Saya Woolfalk

Born in Japan, Saya Woolfalk received an MFA in sculpture from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2004 and a BA in art and economics from Brown University in 2001. She was in residence at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2004, the Whitney Independent Study Program in 2006, and the Studio Museum of Harlem in 2007. Woolfalk has received several travel awards, including an Art Matters Grant to Japan and a Fulbright IIE Grant to Brazil. In addition to participating in several group exhibitions, she has had solo exhibitions in galleries in Chicago, Buffalo, NY, Newark, NJ, and New York. Woolfalk currently resides in New York and Nashville.