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, primarily, fictional subjects, are an attempt to capture the action of expression out of context whilst transforming the stereotypical portrait. Using subjects that she has sourced from cinema 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 London.
Sal has over 20 years of experience working in the education sector teaching and undertaking art residencies and is currently a freelance Artist, Museum educator and exam board Assessment Associate.
Since leaving her permanent teaching role at the end of 2012 and moving to a new studio in Hackney, Sal has concentrated on painting and has exhibited widely in London and the UK, in selected and solo shows. Works are held in private collections in the UK and Internationally.
In 2020, Sal was an invited artist for the ING Discerning Eye exhibition as well as being selected for the Discerning eye, annual open exhibition at the Mall galleries in 2014. In 2020 and 2015 she had work selected for the Society of Women artists annual open exhibition. 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 selected member of ArtCan, sitting on the advisory board and a selected member of the Scottish Society of Artists. In 2016 she was long-listed for the Jackson’s Open Art prize, winning the interim oil painting prize.
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 London.
Sal has over 20 years of experience working in the education sector teaching and undertaking art residencies and is currently a freelance Artist, Museum educator and exam board Assessment Associate.
Since leaving her permanent teaching role at the end of 2012 and moving to a new studio in Hackney, Sal has concentrated on painting and has exhibited widely in London and the UK, in selected and solo shows. Works are held in private collections in the UK and Internationally.
In 2020, Sal was an invited artist for the ING Discerning Eye exhibition as well as being selected for the Discerning eye, annual open exhibition at the Mall galleries in 2014. In 2020 and 2015 she had work selected for the Society of Women artists annual open exhibition. 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 selected member of ArtCan, sitting on the advisory board and a selected member of the Scottish Society of Artists. In 2016 she was long-listed for the Jackson’s Open Art prize, winning the interim oil painting prize.
Solo Shows
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
2021
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 exhibition open exhibition
Society of Women Artists, 159th Annual open exhibition
The Art of Isolation, Surrey Quays, London
Transient, ArtCan virtual exhibition
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.
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 Brewey, 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
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
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 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)
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
2021
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 exhibition open exhibition
Society of Women Artists, 159th Annual open exhibition
The Art of Isolation, Surrey Quays, London
Transient, ArtCan virtual exhibition
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.
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 Brewey, 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
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
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 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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