Drew Sawyer is an art historian and a curator, who holds the title of the Sondra Gilman Curator of Photography at the Whitney Museum of American Art. He has previously held curatorial positions at the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Columbus Museum of Art. Sawyer holds a Ph.D. in Art History from Columbia University and is a regular contributor to scholarly volumes, exhibition catalogues, journals, and magazines.
He has taught at Columbia University, Yale School of Art, and Image Text Ithaca MFA Program, and received a 2020 Award for Excellence from the Association of Art Museum Curators.
His exhibitions include Mark Armijo Mcknight: Decreation (2024), Copy Machine Manifestos: Artists Who Make Zines (2023), Suneil Sanzgiri: Here the Earth Grows Gold (2023); Jimmy DeSana: Submission (2022); John Edmonds: A Sidelong Glance (2020); Garry Winogrand: Color (2019); Liz Johnson Artur: Dusha (2019); Art after Stonewall, 1969-1989 (2019); Isaac Julien: Looking for Langston (2018); Allan Sekula: Aerospace Folktales and Other Stories (2017); Lucy Raven: Low Relief (2016); and 'Social Forces Visualized': Photography and Scientific Charity, 1900-1920 (2011).
