Details
| First Name | Sarah |
| Last Name | Bold |
| Username | sarahbold |
| Website | |
| Region | Western Isles |
| Disciplines | Painting |
| Themes | Environment, Landscape, Narratives |
Statement
| Statement | I am a landscape painter interested in the significant impact of human activity upon the planet’s ecosystems, geology and climate, and more specifically how this relates to the rural environment. Issues such as climate change, the coastal and marine environment, agriculture, isolation and migration underpin my work, whilst considering our transitory existence in relation to the geological age of the Earth. |
Biography
| Biography |
Originally from Australia, Sarah lives in the Western Isles of Scotland. Sarah is a landscape painter interested in the significant impact of human activity upon the planet’s ecosystems, geology and climate, and more specifically how this relates to the rural environment. Her paintings are in oil paint and hover between figurative and abstraction. She studied painting at the University of Arts, London and is a graduate of Turps Banana Painting Correspondence course. Sarah is a recent recipient for the Society of Scottish Artists mentor/mentee yearly programme. Sarah was awarded the Mall Galleries’ ING Discerning Eye Landscape Prize 2023. Recent exhibition’s include ‘The Land’ (Dick Institute & SSA), the John Ruskin Art Prize (Trinity Buoy Warf, London), Art On A Post Card International Women’s Day 2024, Detail Art Gallery (Edinburgh), Irving Gallery (Oxford). Previously Sarah has won the ING Discerning Eye Landscape Prize, Jackson’s Painting Landscape Prize, was shortlisted for the Alpine Fellowship Art Prize and received the Hulabhaig Curator’s Purchase Award.
Education: 2022/23 Society of Scottish Artists (SSA) Mentor/Mentee Programme 2021 Turps Banana Correspondence Course Exhibitions: 2025 ‘The Land’, The Dick Institute & the SSA, Kilmarnock 2025 John Ruskin Art Prize, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London 2025 Small Paintings Exhibition, Morningside Gallery, Edinburgh 2024 Winter exhibition, Detail Art Gallery, Edinburgh 2024 ‘What in the World’, A New Primer, St Margaret’s House, Edinburgh 2024 ‘Summer Salon’, Detail Art Gallery, Edinburgh 2024 Festival Exhibition, Graystone Gallery, Edinburgh 2024 ‘Treasures’, Society of Scottish Artists, Gairloch Museum 2024 ‘Constellations’, group show, Irving Gallery, Oxford 2024 ‘A Room of One’s Own’, group show, Irving Gallery, Oxford 2024 Art on A Postcard, International Women’s Day, The Bomb Factory, London 2024 ‘ From Sea to Sky’ , Detail Gallery, Edinburgh 2023 Winter exhibition, The Old Lock up Gallery, Derbyshire 2023 ‘Connect & Grow’, Society of Scottish Artists, Cass Art, Glasgow 2023 ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries London, Winner Landscape Prize 2023 Wells Art Contemporary Annual Exhibition, Wells, Somerset (Aug 04) 2023 ‘West’, Visual Arts Scotland, The Briggait, Glasgow 2023 The Old Lock Up Gallery Open, Derbyshire 2023 Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour 142nd Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh 2022 Spring Cheltenham Small Works Winter Show, Cheltenham 2022 Art on A Post Card Winter Auction, Bomb Factory, London 2022 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London 2022 ‘Reverb’, Visual Arts Scotland Annual Open, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh 2021 Hulabhaig UIg Open, Isle of Lewis 2021 ‘The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over the Lazy Dog’, TurpsCC21, Cohort Art 2021 ‘Incandescent’, Irving Contemporary, Oxford 2021 ‘Message to the Earth’, John Muir Open, North Light Arts, Dundee 2021 ‘Our Changing World’, D31 Gallery, Doncaster 2021 The Alpine Fellowship Visual Art Prize (shortlist) 2021 Jackson’s Art Prize – Winner of the Landscape, Seascape, City category 2021 Royal Scottish Academy 195th Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh 2020 ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London 2020 ‘Flow’, Visual Arts Scotland (VAS) 2020 ‘SSA 30×30 Online Edition, Society of Scottish Artists (SSA) 2020 ‘Tides Changing//Changing Tides’, SSA Viewing Rooms 2020Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London 2020 Wells Art Contemporary Annual Exhibition, Wells, Somerset 2020 ‘On The Table’, Marram Arts, @marramarts 2020 Jackson’s Painting Prize exhibition, (longlist) 2020 Royal Scottish Academy 194th Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh 2020 Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London 2019 ‘A Time and Place’, Amp Gallery, London 2019 Westmorland Landscape Prize, group exhibition, Rheged Gallery, Cumbria 2019 ‘Over Seas’, SkyeMakers Gallery, Isle of Skye 2019 ‘Home’, group exhibition, CamCRAG, Michaelhouse Centre, Cambridge 2018 Aros Centre, group exhibition, Portree, Isle of Skye 2018 An Crubh, group exhibition, Sleat, Isle of Skye 2018 UHI (University of Highlands & Islands) group exhibition, Portree, Isle of Skye 2016 Battersea Affordable Art Fair, Artichoke Print Workshop, London 2014 FBA Futures, group exhibition, Mall Galleries, London 2013 Battersea Affordable Art Fair, Artichoke Print Workshop, London 2013 Clyde & Co. Art award exhibition, The St.Botolph Building, London 2013 Capsticks Winter group exhibition, Wimbledon, London 1997 ‘Red and Blue in Space’, exhibition, Blue Gallery, Sydney, Australia Prizes: 2023 ING Discerning Eye Landscape Prize, Mall Galleries 2022 Hulabhaig Uig Open Curator’s Purchase Award 2021 Jacksons Art Prize – Landscape Prize Collections: 2024 Hulabhaig Island Contemporary Art Collection 2023 Tia Collection, painting acquisitions 2013 Landmark Art, painting acquisition (‘Over and Out’) Press: 2024 SeaVoice Volume 5,’Sense’ https://www.seavoice.online/post/baselines-painting-our-new-landscapes 2021 Jackson’s Art Prize Blog, interview ‘Shifting Perspectives’ https://www.jacksonsart.com/blog/2021/09/22/sarah-bold-shifting-perspectives/ 2014 Traction Magazine & Postcard Wall: Interview, @postcardwall |