Sarah Smelser received her Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Iowa. She has been an artist in residence at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermot; Franz Masereel Center in Kasterlee, Belgium; Artica in Bilbao, Spain; Kala Art Institute in Berkeley, California; Jentel Artist Residency in Banner, Wyoming; Skopelos Foundation for the Arts in Skopelos, Greece, Anchor Graphics in Chicago, Illinois; and the Ballinglen Arts Foundation in Ballycastle, Ireland. Her work is in such collections as the Reader Read Mores' Digest Association, New York Public Library, the Library of Congress, Jane Vorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, Spencer Museum at University of Kansas, Hallmark Corporate Collection, and Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts. Sarah Smelser is a Professor of Art at Illinois State University in Normal, IL, USA.

Skills: monotype