Sarah Becktel is an American artist based at the NJ shore and Bozeman, MT. She earned her BFA in painting from the Tyler School of Art and continued her studies of representational drawing and painting at multiple locations. Becktel has shown her work in solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States and her work is in private collections across the world.

Becktel received a 2026 Individual Artist Fellowship award from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. She has been awarded artist residencies at Brushcreek Ranch in Saratoga, Wyoming and PLAYA in Summer Lake, Oregon.

Sarah creates paintings and drawings that are inspired by animal ecology and natural history. She travels to view animals in their natural environments and extensively researches her subjects to create work rich in context and narrative. Sarah is interested in exploring how the animal kingdom has intersected with human civilization throughout history, and how we continue to navigate that intersection today.