DARREN SEARS
ABOUT DARREN SEARS
Darren Sears
b. 1977
With a professional background in landscape architecture, Sears views the world as a series of spatial maps. Sears designs and paints his personal vision of the natural environment through the coupling of digital collage and memories of his travels. His paintings represent a wider geography than could be experienced from any single moment or vantage point.
While working towards a BA in Human Biology at Stanford University, Sears also studied ecology and conservation in Madagascar through a study abroad program. He earned his Masters in Landscape Architecture at Harvard University and has completed residencies in Laugarvatn, Iceland, and on Flinders Island in Australia. He now lives and works in San Francisco.
EDUCATION
2004 Master in Landscape Architecture, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2000 BA in Human Biology, Stanford Univesrity, Stanford, CA
AWARDS
2017 3rd Place, The Natural World (international juried online exhibition), Fusion Art
2016 Special Merit Awards, Seacosts, Open, Nature, and Landscapes (international juried online exhibitions), Light Space & Time Online Gallery
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 "Earth Compressions," Guren Art Gallery, The Cleveland Botanical Garden, Cleveland, OH
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 Northstar Watermedia Society National Exhibition, Blaine City Center, Blaine, MN
2017 Mission Bowling Club Art-in-Neighborhoods Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
2017 Ritual Coffee Roasters Art-in-Neighborhoods Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
2017 Hotel Adagio Art-in-Neighborhoods Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
2017 The Marker Hotel Art-in-Neighborhoods Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
2017 SNAP! (Bay Area juried exhibition). Arc Gallery & Studios, San Francisco, CA
2017 2nd Annual Landscapes, Fusion Art, Palm Springs, CA
2016 The Mosser Hotel Art-in-Neighborhoods Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
2015 "Fusion," Arc Gallery & Studios, San Francisco, CA
2010 University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center (institutional collection), Beachwood, OH
2010 74th National Midyear Show, The Butler institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
2010 "Gateway to Imagination," The Farmington Museum, Farmington, NM
