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
(Scheduled: April) Absence of Me – COOP Gallery, Nashville, TN
2023
Absence of Me – Sofar Sounds, Louisville, KY
Voyage – Tri-Star Arts at Condaro, Knoxville, TN
Voyage 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 (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