2026:
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) Arts Center Residency Program on Governors Island
Open Studios
June 20, 12-5pm
LMCC Arts Center, Governors Island, NY
Anxiety Cradle, an exhibition
June 28, 1pm
Resonance – Catwalk Institute, Catskill, NY
Recycled Runway, an artist workshop
July 25 & August 29, 1-3pm
LMCC Arts Center, Governors Island, NY
Anxious Cat, a public art installation
May 22-September 15
Heart of Catskill, Catskill, NY
2026:
Artist talk
May 21
ecoartspace: Wicked Monstrous Dialogues, Part V
Artist talk
May 21
EP3 Sari Nordman on battling climate change one knot at a time with True North Podcast by Nordic Artists of New YorkOpen Studios
Open Studios
April 18, May 16
LMCC Arts Center, Governors Island, NY
2025:
Frame Contemporary Art Finland Travel Grant
NYC Arts in Education Roundtable Mentorship Program cohort
Anxiety, a solo exhibition
December 4-30
Martucci Gallery, Irvington Public Library, Irvington, NY
Artist talk
December 22
Conversation with Sari Nordman, with Natalya Khorover, SALVAGE
Anxiety, an interview
December 19
Rivertowns Dispatch
Anxiety River, an exhibition
October 10-25
Don’t Look Now: A Defense of Free Expression – Art at a Time Like This @ Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York, NY
Write up
October 8
New York City Arts In Education Roundtable blog
Multidisciplinary Residency
September-October
Bethany Arts Community – Ossining, NY
Anxiety workshop
October 4
ARToberFest @ Bethany Arts Community – Ossining, NY
Anxiety #5, an exhibition
May 3-August 14
The Future Belongs to the Loving – MAPSpace, Portchester, NY
Artist talk
August 2
Streaming with Re – Flect / Calibrate
Anxiety Flag, a public art installation
April 3-Jul 22
Shared Dialogue, Shared Space – Inwood Hill Park, New York, NY
Anxiety, an exhibition
July 18-20
Resonance: The Return of Catwalk Artists – Thomas Cole National Historic Site, Catskill, NY
Calming the Serpent, an exhibition & open studio
June 11
Interdisciplinary Practices in Bio Art, School of Visual Arts – 335 W 16th St, New York, NY
Interdisciplinary Practices in Bio Art Summer Residency
May-June
School of Visual Arts – New York, NY
Anxiety #4, an exhibition
February 8-April 13
The Arts Exchange – ArtsWestchester Gallery, White Plains, NY
Anxiety, an exhibition
February 8-March 1
RSVP: Art as a Collective Experience – AHL Foundation Gallery, New York, NY
Shared Dialogue, Shared Space Artist Talk
February 22
RSVP: Art as a Collective Experience – AHL Foundation Gallery, New York, NY
2024:
2024 New York State Council on the Arts Support for Artists grant
2024 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant
2024 Finlandia Foundation National grantee
Anxiety #2, an exhibition
October 11-31
Morton Fiber Show – Morton Memorial Library and Community House, Rhinecliff, NY
Anxiety Tower, a public art installation
September 22-October 5
Art at The Edge – Pier 16/South Street Seaport, New York, NY
Climate Art Panel
September 26
Art at The Edge at Wavertree, Pier 16/South Street Seaport – New York, NY
Anxiety, communal art-making and installation
September 21
Shared Dialogue, Shared Space – The Maria Sola Community Greenspace,
The Bronx, NY
Anxiety, communal art-making and installation
September 7
Shared Dialogue, Shared Space – Mott Haven/Port Morris Waterfront, The Bronx, NY
Anxiety, communal art-making and installation
August 24
Shared Dialogue, Shared Space with NYC Summer Streets – Grand Concourse, The Bronx, NY
Anxiety, communal art-making and installation
August 3, 10 & 17
Shared Dialogue, Shared Space with NYC Summer Streets – New York, NY
Artist Residency
June-July
Zero Foot Hills – Durham, CT
Anxiety, communal art-making and installation
June 8 & 22
Shared Dialogue, Shared Space – Bowne Playground, Queens, NY
Dance: Anxiety Swimming Exercises, interdisciplinary dance
April 21, May 5 and 12
Woodside Dance Project – Queens, NY
Anxiety River, in exhibition
May 27, 2023-May 4, 2024
