16:9 billboard by Sarah Pickstone

About

Sarah Pickstone was born in Manchester and lives and works in London. She has shown widely both in the UK and internationally, with shows in the US, China and Korea. Selected UK shows include: Cubitt 30, Victoria Miro Gallery, 2022; The Return, Kingsgate Project Space, 2022; A Drawing Show, VO curations, 2022; Fully Awake, Holden Gallery, University of Manchester, 2021; Knocking it out of the Park, Gallery 46, London, 2021; An Allegory of Painting, commissioned work to celebrate Angelica Kauffman, Royal Academy of Arts, 2018 – 19; Other Stories, Solo Show Southwark Park Galleries, 2017; The Rehearsal, Solo Show Harrogate Museum, 2015; The Writers Series, Solo Show New Art Centre, 2013; John Moores 2012, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool – First Prize 2012.

Pickstone studied at the Royal Academy Schools 1988-91 for postgraduate and undergraduate at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne 1983-87. In 1991 – 1992 Pickstone won the Rome Scholarship in Painting and spent a year in Rome, which had a significant impact on her work. Pickstone won First Prize in the John Moores Painting Prize, 2012 where she had been a runner up in 2004. Teaching is an important part of Pickstone’s practice. She has been a tutor at various UK art schools and currently mentors at Turps Banana Painting School and the Royal Drawing School, both in London. She is a member of Cubitt studios, an artist’s cooperative in central London.

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