CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
2022 to present Doctoral Candidate, Environmental Science, University of Idaho
Dissertation: Finding Fire's Form: A Methodology Across Disciplines
2021 MS, Environmental Studies, University of Oregon
Terminal Project: FIRST-AID KIT FOR THE FIRE-PRONE
2002 Graduate Studies, Print Media, Cranbrook Academy of Art
1995 AB, summa cum laude, German and Studio Art, Bowdoin College
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2024 JC Smith Memorial Fund Research Grant, University of Idaho
PLAYA Awarded Residency, Summer Lake OR
2022-2024 Mellon Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, Confluence Lab, University of Idaho
2023 Writing in the Wild Fellowship, University of Idaho
Studio Assistantship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland NC
2020 & 2021 Arnold Soderwall Research Grants, University of Oregon
2020 Environmental Studies Summer Research Fellowship, University of Oregon
2014 Curtis Gates Lloyd Research Fellowship, Lloyd Library and Museum, Cincinnati OH
2004 Monhegan Island Artist Residency, Monhegan Island ME
2002 Newaygo County Community Services Living Artist Grant, Newaygo County MI
2000-2001 Visual Arts Teaching Fellowship, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy
SOLO AND COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2025 Finding Fire's Form, Moscow Contemporary, Moscow ID (upcoming)
2023 Holding Fire, with Fuel Ladder collective, Well Well Projects, Portland OR
2022 Ignition, with Fuel Ladder collective, 510 Oak Street, Eugene OR
2021 FIRST-AID KIT FOR THE FIRE-PRONE, Washburn Gallery, Eugene OR
2012 Field Books, Athens Public Library, Athens OH
2010 Finding Ground: Drawings 2002-2007, Arts West, Athens OH
2005 Moving and Drawing, 23 North Street, Portland ME
2001 Rooms and Instruments, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy
2000 Stayed, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport ME
1999 Stayed, Davidson & Daughters Contemporary Art, Portland ME
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Common Ground, The Josephy Center for Arts & Culture, Joseph OR
Materiality Matters, Umqua Valley Arts, Roseburg OR
PyroFutures, Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, Davis CA
2023 Timescapes, Moscow Contemporary, Moscow ID
GroundTruths, ConfluenceLab/PritchardGallery, Moscow ID
2021 Pigments Revealed Symposium Exhibition, http://wildpigmentproject.org
2016 Studio Exhibition,Whiteaker Printmakers, Eugene OR
Botanical Illustration,Morning Glory Cafe, Eugene OR
2015 Botanical Illustration,Morning Glory Cafe, Eugene OR
2010 MARC at Twenty, Fish and Maine, Monhegan ME
2006 Carina House Celebration, Elan Fine Arts, Rockport ME
50 Artist’s Books by 50 Artists, Portland Public Library, Portland ME
2005 Water, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport ME
Artist’s Books from an Italian Collection, The Center for Book Arts, New York NY
2003 X-Change, Wayne State University Community Gallery, Detroit MI
2002 Upwardly Mobile!, Frankfurt Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany
2001 Portland Museum of Art Biennial, Portland Museum of Art, Portland ME
Domestic Culture, Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland ME
2000 SantaTeresa di Riva e Mario Luzi, Teatro Vittorio Emanuele, Messina, Italy
Parts, Goliath Visual Space, Brooklyn NY
1998 New to Town, Davidson & Daughters Contemporary Art, Portland ME
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
2024 White, Sasha Michelle. "Shelter Shirt." Fire Season III. Editors: Amory Abbott and Liz Toohey-Weise. Fire Season: Vancouver BC. 2024, p. 55.
2023 White, Sasha Michelle. “Loads and Ladders: Catalyzing the “Fire Humanities” for Fire Adaptation.” Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network. November 2, 2023.
Harreld, Macie. “Holding Fire at Well Well Projects.”PSU Vanguard. September 21, 2023.
James, Erin. “The Wound is an Opening.”Ground Truths. Confluence Lab. May 2023.