Streamline at King Manor Museum – Jamaica Queens, NY
Tower: Landscapes and Memory, in exhibition
April 25-May 3
Daniel Katz Gallery – London, UK
Facilitating Anxiety, communal art-making
April 19
King Manor Museum – Jamaica Queens, NY
Dance: Anxiety Swimming Exercises, interdisciplinary dance
March 16
BAAD! Ass Women Festival – The Bronx, NY
Exhibiting Anxiety, and facilitating communal knotting
February 22
Salon by NYC Arts in Education Roundtable at Recess Art – Brooklyn, NY
Facilitating Anxiety, communal knotting
February 20
Freezin’ Season Knotting Workshop at King Manor Museum – Jamaica Queens, NY
2023:
Tower: Landscapes and Memory, in exhibition
December 1-2
Displaced / Contours of the Earth at Jill Krutick Fine Art – Mamaroneck, NY
Tower, Climate Change interview open call
December 1
Sign up at: Jill Krutick Fine Art – Mamaroneck, NY
2023 Arts Alive grantee
Artist Residency
September
Xenia Creative Retreat – Hampshire, UK
Tower: Framing Displacement, in exhibition
June 8-10
HASTAC 2023, Critical Making and Social Justice at Pratt Institute – Brooklyn, NY
Art x Climate Activism, a panel
April 21
State of the Arts Night at Hirshhorn Museum – Washington DC
Facilitating Anxiety, communal knotting
April 20
Teen Thursdays at ArtsWestchester – White Plains, NY
Tower, in exhibition
December 22, 2022-January 27
Hillel Plaza, Flatbush Nostrand Junction BID – Brooklyn, NY
2022:
Tower, exhibition opening with climate change interview videos
December 22
Hillel Plaza, Flatbush Nostrand Junction BID – Brooklyn, NY
Facilitating Anxiety, communal knotting
November 17
Finnish Church – New York, NY
Teaching Artmaking to Create Sustainable SEL Growth
October 21
Arts for All Abilities Consortium, Museum of Jewish Heritage – New York, NY
Assembling, in exhibition
September 10-October 4
ArtCard as part of Exquisite Corpse, Jill Krutick Fine Arts – Mamaroneck, NY
Building a Tower to Frame Plastic Waste -film
September 28-October 2
Finalist and the 2nd Runner Up at Vaasa Wildlife Festival, XI International Nature Film Festival – Vaasa, Finland
Tower: Framing the Immigrant Experience, in exhibition
September 17
New American Fellows Showcase at Usagi – Brooklyn, NY
Artist residency
August
Bearnstow – Mount Vernon, ME
Assembling, in exhibition
July
SHIM/ArtCard Inaugural Summer 2022 Exhibition: Discovery | Organized by Jill Krutick | Hosted by SHIM Art Network – Artsy
The Current, in exhibition
June 17
American Heritage Awards – The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York, NY
Art as Community Activation, a panel
March 16
COAL + ICE by Asia Society at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts – Washington DC
Artist residency
February
Catwalk Institute – Catskill, NY
2021:
Artist residency
November
RaumArs A.i.R. – Rauma, Finland
Interview with Länsi-Suomi on Tower installation
November
Länsi-Suomi – Finland
Open call for Tower climate change interviews
November 17
Rauman Seudun Työnhakijat ry – Rauma, Finland
Assembling Waste -film
November
SHIM Eco x TSDAP of Ursa – Virtual
Awaiting Action -film
October
Climate Change Video Promotion by GlobalConscience.World, Official Selection
Torni-Tower, in exhibition
July 1-August 8
Jamaica Flux: Workspaces and Windows 2021 at King Manor Museum – Jamaica, NY
Tower: Framing the Personal Experiences with Climate Change, an artist talk
August 7
Hunters Point Library Environmental Education Center – Queens, NY
Torni-Tower, personal climate change interview projections
July 26, August 6 & 7
Jamaica Flux: Workspaces and Windows 2021 at King Manor Museum – Jamaica, NY
Torni-Tower, an environmental justice panel
July 27
Creative Art Works – Queens, NY
Artist residency
July
Catwalk Institute – Catskill, NY
Tower process, in exhibition
June 10-August 7
Jamaica Flux: Workspaces and Windows 2021 at Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, Miller Gallery – Queens, NY
Torni-Tower, in exhibition
June 10-13
Performance Mix Festival – New York, NY
