Sarah Grote is an award-winning photographer, painter, and author residing in central Connecticut. Her work has been accepted into galleries, juried shows, and museums, including those at the Art Center East, Art League of New Britain (ALNB), Association of Media Photographers (ASMP), Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA+), Connecticut Women Artists (CWA), Equus Film and Art Fest, Essex Art Association Gallery (EAA), Gallery 53, Gallery 66, Hartford ArtSpace Gallery, Hygienic Art, Joy of Art! at HFSC, the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, the Mark Twain Library, the Mattatuck Museum, The Monastary Gallery of Art, Mystic Museum of Art, Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Rowayton Art Center, Shoreline Arts Alliance, Slater Memorial Museum, Spectrum Gallery, the West Hartford Art League, The William Benton Museum of Art, and WORKSPACE Manchester. She was selected as an EAA Elected Artist and Board Member in 2022 and was selected to be the EAA Gallery Director in March of 2023. She currently is a member of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Connecticut Women Artists, Essex Art Association, and Gallery 53. She is also the administrator for the Essex Board of Trade.

Her photos have been selected for the Connecticut Horse Magazine covers and articles, and she was chosen as a top equine artist in that publication in 2015. Sarah Grote has been the official photographer for the Connecticut Draft Horse Rescue (CDHR) since 2014. She was unanimously elected to the Board of Directors CDHR in 2015 and is the VP of the Board of Directors. CDHR has received two citations from the State of Connecticut honoring the organization. In 2022, Sarah wrote Journey of the Dream Team, a book that chronicles the lives of Spencer and Oliver, two Percherons rescued by the CDHR.  Her work received the WINNIE award for Literary - Rescue Books at the EQUUS Film Festival in 2023.  Her book collaboration with author Andrea Steele, titled "Saved:  Equine Rescues of Connecticut", was recently published in June 2024.