Working primarily with oil paint on canvas Sal’s fascination with painting focuses on our relationship with representation; particularly with regard to human expression and communication. Her emotionally charged paintings, portraying, often, fictional subjects, capture the action of expression out of context whilst transforming the stereotypical portrait. Using subjects that she has sourced from cinema the media and popular culture she creates works that explore human reaction and empathy on a personal level. Her work investigates our love of the dramatic, focusing on scenes of questioning, love, betrayal, and power-play; along with titles originating from dialogue, they invite the viewer to share and empathise with this inner world of familiar strangers. The painted surface draws attention to the process of painting and to the artist’s choices in transforming the photographic source image.
Sal has a BA Hons in Fine Art and a PGCE in Art & Design, she lives and works in Hackney, London. She has over 20 years of experience working in the education sector teaching and undertaking art residencies; she is a freelance Artist, Museum educator and exam board Assessment Associate and has exhibited widely in London and the UK, in selected and solo shows.
Sal has been shortlisted for Wells Art Contemporary (WAC 2023) Wales Contemporary Art Prize (2022); long-listed for the BEEP Biennial (2024), the Women’s United art prize (2021) and the Jackson’s Open Art prize (2016) winning the interim oil painting prize.
Sal has also had work selected for the Royal Cambrian Academy open and the Wales Contemporary open. She was an invited artist for the ING Discerning Eye exhibition (2020) as well as being selected for the Discerning eye, annual open exhibition at the Mall galleries in 2014. She has had work selected for the Society of Women artists annual open exhibition (2023, 2020 and 2015) and has shown with the Bath Society of Artists, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Visual Arts Scotland and Feren's gallery Hull in their annual open exhibitions.
She was one of 21 visual women artists invited to produce new work for 'Dear Christine', an arts council funded touring exhibition in tribute to Christine Keeler (the exhibition toured during 2019 – 2020 to Newcastle, Swansea and London).
She was elected an associate member of the national Society of Painters, Sculptors and Print makers in 2016 and exhibited in their annual shows 2016 and 2017. She is a member of ArtCan.org, sitting on the advisory board.
Her works are held in the collections of De Montfort University, The Fenella Fielding Foundation and Space Park Leicester as well as in private collections in the UK and Internationally.
Sal has a BA Hons in Fine Art and a PGCE in Art & Design, she lives and works in Hackney, London. She has over 20 years of experience working in the education sector teaching and undertaking art residencies; she is a freelance Artist, Museum educator and exam board Assessment Associate and has exhibited widely in London and the UK, in selected and solo shows.
Sal has been shortlisted for Wells Art Contemporary (WAC 2023) Wales Contemporary Art Prize (2022); long-listed for the BEEP Biennial (2024), the Women’s United art prize (2021) and the Jackson’s Open Art prize (2016) winning the interim oil painting prize.
Sal has also had work selected for the Royal Cambrian Academy open and the Wales Contemporary open. She was an invited artist for the ING Discerning Eye exhibition (2020) as well as being selected for the Discerning eye, annual open exhibition at the Mall galleries in 2014. She has had work selected for the Society of Women artists annual open exhibition (2023, 2020 and 2015) and has shown with the Bath Society of Artists, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Visual Arts Scotland and Feren's gallery Hull in their annual open exhibitions.
She was one of 21 visual women artists invited to produce new work for 'Dear Christine', an arts council funded touring exhibition in tribute to Christine Keeler (the exhibition toured during 2019 – 2020 to Newcastle, Swansea and London).
She was elected an associate member of the national Society of Painters, Sculptors and Print makers in 2016 and exhibited in their annual shows 2016 and 2017. She is a member of ArtCan.org, sitting on the advisory board.
Her works are held in the collections of De Montfort University, The Fenella Fielding Foundation and Space Park Leicester as well as in private collections in the UK and Internationally.
