Sara Wicks b 1965

Sailing Fair Winds to Sailors

Mixed media

Provenance: Exhibited at the Contemporary Art Society London, Label Verso

Sara Wicks Artist Profile

Date of birth 11th February 1965

Training
1983-1984 Foundation Course Canterbury College of Art & Design
1984-1987 BA(Hons) in Fine Art (painting) with commendation Norwich School of Art


Awards
1987 Sir Walter Scott Prize for Theoretical Studies, Norwich School of Art
1990 Princes Trust Award
1991 The Hellenic Foundation Travel Bursary
1991 Arts Council of Great Britain Research Grant
1992 Elephant Trust Award
2000 'Year of the Artist' Award, South East Arts; Dover District Council Award; Kentweek Award

Collections
Ashford Borough Council, Canterbury City Council, Kent County Council, Leicestershire County Council, Kent Libraries and private collections in UK and abroad.


Solo Exhibitions
1988/91/96 The Drew Gallery, Canterbury
1991 The Bank Street Gallery, Sevenoaks
1992 The Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith
1997 'Coasting', touring show visiting library galleries and rural venues throughout Kent
1997 'A Fisherman's Tale', Lordswood Leisure Centre, Chatham
1998 East Molesey Gallery, East Molesey, Surrey
1998 The Headcorn Gallery, Headcorn, Kent

Selected Group Exhibitions
1989 'Travel; Real and Imagined Journeys', Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne
1989 The London Group, Royal College of Art, London
1990/91/92/93 'The Leicestershire Exhibition', Beaumanor Hall, Loughborough
1990 'The Art Machine', McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
1990/91/92/93 'The Contemporary Art Society Market', Smith's Galleries, London
1991 'The Four Elements', Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne
1991/2 'Rural Experience', Ikon Gallery, Birmingham & touring
1992 'Rendezvous 1', Anglo-French touring exhibition , Canterbury, Rochester, Dunkerque, & Desvres
1992/96/98 RA Summer Exhibition, London
1992/93 The London Group, Barbican Centre, London
1993 RSA, London
1993 Gainsborough House, Sudbury
1993/94 'Books of Life', Canterbury Festival, Drew Gallery
1994 Galerie Arcana, Montpellier, France
1994 Galerie Meier, Arth a. See, Switzerland (3 person show)
1994 l'atelier/Galerie ARIAP, Lille, France
1994/95/96 Contemporary Art Society Market, Royal Festival Hall, London
1995 Galerie Helios, Calais, France
1996 'Vision and Imagination', Royal Museum & Art Gallery, Canterbury (curated by Sara Wicks)
1997 '5 Women Artists', Johnny's Art House, Whitstable
1997 '3 Coastal Views', Ramsgate Library Gallery
1997 The Fairfax Gallery, Tunbridge Wells
1998 'Art in the Square', Contemporary Art Fair, Glasgow
1998 Galerij de Witte Beer, Bruges
1999/2000/01 Chelsea Arts Fair, (represented by Kate Howe Fine Art)
1999 'Art in the Square', Contemporary Art Fair, Glasgow
1999 The Bank Street Gallery, Sevenoaks (3 person show)
1999/2000/01 The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea (represented by Kate Howe Fine Art)
2000 Galerie Claude Andre, Brussels
2000 'Postcards From Kent', The Drawing Room, Sandwich (curated by Sara Wicks and Christopher Trillo)
2000 'Synergy', Municipal Art Gallery, Roeselare,Belgium and County Hall, Maidstone

Exhibitions 2001
'Passing Tales', Palazzo Pretoria,Certaldo,Italy
@37 Gallery, Sandwich (solo exhibition)
The Fairfax Gallery, Tunbridge Wells and Burnham Market

Artists Books
1993 'Mary Druce', "Books of Life" project
1995 'Three Weeks'
1996 'A Beginners Guide to Turkish'