Sarah Feinmann
In my practice, I explore and document neglected or abandoned spaces. I am drawn to the ruined and fragile in the world around me, the out of place and the overlooked. As photography is both a way to document and inspire my paintings this provides a catalyst between the captured moment and the reinterpretation in the studio. When exploring these edgeland spaces, I focus on the colour, surfaces, materiality and history that is found there. The palette of my work has developed from these subtleties of colour and is reflected in the arranged sections of the paintings.
EDUCATION
2018-2020 MA in Fine Art (Projects for Places) UCLan Preston
1978-1981 B.A. (Hons) Fine Art Manchester Polytechnic
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2019 Overlooked The Roper Gallery, Bath Artist Studios, Bath
2015/16 Micro Commission Solo Exhibition Waterside Art Centre, Sale, Manchester
1998 Two Person Show with Elizabeth Stuart Smith, Dukes Oak Gallery, Sandbach.
1991 Open House Warrington, Cheshire.
1989 Two Painters, One Sculptor, Holden Gallery, Manchester.
North West Frontiers, Cornerhouse, Manchester.
1985 Solo Exhibition, Oldham Art Gallery, Lancashire.
1984 Two Person Show, with Tricia Gillman Castlefield Gallery, Manchester.
1983 Solo Exhibition, Bede Gallery, Jarrow, Tyne & Wear.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2024
Spring & Summer Show Saul Hay Gallery Manchester
A Small Space, Bali
40 Years of the Future: Painting. Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
Bananas Are Not the Only Paint. Painting Symposium Birley Studios Preston
Home Open Exhibition 2024. Home Manchester
2023.
Spark: Artists Interventions In A Time Of Crisis’ Rogue Artist Studios, ManchesterA Small Space Square Feet Architects London
Bury Open 2023 Bury Art Gallery
A Cabinet Of Curiosities Dez Rez Manchester
Live with It Mura Mura Marple
Tees Rogue Project Space Manchester
Drawn to Imperfection The Shed Gallery Online
Tarpey Open 2023, Tarpey, Castle Donington
A Small Space Dez Rez, Manchester
Gladly Beyond, Ten Obstructions, Rogue Artist Studios, Manchester
Rogue Women II Rogue Artist Studios, Manchester
A Small Space Stockport
2022
In the Making Ten Obstructions Salford Museum and art Gallery
For the Love Of Digital Publication
Through the Looking Glass, Ten Obstructions, The World of Glass St Helens
2021
I Didn't Lick It. Bruton Correspondence School Bruton Commonplace Beauty. Online Gallery and Zine
From the Ground Up. Castlefield New Art Spaces Wigan
2020
From the Heart, The Pilkington gallery, The World of Glass, St Helens
MA Interim Show Harris Museum Preston
@tenobstructions Instagram exhibition, 10 bOlder artists
MA In Fine Art Virtual Degree Show
Kick Down the Barriers Blackburn Art Gallery
The Hexting Project ESSAY III ‘Cornucopia’ https://vimeo.com/527374983
Obstructions Exhibition Castlefield Gallery Manchester
https://www.obstructions-castlefieldgallery.co.uk/?ltclid=229b630b-0c62- 4ab7-
2019 Rogue Open Studios, Manchester
Lancashire Open, Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk, Lancashire
Watermarks, Ellesmere Port Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port
Rogue Women, Rogue Artist Studios, Manchester
2018 Waterside Open Waterside Art Centre, Manchester.
SIZEmatters World of Glass St Helens
The Art of Volunteering. The Whitworth Collection Centre, Manchester
ECC Vinyl Collage Tent Gallery Edinburgh
Land Marks #artopenhouse Manchester
Landmarks, The Gallery at St Georges House, Bolton
2017 Mono PS Mirabel, Manchester
Openhouse/gardens, Old Trafford, Manchester
Stretford Arts Collective, Summer Exhibition, Manchester
Liverpool Artists Book Fair HB Collective
PS Mirabel Small World
Lancashire Open Exhibition, Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk
Land Marks Air Gallery, Altrincham Cheshire
2016 HB Collective Artists Book Fair, Central Library, Liverpool
Rogue 21, Waterside Art Centre, Manchester.
There and Then Manchester
2015/16 Micro Commission Exhibition Waterside Art Centre, Sale, Manchester
2015 Manifest (Manchester International Festival)
A6 Dialogue, Bankley House, Manchester
ShelfLife, PS Mirabel, Manchester
2014 Open Studios. Rogue Studios
1999 Origins and Environment, Liverpool
1995-7 Open Studios, to celebrate establishing Rogue Workshops Ltd. M/cr.
1995 Women in Abstract, Turnpike Gallery, Leigh, Lancs.
1994 Art Link Feature Show, Stockport, Cheshire.
1993 The Pike Gallery, London.
The Dagmar Gallery, West Dulwich, London.
The Canvas Gallery Tower Bridge, London.
1992 Shave Farm Artists, Chesil Gallery, Chesil Beach, Dorset.
1991 Three Painters, City Art Gallery Manchester.
Creating an Image through Art Salford Quays.
A Friend in Need Auction, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester.
1990 Art Connections Harrogate.
Acorn Gallery Liverpool.
Staff Exhibition, Humberside Polytechnic, Hull.
1986 Castlefield Retrospective, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester.
1981 Stowells Trophy Royal Academy London.
AWARDS
2015 CIT Micro Commission
2019 bOlder Artists Award
2020 GMCA Creative Commissions
FELLOWSHIPS / RESIDENCIES:
1993 Triangle Artists Workshop, Pine Plains, New York, USA.
1992 Shave Farm International Artists Workshop. Somerset
PUBLICATIONS:
2020 Contributed to "Shuttered: Article about exhibitions that had been shut due to Lockdown
1989 The Art Mob. Granada TV Film by Phil Griffin.
1984 The Guardian. - William Varley.
1983 Arts Review. - Dave Lee.
COLLECTIONS:
The Rea, Arthur Andersen, Rutherstone and Private Collections.