Solo Shows
No Time Like The Present, Hampstead Garden Gallery, London, 2021
Something that Feels Like the Truth, Unit G gallery, London, 2018
Appearances, Solo show, Nude Tin Can gallery, Herts, 2017
Moving Scenes, solo show, Gallery at Hackney Picturehouse, London, 2014
Face Facts, Face Fictions, solo show, Resource Centre, London, 2014
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Linden Hall Winter Open, Linden Hall, Deal
BEEP painting Biennial, Elysium Swansea
Now & Then, Visual Arts Scotland, Dalkeith Palace, Edinburgh
Fiesta, Inky Fingers Gallery, London
Stance, Art Bypass Gallery, London
Miniatures Revisited, Cupola Gallery, Sheffield
Open 24, The Old Lock-Up Gallery, Derbyshire
Fierce Scandal, The Lido Stores, Margate
2023
The Look of a Woman, The Stash Gallery, London
Wells Art Contemporary 2023, Wells Cathedral Somerset
Resurrection, Crypt Gallery, London
Amplify, Video installation, New Zealand Academy Of Fine Arts, Wellington, NZ
Society of Women Artists 162nd Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
Scandal '63 Revisited, De Montfort University Gallery, Leicester
The Wild Thought, The Lido Stores, Margate
2022
Fenella Fielding: Actress, Gallery 286, London
The Certainty of Strangeness, Bermondsey Gallery, London
Wales Contemporary, Waterfront Gallery, Pembrokeshire and Gallery@Oxo London
British Painting III, Bermondsey Project Space, London
Ryebank Open Exhibition, Ryebank Gallery, Rye, Sussex
RetRespect, Art Bypass Gallery, Sweet'Art 10th anniversary exhibition, London
A Room of her Own, Irving Contemporary, Oxford
Royal Cambrian Academy Open exhibition, Conwy, Wales
Feren's Open, Feren's Public Art Gallery, Hull
Give Me Love, The Lido Stores, Margate.
Winter Exhibition, Kingsgate project space, London
2021
Fronteer Open, Sheffield
Bath Society of Artists 116th open exhibition, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath
Set In Stone, 44AD gallery, Bath
The Marks We Make, the Curator's salon
Crossing the Liminal, Hampstead Garden Gallery, London
Reverie, Chrom.Gallery, London
Micro exhibition, Illinois, US
Elevate 03, ArtCan at Kroll, The Shard London
Spring Open, The Absent Gallery
Self, Cultivate, London
The Portrait Within, the House of Smalls, Swindon
2020
ING Discerning Eye, annual Open exhibition, invited artist
Bath Society of Artists, 115th Annual open exhibition
Society of Women Artists, 159th Annual open exhibition
Healthcare Heroes, Google Arts and Culture
The Art of Isolation, Surrey Quays, London
The Great Leveller?, Sweet'Art Virtual exhibition
RBSA open exhibition, RBSA gallery, Birmingham
#FakeNews, Artcan exhibition, Offshoot gallery, London
Dear Christine, touring exhibition, Arthouse 1, London
Nothing is Square, part 2, Cultivate, Shipton st, gallery London
Feren's Open Exhibition, Feren's gallery, Hull
2019
Dear Christine, touring exhibition, Vane Gallery, Newcastle & Elysium, Swansea
Counter Balance, Artcan Open, Trinity Art gallery, London
Inaugural show, Emerge Contemporary, Highgate contemporary Art, London
Death of Art, Stash gallery, London
Discovery Sessions, Trinity Art Gallery, London City Island
Bath Society of Artists, Open exhibition, Victoria Art gallery, Bath
Take Back Control, Crypt Gallery, Kings Cross
Elevate, Artcan at Duff & Phelps, The Shard, London
Nude & Fully Clothed, Nude Tin Can Gallery, Herts
Attract, Cultivate BSMT Space, London
2018
Beautiful & Damned, The Stash Gallery, London
Summer Open Exhibition, Atkinson gallery, Millfields, Somerset
Unspoken, The Stash Gallery, Vout-O-Reenees, London
Square Peg, The Circle, Sheffield
Rebel Daughters, The Point, Doncaster
Intent, presented by Cultivate, BSMT space, London
Art is Something Much More Dangerous, Horsebridge Open, Whitsable.
Postcards From the Edge, New York
2017
What is the Point? Artcan annual open exhibition, Camden Image gallery, London
Tribe 17, Oxo Tower Bargehouse, London
Appearance of ..., Artcan members show at A and D gallery, London
Artsdepot open 2017, Apthorpe gallery, London
National Society, 84th Annual Exhibition, London
Interact, by Cultivate, Coate Studios, London
Spring Exhibition, Signet Contemporary, London
T'Art (IWD Sweet'Art exhibition), Bones and Pearl gallery, London
At This Point in Time, Scottish Arts club, Edinburgh
2016
