Sarai Nissan, a senior at Boulder High School, is an artist born in Denver in 1996 to Israeli immigrants and has a passion for exploring themes of life, death, and the grotesque in her artwork. Her artistic journey includes a variety of classes and experiences, such as studying at Pratt Institute and receiving recognition in competitions, and she has created a diverse portfolio of works in various media. Sarai's art, heavily influenced by her personal experiences and wanderlust, aims to unearth deeper aspects of herself and reflects her morbid curiosities.

1. Sarai Nissan
susu.nissan@yahoo.com
720-412-1393
1465 Brown Cir.
80305
Boulder, Colorado

2. Biography
Sarai Nissan was born in 1996 in Denver, Colorado to two Israeli
immigrants who fell out of love five years after she and her twin
sister were born. Coming from a creative home, raised on the art
of Andy Warhol and the music of Bob Dylan, her love for art and
music culminated. At the age of 15 she was whisked away to live
in Israel for a year, there she traveled around Europe and found
herself in a constant state of wanderlust after her return to the
states.
She works with many medias mostly focusing on the
aesthetics of oil paints.
She currently resides in Boulder, Colorado and is a Senior
at Boulder High School.

3. Relevant Classes
• Drawing and Painting at Horizons K-8 Middle school
• Private art lessons with local artist Kara Priest
• Boulder High’s Drawing and Painting 3, Freshman year
• Boulder Universal’s Art Appreciation, sophomore year
• Boulder High’s Portfolio arts, sophomore and junior year
• 2013 Summer seminar at Colorado College through the Marie
Walshe Sharpe Program
• AP Studio Art Senior Year
• Foundations in drawing and painting at Pratt Institute
• Art History and Portfolio development at Pratt Institute

4. “Sparrow”
Acrylic on wood panel
4 x 4 inches

5. “Fox”
Acrylic on wood block
4 x 4 inches

6. “Fawn”
Acrylic on wood block
4 x 4 inches

7. “Acherontia Rosa”
Oil, Acrylic, and Gold Loose leaf on
canvas
34 x 46 inches

8. “Memento Mori”
Oil and Acrylic on canvas
6ft x 5ft

9. “Women”
Acrylic and Charcoal on canvas
22 x 46 inches

10. “Shrouded”
Oil and wax on canvas
34 x 46 inches

11. “Gods With Giving Arms”
Acrylics on paper map
9 x 17 inches

12. “Dehydrated Pear”
Silver point and chalk on
wood panel
12 x 12 inches

13. “Biota”
Watercolor and Ink on paper
14 x 17 inches

14. “Parasitic”
Oil paints on metal
8 x 13 inches

15. “Bones”
Chalk pastel on paper
18 x 24 inches

16. “Grave of the Discontent “
Ink, graphite and Mica flakes on transparency
paper mounted on wood
7 x 17 inches

17. “Lost Fragments”
Graphite on paper
14 x 17 inches

18. “Hands Observation”
Graphite and pen on paper
14 x 17 inches

19. “Cellar Door”
Linocut print with ink on paper
12 x 18 inches

20. “You will find solace here.”
Oil on canvas
8 x 10 inches

21. “Black mass”
Oil on canvas
6 x 12 inches

22. “Chest//Door”
Oil paints on linen board
11” x 15”

23. “Skeleton still life”
Charcoal on paper
18” x 24”

24. “Blanket still life”
Acrylics on canvas
24” x 24”

25. “Acacia”
Pen on paper
8.5” x 11”

26. “Male Nude Figure”
Charcoal on paper
18” x 24”

27. “Female Nude Figure”
Charcoal on newsprint
18” x 24”

28. “Plans”
Ink and news print on paper
18” x 24”

29. “Superstitions”
Oil on linen board
11” x 15”

30. “Charles”
Work in progress
Oil on canvas

31. Artists Statement
Each and every single piece contains a fragment of
myself, every piece I create is created in an effort to unearth
myself. My work explores my own morbid curiosities, addressing
the images that some may find odd, obscure or even grotesque.
My infatuation with such oddities manifests itself with in my
work. Always teetering on the edge of death or darkness my
artwork explores this contrasting balance; light and dark, life and
death, male and female etc. My pieces have become vessels to the
darkest and brightest thoughts from the dregs of my mind. They
are ostensibly foreboding creatures, cultivated and conceived
through the inspiration of the occult, metaphysics entwined with
everyday life.

32. The Artist
-Member of Boulder High’s Art club/open
studios
-Intern at Boulder Museum of Contemporary
Art
-She has had a solo exhibition at the KGNU radio
station in 2009
-Has displayed and sold pieces at Boulder
Museum of Contemporary Arts’ open wall
-Received the Honorable People’s Choice Award
in the 2011 Colorado Congressional Art
Competition.
-Recipient of the Marie-Walshe Sharpe
scholarship
-Recipient of an academic letter from Boulder
High
-Member of Boulder High School’s chapter of the
National Honor’s Society
-Attended Pratt Institutes Pre-college summer of
2013
-Exhibited works at Pratt Institute
-Has done many illustrations for local bands and
for the New York based jewelry brand
VERAMEAT