Sarah Pooley is a Uk Based artist living near Cambridge. She’s studied art for many years with art organisations such as The Open college of the Arts and lastly Cambridge school of art at Anglia Ruskin University. Sarah has a career working in promotion, window display and merchandising. Recently she has gained a position with Twitter Art Exhibit as a Graphic Design Assistant and creative support. Sarah is also a newly appointed member of ArtCan
Sarah works from her home studio creating landscape and abstracted architectural
paintings. She has exhibited her work within group collectives in and around London and Cambridge. Sarah's work focuses on paintings, which can be seen as a study through the exploration of experience and memory.
Sarah is a colourist. She seeks colour and light from the inspirations collected, from travel and from her daily surroundings.
A narrativity is formed on the canvas or paper through a study of the collected experiences with the exploration of colour, paint texture and medium.
Publications, Press
2020- Feature in Degree Art's Locked + Loaded | The Catalogue - October
2020- Flux Review, Edition 1 page 188
2017 - Feature in the exhibition catalogue by Photograd, for the Exploration and Investigation exhibition.
2015 - The Student Pocket Guide, National Issue 29, January-April.
Online Gallery Representation
Awards and events
2023 - Longlisted for the Visual Art Open
2018 - Shortlisted for the Visual Art Open
2016 - Selected for round 2 of the Aesthetica art prize.
2015 - Long listed for the signature art prize.
2015 - Finalist for the sustainability art Prize.
Education
2011 - 2015 - Fine art Ba (Hons) at the Cambridge school of art, Anglia Ruskin University.
2008 - 2011 Open college of the Art - 80 Credits Level 4 in Painting & Art History.
Upcoming exhibitions:
2024 - BobCat Gallery, 100x100 Online Exhibition. 1st - 30th April.
2024 - Anteros Arts Centre, Colchester,
Passing Through, 16th - 28th April.
2024 - Stamford Arts Centre, Stamford. Illuminate, 5th-16th March.
Past Exhibitions
2024 - AKA Fine Art Gallery, Winter Group show, Cambridge, 20th Dec - 27th Jan.
2023 - Bobcat Gallery, Winter Boutique,
5th - 17th December
2023 - Babylon Arts Gallery, Ely , Small, But Perfect' , 30th Nov-23rd Dec
2023- AKA Fine Art Gallery , Summer Group Show, Cambridge, 28th July - 26th August.
2023 - Twitter Art Exhibition, Vancouver Canada. 24th-26th June.
2023- Amplify, Wellington New Zealand, Academy of Fine Arts. 6-18th June.
2023- ArtCan 10x10, Hansard Studio, London. 16-28th May.
2023 - Sanctuary, Leper Chapel, Cambridge. 25-28th May.
2023- Power of the Pencil Exhibition, 20th March - 22nd April.
2023 - Bobcat Gallery, 100x100 Exhibition, 1st-31st March, more info
2023- Peterborough Cathedral, Peterborough, Made in 2022. 8th Feb- 2nd March
2023- Babylon Arts Gallery, Ely, Winter open exhibition. 10-29th January.
2022- Twitter Art Exhibit, York, 25-26th June. www.twitterartexhibit.org
2021- Time & Tide- Land & Waterscape Exhibition, McNeill Gallery October 15th
2021-New Artist Fair, Truman Brewery Brick Lane, London. 1-3rd October
2021-Twitter Art Exhibit, Cheltenham, 3rd July . www.twitterartexhibit.org
2021-McNeill Gallery, Summer Exhibition, 25th June
2021-The Flux Review virtual Exhibition, V1 Exhibition Part 2. 26th April 25th May.
https://www.thefluxreview.com/virtual-exhibitions/
2020- Twitter Art Exhibit, William H Miller Studios, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. USA. 4th September.
2020- McNeill Gallery, Summer Charity Exhibition. 27th June https://mcneillgallery.com/portfolio/charity-fundraiser/
2019- Makers Gallery, Cambridge. 10th-22nd October.
2019- The Cult House, Pop up Store, Gallery 54, London. 26th-31st August.
2019- Twitter Art Exhibit, Edinburgh, Scotland. 11th-13th May.
2019- Flux Exhibition, The National Army Museum, Chelsea, London. March 14th - 17th.
2019- Talented Art Fair, Truman brewery, London. March 1-3
2019- January Exhibition, Mc Neill Gallery, Pewsey, Wiltshire. 1-31st January.
2018- Summer Exhibition, Mc Neill Gallery, Pewsey, Wiltshire. 19th June- 20th August.
2018- Twitter Art Exhibit, Strathnairn Arts Gallery, Canberra. Australia. 7-29th April.
2017- Exploration and Investigation, Subterranean Arts Gallery, Ipswich. 27th Oct- 18th Nov.
2017- Twitter Art Exhibit, The Arts House, Stratford Upon Avon. 1-19 April.
2017- Colour Opulences, Caxton, London, February.
2017- Transition, The Storey, The Gallery, Lancaster. 14th- 17th Feb.
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