National Society Autumn exhibition 2016, London
Revolution, Art Society Soho, B&W building Shoreditch London
Common People, Chrom-art, Capstan House, Canary Wharf, London
Flux exhibition, Truman Brewery, London
What is the Point? Artcan Annual open exhibition, Strand Gallery, London
From The Studio Floor, Guildhall Cambridge
Tribe 16, Chrom-art, London
Exposed, Ben Oakley Gallery, London
The Human Figure - Modern Myth & storytelling, The Gallery, Stoke Newington, London
NS 83rd Annual Exhibition, Menier Gallery, London
WeR, Espacio Gallery, London
Summer Salon 2016, Islington Arts Factory, London
Solar, Nude Tin Can Gallery, St Albans
Art Without Borders, Leyden Gallery, London
Stopjectify, (for IWD), Gallery Different, London
Hand maid, Hoxton Arches, London
Postcards From The Edge, New York
2015
Flux Exhibition, Royal College of Art, London
Mono 2, Espacio Gallery, London
Summer Salon 2015, Islington Arts Factory, London
SWA Annual open exhibition, Mall galleries, London
ID, A Fictional Journey into the Psyche, Display gallery, London
The Portrait show, Espacio gallery, London
Y Not, Exhibition for IWD, Espacio gallery, London
Flux, The Rag Factory, London
2014
ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
Portrait of the Artist as...., BEEP Painting Prize, Elysium gallery, Swansea, Wales
Master of Art International, Margarita Feaks Gallery, Norfolk
A Conscious Identity, Espacio gallery, London
Art For Addicts’ Sake, art auction, Imitate Modern, London
People and Places, Espacio Gallery, Shoreditch, London
2013
Freeze, Espacio Gallery, Bethnal Green, London
10th exhibition, VAI, Islington London
Women’s Work, Resource Centre, Holloway, London
She, Qube Open 2013, Oswestry
Bohunk Institue, Open 2013, Nottingham
Awards/competitions
Longlisted BEEP Painting Biennial (2024)
shortlisted Wells contemporary Art (2023)
Shortlisted, Wales Contemporary Prize (2022)
Long-listed Women United Art Prize, (2021)
Invited to show in ING Discerning Eye exhibition by Tabish Khan, the London Art Critic, as one of his selected artists (2020)
Invited to have Solo Shows with Hampstead Garden Gallery (2021) Unit G gallery (2018) and Nude Tin Can gallery (2017)
Elected to the Advisory committee of Artcan.org (2017)
Long-listed for the Jackson’s Open Art prize, winning the interim oil painting prize. (2016)
Selected by Chris Ingram from the open submissions, Discerning eye exhibition at the Mall Galleries (2014)
Finalist in the London International Art Competition, at HLS gallery (2017)
Silver award winner – Master of Art International (2014)
No Time Like The Present, Hampstead Garden Gallery, London, 2021
Something that Feels Like the Truth, Unit G gallery, London, 2018
Appearances, Solo show, Nude Tin Can gallery, Herts, 2017
Moving Scenes, solo show, Gallery at Hackney Picturehouse, London, 2014
Face Facts, Face Fictions, solo show, Resource Centre, London, 2014
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Linden Hall Winter Open, Linden Hall, Deal
BEEP painting Biennial, Elysium Swansea
Now & Then, Visual Arts Scotland, Dalkeith Palace, Edinburgh
Fiesta, Inky Fingers Gallery, London
Stance, Art Bypass Gallery, London
Miniatures Revisited, Cupola Gallery, Sheffield
Open 24, The Old Lock-Up Gallery, Derbyshire
Fierce Scandal, The Lido Stores, Margate
2023
The Look of a Woman, The Stash Gallery, London
Wells Art Contemporary 2023, Wells Cathedral Somerset
Resurrection, Crypt Gallery, London
Amplify, Video installation, New Zealand Academy Of Fine Arts, Wellington, NZ
Society of Women Artists 162nd Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
Scandal '63 Revisited, De Montfort University Gallery, Leicester
The Wild Thought, The Lido Stores, Margate
2022
Fenella Fielding: Actress, Gallery 286, London
The Certainty of Strangeness, Bermondsey Gallery, London
Wales Contemporary, Waterfront Gallery, Pembrokeshire and Gallery@Oxo London
British Painting III, Bermondsey Project Space, London
Ryebank Open Exhibition, Ryebank Gallery, Rye, Sussex
RetRespect, Art Bypass Gallery, Sweet'Art 10th anniversary exhibition, London
A Room of her Own, Irving Contemporary, Oxford
Royal Cambrian Academy Open exhibition, Conwy, Wales
Feren's Open, Feren's Public Art Gallery, Hull
Give Me Love, The Lido Stores, Margate.
