Artist teacher workshop with Sarah Graham – Saturday 8 July 2023
Our final workshop of the 2022/2023 year will be with renowned artist Sarah Graham.
The workshop from 9am to 3.30pm at the university’s Falmer campus.
During the day, you will develop your own artistic identity and learn some new skills. You’ll also create some resources for your classroom and explore ways to incorporate your own new ideas.
About Sarah
British painter Sarah Graham was born in Hitchin in 1977, and works almost exclusively in oil on canvas. She completed a BA(Hons) in Fine Art painting from De Montfort University, Leicester in 2000, and has been pursuing her practice ever since.
From 2001 – 2007 she exhibited at independent galleries and art fairs in the UK and overseas. From 2007 – 2014 she signed with a major UK fine art publisher, Washington Green, and her work became widely available as limited edition prints, alongside originals, throughout the UK. As of the beginning of 2015, Sarah began self publishing limited edition prints, whilst working on commissions and new paintings for exhibitions and art fairs as an independent artist working from her studio in Letchworth, Hertfordshire.
Sarah’s paintings are in private collections across the world, in Europe, the USA, Australia, the Middle East, China and South Africa.
In 2012, Sarah was commissioned by the British band Kaiser Chiefs to paint the album cover of their singles collection ‘Souvenir’, which was released worldwide. Her work is also owned by Standard Chartered Bank, who commissioned several pieces by Sarah, including a self-portrait, for their vast global collection of contemporary portraits.
Sarah’s work is studied in schools throughout the UK and abroad, and in 2015, she even featured on the GCSE art exam paper.
In February 2022, Sarah appears as a guest judge on the CBBC show ‘Britain’s Best Young Artist’. She was thrilled to be a part of such an inspiring show for young artists.
Sarah is also a patron for the creative mental health charity PoetsIN, and using her platform as a renowned artist, now speaks out about mental health in schools and organisations. As someone with bipolar disorder, this is a subject deeply personal and important to her.