Sarah Whorf was born in Santa Monica, California. She received a B.A. in Art History from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1983, an M.A. in printmaking from California State University, Northridge in 1991 and an M.F.A. in printmaking from California State University, Long Beach in 2001. She is currently a Professor of Art at Humboldt State University where she teaches printmaking. Whorf has been exhibiting professionally since 1989, participating in over twenty-five national portfolio exchanges and over fifty national and international exhibitions. Her work can be seen on the cover of Far Less, by Kathy Wollenberg, a novel published in 2020 by Humboldt State University Press.