Sarah Small

Sarah Small (born 1979 in Washington D.C.) is a Brooklyn-based American artist, composer, singer, filmmaker, photographer, and performer featured on Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble's GRAMMY-Winning album, Sing Me Home. She is known for her photographic and Tableau Vivant performance series The Delirium Constructions, singing as part of the Balkan vocal trio Black Sea Hotel, acting as the protagonist in the feature film Butter on the Latch by Josephine Decker, and directing the musical album, new music opera performance, and feature film Secondary Dominance.

Education and career She attended high school at The Field School, in Washington, D.C. and graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2001 with a bachelor's degree in photography.

After graduating from college, Small moved to Brooklyn and worked as a photographer for 13 years. Her work has appeared in publications including Vogue, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal, has been showcased by John Schaefer on WNYC’s Soundcheck and National Public Radio, and exhibited globally at venues including Galerie Caprice Horn (Berlin), Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington DC), and the Australian Centre for Photography. She was named one of the “Top 13 Emerging Photographers” working today, by American Photo Magazine.

In 2002, Small began studying Bulgarian vocal production in a start-up Bulgarian women's choir, Yasna Voices. In 2006, Yasna Voices traveled on grant to Bulgaria to study with master singer Kremena Stancheva, a founding member of the Bulgarian women’s choir, Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares.

In 2007, Small co-formed Brooklyn's Balkan vocal ensemble, Black Sea Hotel. She has premiered original works with Kronos Quartet in collaboration with Black Sea Hotel at St. Ann's Warehouse. and National Sawdust, and on stage with Reggie Watts and Sxip Shirey and Joe’s Pub. Black Sea Hotel has taught Balkan folk singing internationally, with a specialization in songs from Shopluk, Bulgaria. Highlights include teaching residences at Sjöviks Folkhögskola in Sweden.

In 2009, she taught Portrait Photography to seniors at the Parsons School of Design, and has taught darkroom photography to children and adults.

In 2012, Small formed Hydra, another vocal trio,

In 2014, Small starred in Butter on the Latch, a psychological thriller film directed by Josephine Decker, which was on The New Yorker's “10 Best Movies of 2014.”

In 2016, Small was invited by Beth Morrison and HERE Arts Center’s PROTOTYPE Festival to premiere her work “Secondary Dominance” on stage, which has since been made into several music videos and a feature film.

As a photographer and performance artist, Small has exhibited and lectured internationally for The Lucie Foundation,, Apple Store Soho, and at the China International Photographic Exhibition granted by the Ministry of Culture of China.

Select photography exhibitions 2017 - Fast Forward//Rewind, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia, US 2011 - Human Time Space, DOB Hua Lamphong Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand 2011 - Neubacher Inaugural Exhibition, Neubacher Shor Contemporary, Toronto, Canada 2010 - 100 Portraits - 100 Photographers, Fotoweek DC, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., US 2010 - Art of Photography Show, Lyceum Gallery, San Diego, California, US 2010 - Vignettes, Bleicher/GoLightly Gallery, Santa Monica, California, US 2010 - Art Taipei Forum, Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei, Taiwan 2009 - Bova Images Festival, Bova, Calabria, Italy 2008 - Delight and Horror: The Photographs of Sarah Small, 1000 Words Photography 2007 - Soft Ground, Platform Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada 2004 - Art+Commerce Festival, Emerging Photographers, Tobacco Warehouse, Brooklyn, NY, US 2011 - Bathhouse Arena - Tableau Vivant of the Delirium Constructions Don’t Worry Darling Feature film 2022 No No No No Yes No The Autopsy of Jane Doe Feature film 2016 No No No No Yes No Collective: Unconscious Anthology film 2016 No Yes No No No No Thou Wast Mild and Lovely Feature film 2014 Yes No No No No No Butter on the Latch Feature film 2013 No Yes No No Yes No Team Queen Short film/Music video 2007 No No No No No Yes Molotov Samba Feature film 2005 No No No No No Yes Neurotica Short film 2003 No No No No No Yes Discography

Select music photography

2014 Brooklyn Rider, The Brooklyn Rider Almanac 2009 Kitka, Cradle Songs 2008 Jan Vogler, Tango! ''

Select photography awards

2010 - Selected as 1 of 50 Top Finalists for Artists Wanted: Exposure 2010 2009 - “10 Best 10” Photo Contest Winner - Resource Magazine and Win-Initiative 2009 - 1 of 2 American finalists selected from 65 countries by ITS#EIGHT International Talent Support, to be flown to Italy for exhibition and award ceremony. 2009 - Selected 1st Place winner for 2009 Fine Art Xto Nude Image Awards to be exhibited in Farmani Gallery in July. 2009 - Winner of Magnet Media's Zoom-In-Online Viewfinder's Challenge, judged by David Turner and Redux Pictures Director, Marcel Saba. 2008 - Chosen as 1 of 13 Top Emerging Talents by American Photo Magazine. 2008 - Avant Guardian Competition Winner - Surface Magazine 2008 - Finalist - Critical Mass Competition 2004 - Emerging Photographer Competition Winner - Art + Commerce