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ADA SADLER

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Canyon #1,

2003, oil on board, 6” x 6”

Veteran's Building Chair #1,

2003, oil on board, 6” x 6”

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Look for a long time at what pleases you,

And for a longer time at what pains you.

- Colette

Since 1996, Sadler has focused on painting unoccupied chairs – the emptiness of which strikes her as both personally and symbolically compelling. Informed by photographs she has personally taken, Sadler does not try to create photorealist paintings but instead uses these images as a literal base. These images are developed and clarified, multiple and complicated memory associations are evoked and subtly contribute to the quality of the paintings. The empty chair is rich in symbolism, simultaneously creating a presence and an absence.

Each painting is created with an extremely fine brush applying thin layers of oil, giving the final painting a luminously smooth finish. Sadler’s scale is similarly detailed, each painting in this exhibit varies between six and nine inches square. Her interpretation of the everyday object is extraordinary, taking on very personal spaces amidst the familiar places she uses as inspiration.

Ada Sadler currently lives in San Francisco. She received her BFA from the University of Kansas in 1976. Her work has been exhibited at the Triton Museum of Art, California Museum of Art, The Haggin Museum, and is also held in private and public collections throughout the United States.  She is represented by The Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA.


Education

BFA, Painting, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

Solo Exhibitions

2008        New Paintings, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2005        Recent Paintings, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2003        New Paintings, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2002        New Works by California Artists, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA

2001        Recent Works, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2000        New Paintings, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1996        Paintings and Drawings, Joseph Chowning Gallery, San Francisco, CA

                Recent Works, Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO

1995        Paintings and Drawings, Joseph Chowning Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1993        Introductions '93, Joseph Chowning Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Public Collections

Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA

Alza Corporation, U.S. Headquarters, Mountain View, CA

First American Appraisers, Inc., San Diego, CA

Hallmark Corporation, Kansas City, MO

United Missouri Bank, Kansas City, MO

Kaiser Permanente, Vallejo, CA

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