2015 White, Sasha M. “Disjunct Medicine: A History of the (Two) Mayapple(s).”Journal of Medicinal Plant Conservation. United Plant Savers: Athens OH. Spring 2015, 12-13, 15. Reprint with editor’s addendum: Lloydiana. Lloyd Library and Museum: Cincinnati OH. Spring-Winter 2015-2016, 3-6.
2006 The Carina House Residency: a Gift of Monhegan. Elan Fine Arts: Rockport ME.
2001 2001 Portland Museum of Art Biennial. Portland Museum of Art: Portland ME.
Bessire, Mark H.C. Domestic Culture. Maine College of Art: Portland ME.
1999 Cann, Valerie R. Sasha White’s first solo show’s an enticing,emotional ride. Portland Press Herald, November 18, 1999, p.22D.
Isaacson, Phillip. “Art of Reading” explores idea of book as artistic medium. Maine Sunday Telegram, October 24, 1999, p. 3E.
White, Sasha M. The Art of Reading: Books and Non-Books. Maine College of Art: Portland ME.
White, Sasha M. “RE-NEWING.” Flow Thru Out. Maine College of Art:Portland ME.
CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS
University of Idaho English Graduate Conference: Global Conversations: Breaking Sociocultural Barriers (April 20, 2024)
Presenter:“Ethical Engagements with a Naughty Plant”
University of Idaho Renfrew Interdisciplinary Colloquium (October 31, 2023)
Panel Organizer: “Ground Truths & Grapplings: Apprehending Fire through the Fire Humanities”
American Society for Environmental History: Disaster and Renewal (March 23-27, 2022)
Panel Presenter:“Home Fires: Wildfire, Resilience, and Re-growth in North America”
Panel Commentator:“World Fire: Combustion Across Borders”
Association for the Study of Literature and Environment: EMERGENCE/Y (July 26-August 6, 2021)
Panel Presenter:“Artistic Expressions of the Elemental” (Virtual)
Environmental Arts and Humanities Graduate Conference at Oregon State University (May 20, 2021)
Presenter:“FIRST-AID KIT FOR THE FIRE-PRONE” (Virtual)
Joint Campus Conference at the University of Oregon (May 13, 2020)
Poster Presentation: “FIRST-AID KIT FOR THE FIRE-PRONE” (Virtual)
Lloyd Library and Museum, Cincinnati OH, Public Lecture: Disjunct Medicine (March 5, 2015)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2019-2021 Teaching Assistant: University of Oregon, Eugene OR
2019 Visiting Instructor: Appalachian Ohio School of Herbal Medicine, Rutland OH
2005 Visiting Artist: Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy
2004 Drawing Instructor: Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, Rockport ME
2000-2001 Printmaking and Book Arts Instructor: Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy
2001 Teaching Assistant: The University of Iowa in Venice, Venice, Italy
ECOLOGICAL EMPLOYMENT
2021-2022 Restoration Specialist, Upper Willamette Soil and Water Conservation District, Eugene OR
2019-2020 Biological Sciences Research Technician, Oregon State University, Corvallis OR
2017-2018 Wetlands Botany Assistant, City of Eugene Parks and Open Space, Eugene OR
Summer 2018 Wildland Firefighter, Oregon Woods, Inc, Eugene OR
Winter 2018 Natural Resources Botany Steward, US Army Corps of Engineers, Junction City OR
2014-2017 Native Plant Gardener, City of Eugene Parks & Open Space, Eugene OR
2010-2013 Intern Program Manager, United Plant Savers Goldenseal Sanctuary, Rutland OH
ART EMPLOYMENT
1997-2000Associate Curator/Assistant Director ICA @ MECA, Maine College of Art, Portland ME
1997 Project Manager RE-NEWING, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Maine College of Art, Portland ME
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS AND TRAININGS
Firefighter Type 2 and Fire Effects Monitor, National Wildfire Coordinating Group (2017-present)
Understories Writing Workshop, Center for Environmental Futures, University of Oregon (2021)
Prescribed Fire Training Exchanges (TREX) at Southern Blue Ridge SC (2018) and Ashland OR (2017 & 2018)
Herbal Medicine Certificates, Columbines School of Botanical Studies, Eugene OR (2013 & 2014)
Medicinal Plant Conservation, United Plant Savers Goldenseal Sanctuary, Rutland OH (2008)