Studies and Medgar Evers College, CUNY, Brooklyn.

I’m currently the Curator of a virtual exhibition space called 45Projects, but I’ve also curated at a number of non-profit art sites around the City. I do consulting.

Samples of my print journalism:

TimeOut New York (review of Haim Steinbach at Tanya Bonakdar)

TimeOut New York (review of group show, “Self Referral Non Objective” at Feature Gallery)

TimeOut New York (review of Tony Feher sculptures at Pace Gallery)

Art in America (review of Erik Saxon’s Minimalist paintings at MINUS Space)

Photograph Magazine (profile of photo dealer Bryce Wolkowitz)

TimeOut New York (review of Loren Monk at MINUS Space, Brooklyn)

TimeOut New York (review of the Whitney Museum’s Charles LeDray show)

Art in America (review of Elana Herzog at LMAK Projects)

Photograph Magazine (profile of art dealer Julie Saul)

Art in America (”Tunneling” at Famous Accountants)

Photograph Magazine (”In Profile” column: David Moore)

W + G News And Arts Newspaper (Interview with Andrew Ohanesian, installation artist)

ARTnews (news piece on Franz Erhard Walther at the Dia Foundation)

TimeOut New York (review, “Between This Light and That Space”)

Art in America (Gerhard Richter at Marian Goodman Gallery)

The W + G News and Arts (interview with artist Linda Griggs on community building)

The Village Voice (MoMA)

The Village Voice (Rochelle Feinstein at Momenta Art, review)

The New York Times (MoMA’s secret staff-art show)

The New York Times (NASCAR/art)

Photograph Magazine (”In Profile” column: Jay and Rose Deitch of Leica Gallery)

ArtCritical (Armory Show)

TimeOut New York (Ashley Bickerton, review)

TimeOut New York (Jim Nolan, Williamsburg, review)

TimeOut New York (Osamu Kanemura, review)

The New York Post (take kids to MoMA)

James Kalm “Rough Cuts” reports on my curatorial project, Guilty / (NOT) Guilty, Jan. 2012

The New York Post (Passover wines feature)

Examples of Web Content/Copywriting:

New York School of Interior Design (www.nysid.edu)

Identity5 (Graphic Design Studio) (www.identity5.com)

Here’s a screen-shot portfolio of recent writing clients and projects:

http://sarahschmerler.carbonmade.com

Collectives:

I’ve run/belonged to an artist-writer collaborative called CoLAB.

Published Catalogues:

Matt Magee at Bill Maynes Gallery (2000)
Lori Ellison (2002)
Johan Nobell, Pierogi Gallery (2005)
Ernst Benkert, “Drawings 1959–2005″; Kentler Gallery (essay) (2006)
Paul Santoleri, “Confluence”; Kentler Gallery (2007)
NYSID Academic Catalogue 2009–2010/ 2010–2011 (2009)
Lori Ellison (2010)
Elana Herzog, “The Aftermath of Warp and Weft,” College of DuPage “Wallspace” (2004)
Karen Arm, “Paintings”; P.P.O.W. Gallery (2004)
Greg Stone, Pierogi Gallery (2004)
Max Yawney (2011)

I’ve developed a writing methodology specifically geared toward visual artists. I lecture frequently on the topic of artist-statement writing, and also help artists write statements about their work one-on-one.
I’ve served as visiting art critic at City College–CUNY, Pace University, and Parsons, and have spoken and or taught in such non-traditional spaces as Winkelman Gallery (#hashtagclass), Pierogi Gallery, Smack Mellon, Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn Arts Council, and The Bronx Museum (AIM Program).

Lecture Sample:

Watch selections from a lecture I gave on “How to Write an Artist’s Statement” at DAC, 2009 (courtesy of Dumbo Arts Center):

Making a Statement from DumboArtCenter on Vimeo.