Hatton found the difficult balance between activism and art, with the delicacy of the latter not crushed by the weight of the former.
...the most arresting images by an Ottawa-area artist this past year
Hatton's works make for dizzying optical illusions, reminiscent of Bridget Riley's work if she'd dabbled in the buzzworthy materials of Matthew Brandt.
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20/02/05 "For the coral: Sarah Hatton presents tip of climate change spear" Peter Simpson. Artsfile.
17/04/05 "Artist's Vimy tribute at the Canadian War Museum is written in the stars" Aedan Helmer. The Ottawa Citzen. Arts.
17/02/17 "Visual arts: For Montreal's 375th anniversary, art takes over public space" John Pohl. Montreal Gazette. Arts.
15/05/ ”People We Love: Saving Bees” Miles Schneiderman. Yes! Magazine. Issue 74, Summer 2015, p.7.
15/04/07 ”The Bee Works Exhibit is a Call To Action” Martin Poole. CULT Montreal. Art & Design.
15/03/18 “Dead bees become art to highlight colony decline” Emiko Jozuka. WIRED UK.
14/06/02 “The Balance Between Hope & Despair” Wendy Rose. The Newfoundland Herald. P28-30.
14/05/30 “Inspiration along the coast” Joan Sullivan. The Telegram. Arts & Entertainment B4.
14/05/28 “Visiting Artist Sarah Hatton at the James Baird Gallery” Martin Poole. The Overcast: Newfoundland’s Arts and Culture Newspaper
14/04/22 “Henry, Hatton, mclennan win CAO arts awards” Peter Simpson. The Ottawa Citizen Arts & Life C7.
14/02/01 "Artist Sarah Hatton's Dead Bee Art Brings Attention to Serious Environmental Issues". Kaitlyn Schaeffer. Complex Magazine, New York.
14/01/24 “Dizzying Op Art Made From Dead Bees Has An Unlikely Message” Priscilla Frank. Huffington Post Arts & Culture
13/12/29 “The best art on view in the capital in 2013”. Peter Simpson. The Ottawa Citizen Arts. D2-D3
13/11/22 “Plight of the Honeybee: Sarah Hatton’s striking new works carry a warning about an epidemic killing the planet’s bees“. Peter Simpson. The Ottawa Citizen Arts. F1-2.
13/11/21 “Artist uses dead bees to create mathematical patterns“. Olivia Solon. WIRED UK
13/02/08 “The naked tension of Sarah Hatton“. Peter Simpson. The Ottawa Citizen Arts.
12/09/13 “Picture Perfect: A primer on where to buy art in Ottawa”. Paul Gessell. Ottawa Magazine, Shopping 2012/2012. p. 22-23
09/12/02 “Paintings of nude toddler stir up art-porn debate”, Peter Simpson. The Vancouver Sun A1-A2, The Ottawa Citizen A1-A2.
08/03/15 "Talent Watch: Gallery owners compile a short list of artists worth buying", Jennifer Campbell. The Ottawa Citizen Style Weekly Homes,I8.
07/03/10 « L’agressivité endormie au cœur des enfants », Claude Bouchard. Le Droit : Arts & cultures: À voir, A14 -15.
07/03/08 "Sinister ambiguity: Sarah Hatton ponders our embrace of war”, Paul Gessell. The Ottawa Citizen Arts, H1.
06/11/11 « Les ramifications du devenir », Claude Bouchard. Le Droit : Arts & cultures: À voir, A19.
06/10/19 "Role Models: Rebecca Belmore and Sarah Hatton: Raising questions”, Allison Collins. The Ottawa XPress: Volume 13, Issue 42, p. 19
06/09/23 "Critics' Picks - Fine Arts", Paul Gessell. The Ottawa Citizen Style Weekly: Entertainment, K16.
05/11/24 "Exhibition examines the frightening face of child models”, Paul Gessell. The Ottawa Citizen Arts, B1-B4.
05/11/10 "Sarah Hatton: Don’t Call Me Baby”, Laura Moses. The Ottawa XPress: Artswatch, Volume 12, Issue 45, p.19
05/1/10 "An Artistic Reflection", Editorial. The Ottawa Citizen City, B4.
05/1/06 "Quintessential ethics", Paul Gessell. The Ottawa Citizen Arts, C1-C2.
04/12/11 "Critics' Picks - Fine Arts", Paul Gessell. The Ottawa Citizen Style Weekly: Entertainment, L2-L3.