Sarah Palmer

photographer/artist based in Brooklyn, NY
educator at Parsons School of Design
commissions for: The New Yorker, The New York Times (Magazine, Opinion, Styles, Arts), The Atlantic

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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Current & Recent
The Delirious Sun
Outs & Ins

SELECTD WORKS
Knotted Spiral
The Wind Is No House
Darklight
Days of the Future
The Startling Reality of Things
Book of the Living
Rose with Nails for Petals
As A Real House

VIDEO
The Broken Word (2020)

ARTIST BOOKS / PUBLICATIONS
In My Mouth, A Song (coming soon)
Book of the Living
Finger-Nails (Your Vaulting Arches) {puzzle}
Slipping Rose
The Sweets of Pillage
Bending the Bow
Sea Garden
Waves

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© Sarah Palmer 2025
The Finger-Nalls (Your Vaulting Arches) puzzle is from Sarah Palmer’s Before the War series (2017-2018). These works bring together found imagery from sources such as home catalogs, magazines, newspapers, amateur erotica, self-defense/rape prevention manuals, and her own photography. Palmer incorporates digitally-created backgrounds to build these tactile, dimensional images through a process of printing, juxtaposing, photographing, re-printing, and layering. Finger-Nalls (Your Vaulting Arches) references poetry, specifically through its title, in this case, from Italian Futurist poet Paolo Buzzi’s poem, “Finger-Nails.” The complexity of Palmer’s work paired with the abstracting qualities of a puzzle come together to create a truly unique object perfect for photography collectors and puzzle enthusiasts alike.