Sarah Stolfa (born 1975) is an American contemporary artist, photographer, and musician.
Biography Stolfa attended Drexel University's photography program and graduated from Yale University's MFA program in 2009. Stolfa's most recognizable series, 'The Regulars', won her The New York Times Photography Contest for College Students in 2004.https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9905EEDC1E31F930A25755C0A9629C8B63 The Regulars Published June 13, 2004 As a bartender at Philadelphia’s McGlinchey’s Tavern, Stolfa began to photograph her regulars opposite the bar. Her carefully composed, large-scale color prints express the intimacy and sincerity in worker and patron relationships. Furthermore, Stolfa’s images confront a social commentary on the urban bar experience with the isolated subjects and their props, namely, ashtrays, mugs, and money. Stolfa creates powerful portraits of the diverse group of regulars in a way that is reminiscent of Seventeenth Century Dutch paintings in their color, lighting, and decipherable detail.
Stolfa had a solo show at the Pearlstein Gallery at Drexel University in 2004.
Stolfa is the Executive Director of the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, a non-profit organization which opened in the late summer of 2009.
Stolfa also played Farfisa organ in the Delta 72 in the late 90s.
Exhibitions
2005: Photography 24, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ 2005: Noteworthy, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ 2005: Arcadia Solo Exhibition, Old Greenwich, CT (solo) 2006: Second Woodmere Triennial of Contemporary Photography, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA 2007: Women to Watch: Photography in Philadelphia, The Galleries at Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA 2008: Yale MFA Photography 2008, Green Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Publications 2009 The Regulars, Monograph, Artisan books
References
General references 2006 "Photo Finish," The Philadelphia Weekly, June 9–15 2004 "A Student, Sarah Stolfa, Hits the Big Time," Drexel, The Alumni Magazine of Drexel University 2006 "Tale of the Triennial," Art Matters, April 2006 "With a Broad Brush," Philadelphia Weekly, Fall Guide, Sept 13–19 2006 "Last Call," Philadelphia City Paper, Sept 21–28 2006 "Bar Examinations," Philadelphia Style Magazine, Fall 2006 "Philadelphia: Fall Exhibitions Short List," Art Review, Fall 2007 The New Yorker, Jan 8 2007 The New York Times Magazine, April 29
External links Philadelphia Photo Arts Center (PPAC) Sarah Stolfa at Gallery 339 theexposureproject.blogspot.com
Bruce Silverstein Gallery Interview with Sarah Stolfa