Sabre J. Esler

1152 Brookgate Way NE, Brookhaven GA 30319
sabrejane@icloud.com • 678-852-9676

Education

• 2015 — MFA, SCAD, Atlanta, GA
• 2012, 2010, 2009 — Continuing Education, Philadelphia Academy of Fine Art, PA
• 1987 — BFA, Miami University, Oxford, OH

Solo Exhibitions

• 2024
  • Growth, The Pollinator Art Space, Atlanta, GA
  • Magical Meta Meditations, Personal Structures, Palazzo Bembo, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
• 2023 — Where Soul Meets Body, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
• 2022 — Meet Me in the Middle, Jennifer Balcos Gallery, Atlanta, GA
• 2021
  • What Grows in Your Heart, Atlanta Central Library, GA
  • The Cosmos, The Cipher & The Soul, Georgia State University, Clarkston, GA
• 2018
  • Circuit, gallery43, Roswell, GA
  • White Lies, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, GA
• 2017 — Structure of Thought, Gallery 1740, Atlanta, GA
• 2015 — MindSpace, Ferrari Fine Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA
• 2009
  • Dreamscapes, Left Bank Art Gallery, St. Simon’s Island GA
  • allison sprock fine art, Charleston SC
• 2008 — allison sprock fine art, Charleston SC
• 2006 — Lyonsview Gallery, Knoxville TN
• 2004 — Lagerquist Gallery, Atlanta GA
• 2001 — Jules Place, Greenwich,CT

Awards & Residencies

• 2025 — Premier Artist Prize, Contemporary Art Station, Madrid, Spain
• 2024 — Officina Stamperia del Notaio Residency, Tusa, Italy
• 2022 — Hambidge Center Residency, Rabun Gap, GA; 3rd Place, Colors of Community, Grand Rapids, MI
• 2021 — Studio Residency, Atlanta Central Library, GA
• 2018
  • Hambidge Center for the Arts and Sciences, Artist Residency, Rabun Gap GA
  • 2nd Place, Sights and Insights, Chastain Gallery, Atlanta GA
• 2017 — Hambidge Creative Hive, Atlanta GA
• 2016 — Honorable Mention, 29th Annual September Competition Exhibition, Alexandria
  Museum of Art, Alexandria LA
• 2014 — SCAD Honor’s Graduate Scholarship
• 2013 — SCAD Honor’s Graduate Scholarship
• 2012
  • SCAD Scholarship
  • SCAD Honor’s Graduate Scholarship
• 2003 — People’s Choice Award, Decatur Arts Alliance Show, Decatur GA
• 1999 — Merit Award, Decatur Arts Alliance Show, GA
• 1998 — Merit Award, Rinehart College Art Show, GA
• 1995 — Merit Award, Dupage County Nature Show, Naperville IL
• 1994 — Merit Award, Dupage County Nature Show, Naperville IL

Public & Private Collections

• City of Atlanta, Office of Cultural Affairs
• Federal Reserve Bank, Atlanta, GA
• Fulton County Arts Council
• Georgia State University at Perimeter College
• Miami University Permanent Collection
• Tufts University School of Dentistry, Boston, MA
• John Wieland
• Emily Giffin

Corporate Collections

• Acoustic, Atlanta, Ga
• Asbury Solomon, Solomons, MD
• AdvantEdge Executive Offices, Washington DC
• Atlantic Capital Bank, GA
• Boardwalk Inn at Wild Dunes, SC
• Boston Consulting Group, Atlanta, GA
• Cognia, Alpharetta, GA
• Crowell & Moring, LLP, Washington DC
• Fieldpoint Private Bank & Trust, Atlanta, GA
• Georgian Bank, Atlanta, GA
• Georgia Power, Atlanta, GA
• Hilton Hotels, Orlando, FL
• Lure Real Estate Gallery, Dubai, UAE
• Marriott Crowne Plaza – Ravinia, Atlanta, GA
• NCR, Atlanta, GA
• Oglethorpe Bank, St. Simon Island, GA
• Preferred Office, Raleigh, NC
• Reaction 35, Tampa, FL/ San Francisco, CA
• Ritz Carlton, Orlando, FL
• Robinson Franzman, LLP Atlanta, GA
• Science Square, Atlanta GA
• Schell, Bray, Aycock Abel & Livingston, PLLC, Greensboro, NC
• Sun Trust Bank, Atlanta GA
• The Lofts at Capitol Quarters, Washington, DC
• Trammell Crow Company, Twelve24, Atlanta, GA
• Wargo, French LLP, Miami, FL
• Waycross Bank & Trust, Waycross GA

Bibliography

• Three Atlanta Artists Created a Local Exhibition Inspired by Their Showcase at the 2024 Venice Biennale , WABE Interview – 2024 Venice Biennale
• Artists Being Considered for Interior Exterior Projects at Brookhaven City Centre, Logan C. Ritchie, December 18, 2024, Rough Draft – Brookhaven City Centre Finalists
• Art Notes: Color, light, sound in Woodruff Park; Atlanta artists to exhibit in Venice, Staff writer, Atlanta Journal Constitution, AJC – Woodruff Park Exhibition
• Art Pop Up + Shop in Town Brookhaven, featuring Sabre Esler, Jaya Saxon, Masala Nkomo, and more, Jehan Williams, Historic Brookhaven Living, July 2022,
• Cullum’s Notebook: Summer art exhibits, June 21, 2022, ,from “Cherry Picking” to John Coltrane, Jerry Cullum
• Sabre Esler, Combines Science and Art; Denise Jackson, Historic Brookhaven Living, June, 2022
• Cullum’s Notebook 6.28.21: Galleries are making moves; the Waddi debuts, Arts ATL, June 28, 2021 https://www.artsatl.org/cullums-notebook-6-28-21-galleries-are-making-moves-the-waddi-debuts/
• Cullum’s Notebook 2.10.21 Cullum’s Notebook: Metro artists comment on change wrought by nature, history, https://www.artsatl.org/cullums-notebook-metro-artists-comment-on-change-wrought-by-nature-history/
• Perspective on Risk Taking, Meet Sabre Esler, ShoutOutAtlanta, March, 2021
• Jeffrey Wilcox Paclipan & Sabre Esler Make “Something Out of Nothing” at Chastain Arts Center, Burnaway, Matthew Terrell, Feb., 2018
• Glynn Visual Arts Eyes Abstract in New Exhibit, The Brunswick News, Tyler H. Jones, May 4, 2017
• Studio Visit Magazine, Open Studio Press, Diana Gaston Curator, Summer, 2017
• The Power of Art, Betsa Marsh, Miamian, December, 2011
• Art Values: Sabre Esler, Wendy Dunning, Southwest Art, July, 2010
• Launch, Contributor, Arbus, January, 2006
• Stellers Gallery Launches into 2006 with Six National Artists, Contributor, Sun-Times Weekly, 2006
• Featured Artist, Atlanta Style & Design, 2006
• Capturing Moments in Time, Judith Schonbak, Museums & Galleries, November, 2004
• Feminine Perspective, Karen Lane, The Brunswick News, 2003
• Figure and Form Create Drama for a Month Long Exhibit on St. Simons Island, Judy Ellington, Coastal Antiques and Art, 2002
• Sabre Esler: “A Contemporary Artist with Classical Appeal”, Mildred Wilcox, Coastal Antiques & Art, 2000
• Artist and Merchants, Wendy Bass, Atlanta Journal & Constitution, 1997

