Sarah Pickering


Born: 1972 England

Lives and Works: London, England

Solo Exhibitions:

Explosions, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL, 2006
Sarah Pickering, PynerContreras, Cultural Fair, Mexico City, Mexico, 2006
Scope Art Fair with Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY, 2006
Explosions, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY, 2006


Selected Group Exhibitions:

Shifting Terrain, Herter Gallery, University of Mass, Amherst, MA, 2006
Jerwood Photography Award Touring Exhibition, England, 2005
Sarah Pickering & Gonzalo Lebrija, PynerContreras, London, England, 2005
Zoo Art Fair with The Great Unsigned, London, England, 2005
EAST International, Norwich, England, 2005
Summer Salon ’05, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY, 2005
The Show, One, Royal College of Art, London, England, 2005
Photography Exhibition, Royal College of Art, London, England, 2005
Timeshare, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London, England, 2004
Made in London, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium, 2004
Photography Exhibition, Royal College of Art, London, England, 2004
West Midland Arts Portfolio Award Winners, Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham, England, 1999
'Fruit and Veg' Installation in Fruit and Vegetable Shop, Derby, England, 1998
Derby Month of Photography, at Sainsburys Supermarket, Derby, England, 1997
'MOO!' Wolverhampton Museum & Art Gallery, England, 1997
Visual Arts UK festival, Durham City, England, 1996


Awards and Grants:

Jerwood Photography Award, 2005
Photographers Gallery Graduate Award, 2005
Worshipful Guild of Painter Stainers Award, 2005
BG Commission with RCA, 2003
Portfolio Award, West Midlands Arts, 1999


Bibliography:

Vitamin Ph, A survey of Contemporary Photography, pub. Phaidon, 2006
Cabinet Magazine, July 2006
Portfolio Issue 43, Essay by John Slyce, May 2006
Seesaw Magazine Spring 2006 (online: www.seesawmagazine.com)
Codigo 06140 Magazine Issue 31 ‘Public Order’ April-May 2006
Art Forum Critics Picks (online) by Nicole Rudick, January-February 2006
Washington Post ‘Up in Smoke: An Explosive Approach to Art’ by Blake Gopnik, January 15, 2006; p4
Metro New York ‘Napalm with a side of fuel air explosion’, by Amy Benfer, January 10 2006, p11
Portfolio Issue 42 Jerwood Photography Awards 2005, Val Williams, pp 64-66, pp80-83, December 2005
Independent newspaper, ‘Photographers take a view on hot political issues’ Terri Judd 18th November 2005, p6
Modern Painters, Art goes EAST, Martin Herbert , November 2005, p55
Art Review, ‘The Best Emerging Photographers of 2005’ October 2005, p90
Art Monthly, Review of East International, September 2005, p35
New York Sun, Arts+ July 22-24, 2005, p 14


Education:

Master of Arts, Photography, Royal College of Art, London, England, 2003- 2005
Bachelor of Arts (Honors), Photographic Studies, University of Derby, Derby, England, 1992-1995
Foundation Certificate in Art and Design, Newcastle College, Newcastle, England 1991-1992