Sarah von Sydow studied in New York City where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with honors from the School of Visual Arts. Her teachers included: Amy Wilson, Peter Heinemann (Black Mountain College), Judith Linhares, Marilyn Lerner, Georgia Marsh, Suzanne Joelson, Jack Whitten, Alice Aycock, Matvey Levenstein, Bill Beckley, Peter Dudek, Mary Heilmann, Steve DeFrank and John Newman, among others.
She went on to study language, literature, and linguistics at Stockholm University and The University of Aix-Marseille. She received a Master’s of Art Education from Umeå University. At various times in her career, she has worked as an assistant for Judith Linhares, Suzanne Joelson, Amy Wilson, Joakim Hansén, and Everest Hall.
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