Assembling, in exhibition
May 14-16
Art in Odd Places 2021: NORMAL curated by Furusho Von Puttkammer, with curatorial assistants Yasmeen Abdallah, Lorelle Pais and Natalie Ortiz – New York, NY
Awaiting Action -film
May 2
FROSTBITE International Indie Festival, Official Selection – Colorado Springs, CO
Open call for Tower climate change interviews
April 17
Jamaica Flux – Queens, NY
Awaiting Action -film
January 28-February 28
In Situ (page 8, click photo below Awaiting Action to see the film)
2020:
Assembling on Ancient Towers and Building a Tower to Frame Plastic Waste -videos in exhibition
October 16-December 18
The Immigrant Artist Biennial 2020: Mother Tongue – NY
Interview with Art Spiel on Tower installation
December
Art Spiel
Artist residency
June
Tohmajärvi Residency – Tohmajärvi, Finland
Take these cocooned words -video & interviews for Torni-Tower
June 25
Museomylläkkä – Tohmajärvi, Finland
Äänekäs hetki
May 11
@koronankohottamat – Finland
Open call for Torni-Tower climate change interviews
February 23
Amsterdam Collective – New York, NY
Ruins-video
January 7
Montanha Pico Festival at Azores Fringe Festival – Portugal
2019:
Co.L.A Launch Exhibition
August 13-October 12
SHIM Art Network on Artsy
Assimilation-video
December
Festival di Cinema e Poesia, Versi di Luce – Italy
Artist residency
September
Catwalk Institute – Catskill, NY
videos
August 29
Pateroudi Court – Chalki, Naxos, Greece
videos
August 25
Cycladia – Naxos, Greece
The Rope -video and performance work
July 12
Tsak Bam Festival – Kavouropetra, Aegina, Greece
An Elegy on an Island -video
June
Lahti Runomaraton – Finland
The Rope -video and performance work
May 25
Newburgh Open Movement at Safe Harbors Lobby at the Ritz – Newburgh, NY
The Rope -video and performance work
May 10
SHIM Finland at Odetta Gallery – Brooklyn, NY
SN curates a film screening
May 3
68 First Place #3 – Brooklyn, NY
Remains -video
May 3
68 First Place #3 – Brooklyn, NY
Remains -video
April 1
Dance Film Lab Moderated Screening at Gibney Dance Center – New York
The Rope -video and performance work
March 27
Unspace Gallery – Brooklyn, NY
SN participating in Jennifer Monson’s iLANDing – researching context and aesthetics through embodied score techniques -workshop
January 20, 24 & 25
MoMA – New York, NY
Assimilation-video
January 12
Radical Heritage @ Toor Ji Ka Jhalra – Makrana Mohalla, Jodhpur, India
SN performs with NEXToNow#8
January 12
Mark Morris Hodgkin Studio – Brooklyn, NY
Assimilation-video
January 6
Radical Heritage @ Gangaur Ghat – Udaipur, India
2018:
Assimilation-video
December 1 @ 4pm
Sydämeni palaa @ Teatteri Avoimet Ovet – Helsinki, Finland
Organized by Eeva-Liisa Manner Society
Assimilation-video
November 7, 9, 14, 16, 21 and 23
Videoskin Contemporary Dance Video Works – The Edge Gallery, Arts Underground, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
SN performs with NEXToNow#7
November 3
Brooklyn Studios for Dance – Brooklyn, NY
Memory and forgetfulness -video
September 29
Acid! Live! @ Merikerho – Helsinki, Finland
SN teaches contemporary dance
August 21, 23, 28 & 30
Tanssille ry – Helsinki, Finland
The Birth; Forward, looking back; Memory and forgetfulness; Dare the Stairs and The door in between -videos
August 25th-26th
Alpo Jaakola Statuary Park – Loimaa, Finland
Saari-Island, a dance and video
August 25
Alpo Jaakola Statuary Park – Loimaa, Finland
Assimilation-video
August 23
Taiteiden yö @ Teatteri Avoimet Ovet – Helsinki, Finland
Assimilation-video
August 10th
SPARK Summer Film Fest – Brooklyn, NY
Artist residency
July
Eckerö Post and Customs house – Eckerö, Finland
Assimilation, Memory and forgetfulness, The door in between, Saari-Island -videos
July 27th
Eckerö Post and Customs house – Eckerö, Finland
Interview with Women CineMakers 2018 Special Edition on Assimilation-film
June
Women CineMakers
Saari-Island, a dance and video
June 10
Performance Mix at University Settlement – New York, NY
