Born Melbourne, 1968
- 1999Master of Arts in Fine Art by Research RMIT University
- 1995Professional Qualification in `Tecnica Pittura Murale’ at the Laboratorio per Affresco
di Vainella in Italy
- 1994Graduate Diploma in Fine Art, RMIT University
Graduate Diploma in Italian Studies, La Trobe University
- 1988Bachelor of Fine Art, Drawing Major, Victoria College
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1994
- Italy:
- 6 month Fresco Painting internship,
Laboratorio pe Affresco di Vainella, Prato
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1990
- Italy:
- Independent Study at the University per Stranieri, Perugia
- USA:
- Bookbinding internship, Book Conservation Department,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- Fiji:
- 6 month Artist-in-Residency, Sociology Department,Monash University
Solo Exhibitions
- 2009Liminal, Wilson St Gallery, Sydney
- 2008Penumbra, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
- 2006Between Worlds, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
- 2004Nostalgia, Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery & Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW
- 2003Temporality, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
- 2001Sarah Tomasetti, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
- 1999Iconic Imprints, La Trobe Street Gallery, Melbourne
- 1996The Love and Water Series, BMG Art, Adelaide
- 1994Sarah Tomasetti, The Women’s Gallery, Melbourne
- 1991Sarah Tomasetti, The Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2010Something in the Air. 27 Gipps Street Richmond, Melbourne
- 2010Contemporary Australian Drawings I. RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
- 2010Magnetic Islands. Project Space RMIT University, Melbourne
- 2010Salon des Refuses. SH Erwin Gallery, Sydney
- 2009Text, Wilson Street Gallery, Sydney
- 2009Same, same, but different. Kristian Pithie Gallery, Melbourne
- 2005ABN AMRO Emerging Artist Award Exhibition
- 2003SixPlusOne, Chapel off Chapel, Melbourne Nillumbik Art Prize, Nilumbik, VIC
- 2002Drawings from the Collection, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW
- 2001INSAP III, Palermo, Italy
- 1999Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW
Retrospecta III, Pallas Society, Melbourne
- 1998RMIT Fine Art, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
Hi/lo Exotico, Columbian Collaboration, Stop 22, Melbourne
Le Panto, Chapel off Chapel, Melbourne
- 1997Retrospecta II, Pallas Society, Melbourne
- 1996Galleria del Commune, Monterchi, Italy
- 1995The Last Show, The Women’s Gallery, Melbourne
- 1994Postgraduate Exhibition, Pitspace RMIT, Bundoora
ACAF 4, Exhibition Buildings Melbourne
Indwelling, Temple Studio, Melbourne
- 1990The Drawing Show, Reflections Gallery, Melbourne
Open Door Exhibition, 52 Australian Painters, Sotheby’s Australia
Crowful, The Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne
- 1988York Street Print-makers, The York Street Gallery, Melbourne
Collections
- Artbank
- Collection of Arthur Roe
- Chartered Secretaries Australia
- Macquarie Bank
- National Australia Bank
- Grafton Regional Gallery
- Newcastle Regional Museum
- Sir Moses Montefiore Jewish Home
- Private collections in Australia, Spain, Italy and the United States of America
Bibliography
- Dan Rule, Review, The Age A2, Saturday April 17th 2010
- Heather Ellyard, On Sarah Tomasetti, Essay for the Wilson St Gallery quarterly magazine, Summer 08/09
- Rachel Power, Penumbra catalogue Essay, 2008
- Rachel Power, The Divided Heart Red Dog Books 2008
- Maurizio Toscano, Between Worlds Essay, 2006
- Penny Webb, Atmospheric Pressure, The Age, 13 November 2006
- Jeffrey Makin, Review, Herald Sun, 15 February 2003
- Heather Ellyard, Sarah Tomasetti, Catalogue Essay, Christine Abrahams Gallery, 2001
- Peter Timms, Dealer’s Shows: Melbourne, The Art Newspaper, No.116, July-August 2001
- Heather Ellyard, Iconic Imprints, Catalogue Essay, La Trobe Street Gallery, 1999