Sara Frankel was born in Peoria, IL and holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Iowa (1980) and a Masters Degree of Fine Arts in Painting from Yale University (1983).

She became an Assistant Professor of Drawing at the College of Charleston in 2004 and has taught drawing and painting at a number of other institutions including Dickinson College, Assumption College, Gettysburg College, University of Hawaii, Wesleyan University and University of Connecticut.

Her exhibition background includes solo exhibitions at numerous galleries throughout the United States.  Awards Frankel has received include a National Endowment for the Arts Individual Fellowship in 1991, Pennsylvania Council for the Arts Individual Fellowships in 1996 and 2000 and a Massachusetts Arts Lottery Grant in 1984.

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