Sadie Barnette is from Oakland, California. She received her BFA from CalArts in 2006, and her Masters in Visual Arts at the University of California, San Diego, in 2012. She has shown her work in venues including the Studio Museum in Harlem, Self Help Graphics and Charlie James in Los Angeles, Ever Gold gallery in San Francisco and Carol Jazzar in Miami. Barnette is currently living in New York City while participating in the 2014-15 Artist-in-Residence program at the Studio Museum in Harlem.