Winter Exhibition, Kingsgate project space, London
2021
Fronteer Open, Sheffield
Bath Society of Artists 116th open exhibition, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath
Set In Stone, 44AD gallery, Bath
The Marks We Make, the Curator's salon
Crossing the Liminal, Hampstead Garden Gallery, London
Reverie, Chrom.Gallery, London
Micro exhibition, Illinois, US
Elevate 03, ArtCan at Kroll, The Shard London
Spring Open, The Absent Gallery
Self, Cultivate, London
The Portrait Within, the House of Smalls, Swindon
2020
ING Discerning Eye, annual Open exhibition, invited artist
Bath Society of Artists, 115th Annual open exhibition
Society of Women Artists, 159th Annual open exhibition
Healthcare Heroes, Google Arts and Culture
The Art of Isolation, Surrey Quays, London
The Great Leveller?, Sweet'Art Virtual exhibition
RBSA open exhibition, RBSA gallery, Birmingham
#FakeNews, Artcan exhibition, Offshoot gallery, London
Dear Christine, touring exhibition, Arthouse 1, London
Nothing is Square, part 2, Cultivate, Shipton st, gallery London
Feren's Open Exhibition, Feren's gallery, Hull
2019
Dear Christine, touring exhibition, Vane Gallery, Newcastle & Elysium, Swansea
Counter Balance, Artcan Open, Trinity Art gallery, London
Inaugural show, Emerge Contemporary, Highgate contemporary Art, London
Death of Art, Stash gallery, London
Discovery Sessions, Trinity Art Gallery, London City Island
Bath Society of Artists, Open exhibition, Victoria Art gallery, Bath
Take Back Control, Crypt Gallery, Kings Cross
Elevate, Artcan at Duff & Phelps, The Shard, London
Nude & Fully Clothed, Nude Tin Can Gallery, Herts
Attract, Cultivate BSMT Space, London
2018
Beautiful & Damned, The Stash Gallery, London
Summer Open Exhibition, Atkinson gallery, Millfields, Somerset
Unspoken, The Stash Gallery, Vout-O-Reenees, London
Square Peg, The Circle, Sheffield
Rebel Daughters, The Point, Doncaster
Intent, presented by Cultivate, BSMT space, London
Art is Something Much More Dangerous, Horsebridge Open, Whitsable.
Postcards From the Edge, New York
2017
What is the Point? Artcan annual open exhibition, Camden Image gallery, London
Tribe 17, Oxo Tower Bargehouse, London
Appearance of ..., Artcan members show at A and D gallery, London
Artsdepot open 2017, Apthorpe gallery, London
National Society, 84th Annual Exhibition, London
Interact, by Cultivate, Coate Studios, London
Spring Exhibition, Signet Contemporary, London
T'Art (IWD Sweet'Art exhibition), Bones and Pearl gallery, London
At This Point in Time, Scottish Arts club, Edinburgh
2016
National Society Autumn exhibition 2016, London
Revolution, Art Society Soho, B&W building Shoreditch London
Common People, Chrom-art, Capstan House, Canary Wharf, London
Flux exhibition, Truman Brewery, London
What is the Point? Artcan Annual open exhibition, Strand Gallery, London
From The Studio Floor, Guildhall Cambridge
Tribe 16, Chrom-art, London
Exposed, Ben Oakley Gallery, London
The Human Figure - Modern Myth & storytelling, The Gallery, Stoke Newington, London
NS 83rd Annual Exhibition, Menier Gallery, London
WeR, Espacio Gallery, London
Summer Salon 2016, Islington Arts Factory, London
Solar, Nude Tin Can Gallery, St Albans
Art Without Borders, Leyden Gallery, London
Stopjectify, (for IWD), Gallery Different, London
Hand maid, Hoxton Arches, London
Postcards From The Edge, New York
2015
Flux Exhibition, Royal College of Art, London
Mono 2, Espacio Gallery, London
Summer Salon 2015, Islington Arts Factory, London
SWA Annual open exhibition, Mall galleries, London
ID, A Fictional Journey into the Psyche, Display gallery, London
The Portrait show, Espacio gallery, London
Y Not, Exhibition for IWD, Espacio gallery, London
Flux, The Rag Factory, London
2014
ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
Portrait of the Artist as...., BEEP Painting Prize, Elysium gallery, Swansea, Wales
Master of Art International, Margarita Feaks Gallery, Norfolk
A Conscious Identity, Espacio gallery, London
Art For Addicts’ Sake, art auction, Imitate Modern, London
People and Places, Espacio Gallery, Shoreditch, London
2013
Freeze, Espacio Gallery, Bethnal Green, London
10th exhibition, VAI, Islington London
Women’s Work, Resource Centre, Holloway, London
She, Qube Open 2013, Oswestry
Bohunk Institue, Open 2013, Nottingham
Awards/competitions
Longlisted BEEP Painting Biennial (2024)
shortlisted Wells contemporary Art (2023)
Shortlisted, Wales Contemporary Prize (2022)
Long-listed Women United Art Prize, (2021)
Invited to show in ING Discerning Eye exhibition by Tabish Khan, the London Art Critic, as one of his selected artists (2020)
Invited to have Solo Shows with Hampstead Garden Gallery (2021) Unit G gallery (2018) and Nude Tin Can gallery (2017)
Elected to the Advisory committee of Artcan.org (2017)
Long-listed for the Jackson’s Open Art prize, winning the interim oil painting prize. (2016)
Selected by Chris Ingram from the open submissions, Discerning eye exhibition at the Mall Galleries (2014)
Finalist in the London International Art Competition, at HLS gallery (2017)
Silver award winner – Master of Art International (2014)
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