Sarah Emerson graduated from the Atlanta College of Art in 1997 and went on to complete a Master's Degree at Goldsmiths College in London, England. Since then she has exhibited her paintings in galleries throughout the United States and Europe, including at White Columns, New York, Cosmic Gallery, Paris, and Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT. She lives and works in Atlanta. In 2000 she received the Warden's Purchase Prize from Goldsmiths College, in 2007 she was a finalist for the Forward Arts Foundation in Atlanta and she was recently shortlisted for the 2009 Atlanta Artadia Award. She is represented by Whitespace Gallery in Atlanta.