Sarah Moore
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Born in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire and now living in Tring, Herts.
I have always been drawn to the wilder and more remote areas of landscape and sites of prehistoric importance. Recent work has been influenced by wanderings through the woodland area of the Chiltern Hills where I now live, following the ancient trackways that criss cross this area. My work always starts by working outside in front of the subject as much as possible, en plein air.
Back in 2000 I began to produce a large body of work documenting ancient prehistoric sites, mostly focusing on the lesser known and remote ancient stone megaliths, circles and chambers in the British Isles.
These mysterious places have fascinated me since childhood trips to the Rollright Stones not far from where I grew up. I used to love running round these gnarly and weather beaten rocks counting the stones and writing the results in my little notebook never getting the same number twice, and as legend has it you never can! I like the mystery of these places, which were so carefully planned by their builders, but are now so open to interpretation and the fact that we may never be able to truly unlock the mystery of these places. I like to sit a while drawing and observing how these rocks have been placed to interact somehow with the surrounding landscape.
Since 2003 I have also worked as a costume textile artist in the film industry responsible for the ageing and dyeing of garments, hand painted effects and screen printing on textiles. This work has influenced my paintings which have become more textural and experimental as a result.
Education
1994 - BA (Hons) Textile Design, Manchester Metropolitan University
Employment
1994 - 1996 freelance textile designer
1997 - 2003 freelance textile artist in the Costume Department at The Royal Shakespeare Theatre - Stratford Upon Avon
2003 - to present - freelance costume textile artist in the film industry
Awards
2000 - Royal Bath and West of England Society scholarship for landscape painting.
Commissions
1999 - The Birmingham Women's Hospital - Nineteen paintings for the maternity wards
1999 - The Royal Bolton Hospital - Four large mural paintings for a hospital corrridor
Solo Exhibitions
1995 - South Town Gallery at Gaia - Leamington Spa
1997 - Black Swan Arts Round Tower Gallery - Frome
1998 - The Planes Tree Surgery - Halifax
1998 - Arts Link Arts Centre - Camberley
1998 - The Apthorpe Gallery at The Radlett Arts Centre - Radlett
1999 - The Trinity Arts Centre - Tunbridge Wells
1999 - Conoco - Warwick Technology Park
2002 - The Royal Bath and West Show (Scholarship show)
2002 - Cox's Yard Gallery - Stratford Upon Avon
2002 - Oswestry Heritage and Exhibition Centre
2002 - Jelly Leg'd Chicken Gallery - Reading
2002 - St Mary's Lighthouse - Tyne and Wear
2002 - The Theatre by The Lake - Keswick - Cumbria
2003 - The Community Art Gallery - Leamington Spa
2003 - The Birmingham and Midland Institute - Birmingham
2003 - The Rockface Climbing Centre - Birmingham
2003 - Harding House Gallery - Lincoln
Selected Group Exhibitions
1994 - New Designers - The Business Design Centre - London
1996 - The Chapel of Art - Criccieth - Wales
1997 - The Wilcox Gallery - Stratford Upon Avon
1998 - 1999 Jelly Leg'd Chicken Gallery - Reading
1999 - The Cottage Gallery - Huntingdon
1999 - Woodbine Contemporary Arts
2000 - Artistic Licence, London
2000 - 2003 Jelly Leg'd Chicken Gallery - Reading
2000 - Hartworks Gallery - Dartmouth - Devon
2000 - The Cusp Gallery - Burghley House - Stamford
2000 - Art For Youth - The Mall Galleries - London
2000 - The Bluebell Gallery - Newcastle
2001 - Woodbine Contemporary Art
2001 - Art for Youth - The Mall Galleries - London
2002 - Artspace - Worcestershire
2002 - Buckenham Galleries - Southwold
2002 - Harborne Gallery - Birmingham
2002 - Scissor Paper Stone - Castle Eden - County Durham
2003 - The Pinfold Gallery - Windermere - Cumbria
2007 - Vibrant Art - Stow on the Wold - Glos
2010 - Gallery 150 - Leamington Spa
2010 - Cooper Locke Gallery - Hither Green - London
Open Studios
2002 - Warwickshire Arts Week Open Studios
2005 - 2008 - Kingsgate Workshops Open Studios - West Hampstead - London
Art Fairs
1996 - Bath Art Fair
1997 - 1999 - Patchings Art Fair - Nottingham
1999 - Kendal Art Fair - Cumbria
1999 - The First Affordable Art Fair - represented by Woodbine Contemporary Arts
2000 - The Second Affordable Art Fair - represented by Woodbine Contemporary Arts
2001 - The Third Affordable Art Fair - represented by Woodbine Contemporary Arts
2002 - The Affordable Art Fair - represented by Artistic License Gallery - London
2002 - 2003 - The Battersea Art Fair - Battersea Old Town Hall - London
2008 - The Artshed Art Fair - Ware - Herts
2024 - The Little Picture Show - Highgate Contemporary Art - London