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Rachel Sager earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia after studying at Lorenzo de’ Medici in Florence, Italy, where, in addition to studying painting, she worked as a portrait artist steps from the Duomo.

Her work has been featured in many internationally juried exhibitions including Aqua International Art Fair in Miami, FL; New York City Affordable Art Fair and Crocker-Kingsley California Biennial. She was awarded first prize by Nancy Lim (SFMOMA curator)in an SF Bay Area juried competition, among many other honors. She was the featured artist and narrator of the PBS Emmy Award-winning documentary, Sketching the Silk Road, in which she guided the audience through never-before-seen caves of the Chinese city of Dunhuang, while creating drawings and paintings along the way.

Sager currently lives and works in Northern California, where she has recently opened an Artist workshop and salon, where she hosts weekly, live figure drawing classes and group critique.