SN performs in Dean Moss’/Gametophyte, Inc. Petra
January 23-27
Performance Space New York – New York, NY
2017:
assimilation, a dance and video
November 2 & 4
Triskelion Arts – Brooklyn, NY
SN writes in Movement Research Performance Journal issue 50 Daily Rituals
September
Rehearsal residency
July-August
Loimaan Taidetalo – Loimaa, Finland
SN teaches contemporary dance
August 29-31
Helsinki Dance Company morning class – Helsinki, Finland
SN teaches contemporary dance
August 15, 17, 22 & 24
Tanssille ry – Helsinki, Finland
SN performs with Dana Bell
March 12
Pioneer Works – Brooklyn, NY
Tough, mysterious, sensitive, a dance and video
March 11
BAAD! ASS Women Festival – The Bronx, NY
2016:
Tough, mysterious, sensitive, a dance and video
December 2
FiveMyles Gallery part of BRIC Biennial: Volume II, BedStuy/Crown Heights edition – Brooklyn, NY
SN curates Dana Bell and Andrea Haenggi
December 2
FiveMyles Gallery part of BRIC Biennial: Volume II, BedStuy/Crown Heights edition – Brooklyn, NY
SN performs in collaboration with Elise Knudson
November 22
Dixon Place – New York, NY
Tough, mysterious, sensitive, a dance and video
Nov 1
Dixon Place – New York, NY
SN filming for Tough, mysterious, sensitive
September 14-October 1
Greece
Artist residency
September 5-11
Tofte Lake Center – Ely, MN
Tough, mysterious, sensitive, a dance and video
August 24
Zodiak Z Free, Studio C4 – Helsinki, Finland
Z Free rehearsal residency
August
Zodiak – Helsinki, Finland
Rehearsal residency
July-August
Loimaan Taidetalo – Loimaa, Finland
Artist residency
July
Solo work @ 77 – Vathy, Greece
2015:
SN performs in Dean Moss’/Gametophyte, Inc. johnbrown
October 15-17
Walker Art Center – Minneapolis, MN
Tough, mysterious, sensitive, a dance and video
September 21
Movement Research at the Judson Church – New York, Y
Syke pellossa in collaboration with Antti Jaakola, Pirkko Jaakola & Leena Salonen
September 9
Loimaan Taidetalo – Loimaa, Finland
Rehearsal residency
August-September
Loimaan Taidetalo – Loimaa, Finland
SN teaches contemporary technique
August 22 & 23
Dansart, Manilla – Turku, Finland
SN teaches contemporary technique
August 11, 13, 18 & 20
Tanssille, ry. – Helsinki, Finland
SN performs
August 8
Kurkijoki päivät, Loimaan Lukio – Loimaa, Finland
Artist residency
June 28-July 9
Bearnstow – Parker Pond, ME
Momentum, a dance
April 19
13 Celcius as part of Counter Current Festival – Houston, TX
SN performs in Dean Moss’/Gametophyte, Inc. johnbrown
April 17 & 18
DiverseWorks as part of Counter Current Festival – Houston, TX
SN filming for Tough, mysterious, sensitive
February
Greece
2014:
SN filming for Tough, mysterious, sensitive
December
Greece
SN performs in Dean Moss’/Gametophyte, Inc. johnbrown
October 16-18 & 23-25
The Kitchen – New York, NY
SN teaches contemporary technique
August 12, 14, 19 & 21
Tanssille, ry. – Helsinki, Finland
SN performs in Dean Moss’/Gametophyte, Inc. johnbrown showing
July 31
The Kitchen – New York, NY
SN performs in Dean Moss’/Gametophyte, Inc. johnbrown preview
June 27
Kelly Strayhorn Theater – Pittsburgh, PA
SN performs Performing Frustration in collaboration with Andrea Haenggi
June 7 & 8 @ 10am-9:07pm
1067 Pacific Garage/Lot – 1067 Pacific St, Brooklyn, NY
SN presents an untitled video for A Dadaesque Collage of Chauvinist Wisdom
May 30
Issue Project Room – Brooklyn, NY
SN performs with Isabella Bruno & Bruno Design
May 12
Open Market, Highline Stages – New York, NY
Lavaman, a dance
April 12
Center for Performance Research: Spring Movement Festival – Brooklyn, NY
Lavaman, a dance
March 24
Movement Research at the Judson Church – New York, NY
SN performs in Dean Moss’/Gametophyte, Inc. johnbrown preview
March 14 & 15
BRIC House Ballroom – Brooklyn, NY
SN performs in Victoria Keddie’s video/dance Cannibal Mécanique
January 29
Trans Pecos, 915 Wyckoff Ave – Ridgewood, Queens, NY
SN teaches modern dance
Tuesdays starting January 21 through May
The Construction Company Studio – New York, NY
2013:
