Short version: Sari Nordman is an interdisciplinary artist. She creates public art projects and fiber-art installations. Many of her projects have been informed by climate change and respond to environmental justice issues.
Nordman’s works have been exhibited at Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (Jamaica Flux), South Street Seaport (Art at The Edge) and Thomas Cole National Historic Site (Upstate Art Weekend). Her works have received grants from Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Frame Contemporary Art Finland and New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA). She has served on environmental artist panels discussing her works and the social engagement in her process at the Hirshhorn Museum, COAL + ICE at The Kennedy Center and Climate Art Panel at South Street Seaport.
Nordman develops a podcast Tower: Bridging Voices on Climate Change. She holds a M.F.A. from NYU/Tisch School of the Arts.
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Long version: Sari Nordman, born and raised in Finland, is a New York -based interdisciplinary artist who has created public art projects, fiber-art installations, video works and dance performances.
Her works have been exhibited at AHL Foundation Gallery (Art as a Collective Experience), American Heritage Awards at the Javits Center, ArtsWestchester (The Art Exchange), Dance Film Lab Moderated Screening at Gibney Dance Center, Flatbush Nostrand Junction Business Improvement District (The Upcycle Holiday Tree Contest winner), FROSTBITE International Indie Festival, The Immigrant Artist Biennial, InSitu, Inwood Hill Park, Irondale Center, Irvington Public Library (Martucci Gallery), Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (Jamaica Flux), Jill Krutick Fine Art, King Manor Museum, MAPSpace, Nathalie Karg Gallery (Art at a Time Like This), New American Fellows Showcase, NYC Summer Streets, Odetta Gallery (SHIM Finland), Performance Mix Festival, Recess Art (Salon), Shared Dialogue, Shared Space (SDSS), SPARK Summer Film Fest, South Bronx Unite, South Street Seaport (Art at The Edge), Steuben Gallery at Pratt Institute (HASTAC Critical Making and Social Justice), Thomas Cole National Historic Site (Upstate Art Weekend), Triskelion Arts, UnSpace Gallery and Woodside Dance Project in the US; The Edge Gallery (ViDEOSKiN) in Canada; Daniel Katz Gallery in England; TsakBam Festival in Greece; at Alpo Jaakola Statuary Park, Vaasa Wildlife Film Festival, Zodiak and Teatteri Avoimet Ovet in Finland; and at Radical Heritage in India.
Her works have been performed at Art in Odd Places, Atlantic Center for the Arts, AUNTS, Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (BAAD! Ass Women Festival), Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Center for Performance Research, Columbia University, CounterCurrent Festival (Ten Tiny Dances), Danspace Project (DraftWork), Dixon Place, FiveMyles Gallery (BRIC Biennial), Irondale Center, Movement Research at the Judson Church, Odetta Gallery (SHIM Finland), Performance Mix Festival, Triskelion Arts, UnSpace Gallery and Woodside Dance Project in the US; TsakBam Festival in Greece; and at Alpo Jaakola Statuary Park, Dance Theater Hurjaruuth, Full Moon Dance Festival, Pop & Jazz Conservatory and Zodiak in Finland.
Awards: Nordman’s work has been awarded New American Fellowship, The American-Scandinavian Foundation Thor and Saimi Soderholm Fund, American Scandinavian Society Cultural Grant, Brooklyn Arts Council Creative Equations Fund, The Dance/NYC Coronavirus Dance Relief Fund, Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant, Frame Contemporary Art Finland Travel Grant, New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Support for Artists as well as Arts Alive, Finlandia Foundation National, Finlandia Foundation New York Metropolitan Chapter and The Puffin Foundation grants.
Residencies: Her work has been supported through numerous residencies including Atlantic Center for the Arts, Bearnstow, Bethany Arts Community, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Catwalk Institute, Fantasy Generator at Hollins University, School of Visual Arts, Tofte Lake Center and Zero Foot Hills in the US; Xenia Creative Retreat in England; Eckerö Post and Customs House, Loimaan Taidetalo, RaumArs A.i.R., Tohmajärvi and Zodiak Z Free in Finland; and Solo works @ 77 in Greece.
She has served on environmental artist panels discussing her works and the social engagement in her process, at Art Spiel, State of the Arts Night at Hirshhorn Museum, COAL + ICE at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Hunters Point Library Environmental Education Center Program, Re – Flect / Calibrate The Environmental Art & Advocacy Collection and Climate Art Panel at South Street Seaport. Her works have been reviewed in publications such as, BK Reader, The Dance Enthusiast, OffOffOff, Our Town, Women Cinemakers, and Karjalainen, Koti-Karjala, Loimaan Lehti, Länsi-Suomi, Nya Åland and Ålands Tidningen in Finland.
Nordman’s podcast Tower: Bridging Voices on Climate Change is available on YouTube.
Nordman holds a Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) in dance from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. She worked as a dancer with Dean Moss-Gametophyte on several of his productions in 2009-2018, touring nationally and internationally. She has taught dance to various ages, abilities and backgrounds of students and has worked as a teaching artist in New York City’s public schools since 2007 and Westchester County Department of Correction since 2024. She is also a certified personal fitness trainer through International Sports Sciences Association.
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