Sara Bouchard is a multidisciplinary artist and composer who uses sound, installation, works on paper and performance to interweave song, history and the landscape. She is currently based in Richmond, VA, where she teaches at Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts.
New release! Listen to Without Walls, a full length digital album with experimental duo Elka Bong (Walter Wright and Al Margolis).
Born in Stockton, CA, Sara received her BA in painting from Yale University in 2003. She was subsequently based in Brooklyn, NY, for 13 years where she embedded herself in her local community through socially engaged art practices and American roots music. In 2017 she relocated to Richmond, VA, to study with sound artist Stephen Vitiello, receiving her MFA in Kinetic Imaging and Sound from VCUarts in 2019.
Sara has exhibited internationally, including at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum (CT), The Center for Book Arts (NYC) and at ERES Foundation (Munich, Germany). She has performed extensively, including at The International Conference for Live Coding (Utrecht, Netherlands), The American Folk Art Museum (NYC) and numerous festivals. Her work is in a growing number of public collections, including the Princeton University Library (NJ) and the University of Richmond Library (VA).
Visit music.sarabouchard.com to listen to Sara’s musical works.