A Dadaesque Collage of Chauvinist Wisdom, an excerpt of the dance
December 6 & 7
Brooklyn Arts Exchange: Space Grant Showcase – Brooklyn, NY
A Dadaesque Collage of Chauvinist Wisdom, an excerpt of the dance
November 8 & 9
Center for Performance Research: Fall Movement Festival – Brooklyn, NY
Fall 2013 Space Grant
September-December
Brooklyn Arts Exchange – Brooklyn, NY
SN teaches contemporary dance technique
August 13, 15, 20 & 22
Tanssille, ry. – Helsinki, Finland
SN teaches contemporary dance technique
May 23, 30 & June 6
classclassclass – New York, NY
SN performs in Dana Bell’s and Sam Consiglio’s Chromatic Jackie
May 24
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit – Detroit, MI
SN performs with Inka Juslin
May 17
Finlandia Foundation Annual Meeting – New York, NY
A Dadaesque Collage of Chauvinist Wisdom, an excerpt of the dance
May 12
NYU/Tisch Dance Department, Alumni Workshop – New York, NY
SN performs in Dana Bell’s and Sam Consiglio’s Chromatic Jackie
April 13
Museum of Art and Design – New York, NY
A Dadaesque Collage of Chauvinist Wisdom, an excerpt of the dance
March 23
BAAD! ASS Women Festival – The Bronx, NY
A Dadaesque Collage of Chauvinist Wisdom, a dance
February 1
FLICfest at The Irondale Center – Brooklyn, NY
A Dadaesque Collage of Chauvinist Wisdom, an excerpt of the dance
January 28
Movement Research at the Judson Church – New York, NY
2012:
SN performs in Dean Moss/Gametophyte, Inc. and Laylah Ali’s Voluntaries
October 24, 27 & 28
Some Sweet Day at Museum of Modern Art – New York, NY
SN performs in Steve Paxton’s Satisfyin’ Lover & State
October 17 & 21
Some Sweet Day at Museum of Modern Art – New York, NY
SN performs in Simo Kellokumpu’s & Vincent Roumagnac’s video work Derivation
October 14
Kiasma Theater – Helsinki, Finland
SN performs in Steve Paxton’s Satisfyin’ Lover & State
September 9
MoMA/PS1 – New York, NY
SN performs in Dean Moss/Gametophyte, Inc. & Sungmyung Chun’s Nameless Forest
April 5 & 6
Clarise Smith Performing Arts Center – Maryland
SN performs in Dean Moss/Gametophyte, Inc. & Laylah Ali’s some elements raw, re-purposed, in-process
March 8-10
Danspace Project, Inc. – New York, NY
SN performs in Ming Wong’s video work Persona Performa
February 8-April 8
Bonniers Konsthall – Stockholm, Sweden
SN performs in Dean Moss/Gametophyte, Inc. & Sungmyung Chun’s Nameless Forest
January 19-21
Yerba Buena – San Francisco, CA
2011:
HAME-SKIRT, a dance in collaboration with Inka Juslin
December 17
AUNTS at Secret Works Loft – Brooklyn, NY
SN performs in Avanti! Chamber Orchestra’s Finnish Tango: A Journey to the Fairytale Land
December 1
Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall – New York, NY
SN performs in Ming Wong’s video work Persona Performa
ongoing
Museum of Moving Image – Queens, NY
SN performs in Ming Wong’s Persona Performa
November 10-11
Museum of Moving Image – Queens, NY
We’re having a tough time, a dance
October 11-12
Dixon Place – New York, NY
SN performs in Dean Moss/Gametophyte, Inc. & Sungmyung Chun’s Nameless Forest
September 3-4
The Asian Arts Theatre – Gwangju, South-Korea
SN performs in Dean Moss/Gametophyte, Inc. & Sungmyung Chun’s Nameless Forest
May 19-21 & May 26-28
The Kitchen – New York, NY
in your, a dance in collaboration with Pedro Jimenez
May 2
Movement Research at the Judson Church – New York, NY
We’re having a tough time, a dance
April 9
DraftWork at Danspace Project, Inc. – New York, NY
SN performs in Dean Moss/Gametophyte, Inc. & Sungmyung Chun’s Nameless Forest – preview
March 31-April 2
Yale Repertory Theater – New Haven, CT
What if Aino had not committed suicide?, a dance
February 28
Kalevala Marathon at Columbia University – New York, NY
SN performs in Claudia Gitelman’s Duet
February
American Dance Guild at Manhattan Movement & Arts Center – New York, NY
We’re having a tough time, a dance
February 4-5
Brooklyn Arts Exchange – Brooklyn, NY
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