Juried Exhibitions

• 2025 — New South VI, Kai Lin Gallery, Atlanta GA
• 2022
  • 6XTOne, City-Wide Art Exhibition, Atlanta GA
  • Artfields, Lake City, SC
  • Fourth LaGrange Southeast Regional, Lagrange Art Museum GA
  • Pressing Matters 2022, GSU, Clarkston GA
  • ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, MI
  • Reimagine Peace: The Art of Resistance!, Sinclair Gallery, Atlanta GA
• 2021
  • Ctrl+Alt+Del!, Hambidge Cross Pollination Art Lab, Atlanta GA
  • Repurposed II, 378 Gallery, Atlanta GA
  • Annual Juried Exhibition, Callanwolde Art Center, Atlanta GA
  • One Earth, Gallery 378, Atlanta GA
• 2020
  • Printing Matters X, Atlanta Printmaking Studio, GSU Clarkston Campus GA
  • Sights & Insights, DFAA, Sandy Springs Arts Center GA
  • One Earth, One Chance, Women Caucus for the Arts, GSU Clarkston Campus GA
  • Art Papers, Atlanta GA
  • CreateHer, Kai Lin Gallery, Atlanta GA
• 2019
  • Printing Matters, Atlanta Printmaking Studio Show, Callanwolde, Atlanta GA
  • EngageMINT, Hathaway Gallery, Atlanta, GA
  • From the Artist Collection, MINT Gallery, Atlanta, GA
• 2018
  • Sights & Insights, Chastain Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA
  • New South III, Kai Lin Gallery, Atlanta, GA
  • Annual Juried Exhibition, Callanwolde Art Center, Atlanta, GA
  • Abstraction at Large, Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
  • M2R, Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Marietta, GA
  • Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series, Zucato Gallery, Atlanta GA
  • Tools Show, Acccia/Suraci Gallery, Dunmore, PA
• 2017
  • SCOPE, ArtePonte Gallery, Art Basel, Miami Beach, FL
  • Open Studio, SCAD, Atlanta, GA
  • Geoform, ArtePonte Gallery, NYC, NY
  • Alumni Show, Miami University, Oxford, OH
• 2016
  • SCOPE, ArtePonte Gallery, Art Basel, Miami Beach, FL
  • Alexandria Museum of Art’s 29th Annual September Competition Exhibition, Alexandria, LA
  • Re | Collections, Miami University Alumni Show, Oxford, OH
  • Open Studio, SCAD, Atlanta, GA
  • Small Works 2016, SCAD, Savannah, GA
  • FOA, Winter Release Expo, TX
• 2015 — Small Works Show, SCAD, Savannah, GA
• 2013 — Snapshots, SCAD, Savannah, GA
  Summer Scenes, Blue Ridge, GA
• 2012
  • Miami University Alumni Show, Oxford, OH
  • Small Works Show, Richeson 75, Kimberly, WI
• 2005 — Spring into Art, Valdosta, GA
• 2004 — Decatur Arts Alliance, Decatur, GA
• 2003 — Decatur Arts Alliance, Decatur, GA
• 2002 — Southwest Fulton Art Exhibit, Atlanta, GA
• 2001 — North Fulton Regional Art Show, Roswell, GA
• 1999 — A Tribute to Jacob Kainen, Corcoran Gallery, Washington D.C.
• 1998 — Decatur Arts Alliance Show, Decatur, GA

