Biography
Sarah Pooley is a Uk Based artist and graphic designer living near Cambridge. Sarah achieved her Fine Art Bachelors with honours at Cambridge school of art, Anglia Ruskin University in 2015. Currently Sarah is studying towards her Masters in Graphic design at the Cambridge School of Art .
Sarah has a career working in promotion, window display and merchandising. Recently she has gained a position with Postcard Art Exhibit as a Graphic Design Assistant and creative support. Sarah is also a member of the art community ArtCan.
Sarah's work consists of a mixture of contemporary abstract architecture and theatrical botanical landscape paintings in watercolour and acrylic. Sarah uses her memories and images collected from her travels to use as a starting point for her work .
Online Gallery Representation
Degree Art
Saatchi Art
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.
2024 - 2026 - Graphic Design MA, Cambridge School of Art.
2011 - 2015 - Fine Art BA (Hons), Cambridge school of art, Anglia Ruskin University.
2008 - 2011 Open college of the Art - 80 Credits Level 4 in Painting & Art History.
Publications, Press
2020- Feature in Degree Art's Locked and loaded catalgue, 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.
Exhibitions
2024 - BobCat Gallery, 100x100 Online Exhibition. 1st - 30th April.
2024 - Anteros Arts Centre, Norwich,Passing Through, 16th - 28th April.
2024 - Stamford Arts Centre, Stamford. Illuminate, 5th-16th March.
2024 - AKA Fine Art Gallery, Winter Group show, Cambridge, 20th Dec - 27th Jan.
2023 - Bobcat Gallery, Winter Boutique,
5th - 17th December.
2023 - Babylon Art Gallery, Ely , Small, But Perfect' , 30th Nov-23rd Dec.2023- AKA Fine Art Gallery , Summer Group Show, Cambridge, 28th July - 26th August.
2023 - Postcard 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. 16-28thMay.
2023 - Sanctuary, Leper Chapel, Cambridge. 25-28th May.
2023- Power of the Pencil, 20th March - 22nd April. 2023 - Bobcat Gallery, 100x100 Exhibition, 1st-31st March.
2023- Peterborough Cathedral, Peterborough, Made in 2022. 8th Feb- 2nd March.2023- Babylon Arts Gallery, Ely, Winter open exhibition. 10-29th January.
2022- Postcard Art Exhibit, York, 25-26th June.
2021- Time & Tide- Land & Waterscape Exhibition, McNeill Gallery October 15th
2021-New Artist Fair, Truman Brewery Brick Lane, London. 1-3rd October.2021-Postcard Art Exhibit, Cheltenham, 3rd July .
2021-McNeill Gallery, Summer Exhibition, 25th June
2021-The Flux Review virtual Exhibition, V1 Exhibition Part 2. 26th April 25th May.
2020- Twitter Art Exhibit, William H Miller Studios, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. USA. 4th September.
2020- McNeill Gallery, Summer Charity Exhibition. 27th June