Sahar Khoury (b. 1973 in Chicago, IL, lives in Oakland, CA) explores the interdependence of materials and their social and cultural environments. Frequently bringing together unlikely objects, she utilizes strategies of assemblage and an ethos of multiplicity. Her works are constructed from materials as diverse as metal, clay, cement, and papier-mâché, and trace familial and global histories, food, music, and systems.
Select solo exhibitions include Sahar Khoury: Weights and Measures at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, Davis CA; Wet, Parker Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2025-2026); Ummm, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus OH (2023); You can’t cut it up into pieces, CANADA, New York, NY (2022); Orchard, Rebecca Camacho Presents, San Francisco, CA (2022); and 2019 SECA Art Award, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA (2019). Select group exhibitions include Rave Into the Future: Art in Motion, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA (2025-2026); Edge of Visibility, Wayne State Galleries, Detroit, MI (2025); Rhythmic Vibrations, American Pavilion at the Gwangju Biennial, curated by Abby Chen and Naz Cuguolu, Gwangju, Korea (2024); Triennial Exhibition, Bay Area Now 8, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA (2018); Artwork for Bedrooms, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA (2018). Her work is included in the collections of Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin OH; Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA; de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), San Francisco, CA; and San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA.
Khoury is the recipient of the Joan Mitchell Fellowship (2025) and the Eureka fellowship (2026-2029) and is a 2026 Resident Faculty Artist at the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture in Maine.