Selected Group Exhibitions

• 2025
  • Beyond The Cosmos, Gallery 72, Atlanta, GA
  • Black and White with Considerations of Gray, The Art Section, January Issue
• 2024
  • Honeycomb, The Pollinator Art Space, Atlanta, GA
  • Beyond Her Eyes II, Nina Baldwin Gallery, Castleberry Hill
  • Elemental, South River Studios, Atlanta, GA
  • Little Things, Swan Coach House, Atlanta, GA
  • Fall Flow, Flow Gallery, Bluffton, SC
  • Unbound, The Pollinator Space, Atlanta, GA
  • Boundary Lines, The Bakery, Atlanta, GA
  • Atlanta Art Fair, Spruill Gallery, Atlanta, GA
  • GSU Faculty Exhibit, Clarkston, GA
  • The Chromatic Palette, The Art Section, October Issue
• 2023
  • PinK Pop Up, Spruill Arts Center, Dunwoody, GA
  • Parting Lines, Greenville Center for Creative Art, Three Person show, Greenville, SC
• 2022 — Like + Share + Repeat, Studio Artist Wall, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
• 2019
  • Mind & Body, Two Person Show, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, GA
  • Little Things, Swan Coach House, Atlanta, GA
• 2018
  • Something out of Nothing, Two Person Show, Chastain Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA
  • Aqua, Alessandro Berni Gallery, Art Basel, Miami Beach, FL
  • The December Show, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, GA
• 2017
  • Life in the Abstract, Five Woman Show, Glynn Visual Arts Center, St. Simons Island, GA
  • An Eye on the Wind: Timeless Creativity, Lelia Murdoch Gallery, Miami, FL
• 2015 – Art18, Atlanta, GA
• 2014
  • SCAD Grad Show, Atlanta, GA
  • ShapeATL, Decatur, GA
  • Open Studio, SCAD, Atlanta, GA
• 2013 – Open Studio, SCAD, Atlanta, GA
• 2012
  • Two Person Show, Stellers Gallery, Ponte Vedra, FL
  • Open Studio, SCAD, Atlanta, GA
• 2011
  • Three Person Show, Richland Fine Art, Nashville, TN
  • Tyler White Gallery, Greensboro, NC
  • Design Works, Kaller Fine Art, NY, NY
• 2010 — Design Works, Kaller Fine Art, NYC, NY
• 2009
  • Studio E Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
  • Design Works, Kaller Fine Art, NYC, NY
• 2008
  • Richland Fine Art, Nashville, TN
  • Design Works, Kaller Fine Art, NYC, NY
• 2007 – Light, Two Person Show, Stellers Gallery, FL
• 2006 – Launch, Two Person Show, Stellers Gallery, FL
• 2005
  • Three Person Show, Kaller Fine Art, Bethesda, MD
  • Who’s Afraid of Abstraction, Left Bank Art Gallery, GA
• 2003 – Two Person Show, Lagerquist Gallery, Atlanta, GA
• 2001 – Painting with the Chatov’s, Quinlan Art Center, Gainesville, GA
• 2000
  • Three Person Show, Bennett Street Gallery, Atlanta, GA
  • Welcoming the Artist, Lagerquist Gallery, Atlanta, GA
  • Karen Carr Fine Art, Jacksonville, FL
• 1999
  • Three Person Show, Bennett Street Gallery, GA
  • The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC
• 1998 – Heaven Blue Rose, Roswell, GA

Teaching & Professional Experience

• 2024
  • Foundations Studies Professor, Georgia Perimeter/GSU, Dunwoody, GA
  • Founder & Executive Director, The Pollinator Art Space, Atlanta, GA
  • Rose Lawn Museum, Juror, Cartersville, GA
• 2020-22 – Panelist, Fulton County Arts & Culture, Atlanta, GA
• 2020,21 – Foundation Studies Professor, Georgia Perimeter/GSU, Dunwoody, GA
• 2019-22 – Panelist, Office of Cultural Affairs, Atlanta, GA
• 2018 – Foundation Studies Professor, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
• 2016 – Sharpen the Tools, Studio classes, Atlanta, GA
• 2014
  • Teaching Intern, Undergraduate Drawing, SCAD, GA
  • Two Day Painting Workshop, Sandy Springs Arts Center, GA
• 2013 – Loosen Up! Two day Architectural Elements Paintings, Sandy Springs, GA
• 2012 – Loosen Up! Two day Paintings Workshop, GA
• 2011 – Going from Good To Great, Left Bank Art Gallery, St. Simon’s GA
• 2009 – Working with Mediums, Master Class, Sandy Springs Art Center, GA
• 1997-00 – Meet the Masters, Arts Enhancements Program, New Prospect Elementary, Alpharetta, GA
• 1997 – Alpharetta Parks Department, Arts Governance, Alpharetta, GA

Selected Talks

• 2025 – Beyond the Cosmos, Moderated Talk with Shannon Morris, Gallery 72, Atlanta, GA
• 2022 – Meet me in the Middle, Artist talk at Jennifer Balcos Gallery, Atlanta, GA, https://youtu.be/BW3lI6ONKY/
• 2021 – “The Cosmos, The Cipher & The Soul”, Virtual Artist Reception, Clarkston, GA https://youtu.be/2DHOe7egCaU
• 2020 – Connect & Create Series, Youtube Connect & Create, Episode 30, Corrina Sephora,
• 2019
  • Conant Performing Arts Center, Oglethorpe University, Brookhaven, GA
  • Chastain Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA
• 2018 – Conversations, Gallery43, Roswell, GA
• 2017 – Life in the Abstract, Glynn Visual Arts Center, St. Simon, GA
• 2011 – Tyler White Gallery, Greensboro, NC
• 2009 – Left Bank Gallery, St. Simon’s, GA