Richard Heller Gallery is pleased to present: Sara Birns: Explorers of the Garden Planet. This is Birns' second solo exhibition with the gallery. About the Exhibition We are the explorers of the garden planet. Our morphed faces uncover the layers of ever-changing emotions we experience in single moments as we journey to explore ourselves and our influences on this planet. The works are a combination of oil pastel and oil paint done in a specific order to take the viewers through different phases we face during our experience. The works were produced during the artist’s travels through Europe for five months and continued upon arriving back to her hometown, Santa Cruz CA. The story highlights Birns’ own journey to transition from feeling disconnected to positioning herself on paths to help her recover a connection to nature. Realizing the influence we all have on this earth, and how to steer it in directions for a more luscious garden planet. About the Artist: Born in Santa Cruz, CA in 1992 Lives and works in Santa Cruz, CA Birns received her BS from the University of Oregon in 2014. Her work has been exhibited throughout the US and internationally. Exhibitions include: Blips in Matter, a solo show with PostmastersRoma, Rome; The World Within, a group show with PostmastersROMA, Rome; My Sweet Doppelganger, a group show with Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica; Transfiguration: Leaving Reality Behind, a group show with Postmasters Gallery, NY; The Pearl, a group show with Ramp Gallery, London; Sara Birns' Debut, a solo show with Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica; Expo Chicago, a fair with Richard Heller Gallery, Chicago; Untitled Art Fair; a fair with Richard Heller Gallery, Miami; and Future Fair, a fair with Richard Heller Gallery, New York. Birns' work is in the permanent collections of: Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, USA and The Christine & Andy Hall Collection, USA. She is represented by Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica.