Sarah Pickering (born 1972) is a British visual artist working with photography[1] and related media including 3D scanning and digital rendering, performance,[2] appropriated objects and print. Her artist statement says she is interested in "fakes, tests, hierarchy, sci-fi, explosions, photography and gunfire."[3] She is based in London.

Pickering's book Explosions, Fires and Public Order was published by Aperture in 2010. She has had solo exhibitions at Meessen De Clercq, Brussels (2009),[4] Ffotogallery, Wales (2009),[5] Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago (MoCP, 2010),[6] and Durham Art Gallery (2013);[7] and was included in Manifesta 11 in Zurich (2016).[8] Her work is held in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; MoCP, Chicago, IL; and North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC.

She is a part-time Associate Professor in fine art media at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London.[9][10]

Life and work

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Pickering was born and raised in Durham, England, and attended Belmont Comprehensive School and Durham Sixth Form Centre.[11] After a foundation course in art and design at Newcastle College (1991–1992), she was awarded a BA (Hons.) in photographic studies at the University of Derby (1992–1995), and a MA in photography at the Royal College of Art (2003–2005).[12][13]

Her artist statement says she is interested in "fakes, tests, hierarchy, sci-fi, explosions, photography and gunfire."[3]

Based in London, she is a part-time teaching fellow in fine art media at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London.[9][10]

"Match, 2015", was a 38 metre long public artwork installed at Castlegate Shopping Centre, Stockton-on-Tees between 2016 and 2017.[14][15]

Publications

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Books by Pickering

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  • Sarah Pickering - Explosions, Fires and Public Order. Aperture, 2010. ISBN 978-1597111232.

Publications with contributions by Pickering

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Awards

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Exhibitions

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Solo exhibitions

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  • Fire Scene, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York City, 2008.[23]
  • Explosion, Meessen De Clercq, Brussels, 2009.[4]
  • Holding Fire, Ffotogallery, Wales, 2009.[5]
  • Incident Control, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL, 2010.[6]
  • Aim & Fire, included Celestial Objects and other works, Durham Art Gallery, Durham, England. Part of The Social: Encountering Photography festival, 2013, for which Celestial Objects was commissioned.[7][24]

Group exhibitions

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Collections

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Pickering's work is held in the following permanent collections:

References

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  1. ^ Davies, Lucy (25 August 2010). "Sarah Pickering". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Sarah Pickering - Pickpocket - A free Professional Development Workshop for Artists". Manifesta. 10 June 2016. Archived from the original on 12 January 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  3. ^ a b Pickering, Sarah. "Bio". Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Sarah Pickering: Explosion: March 6, 2009 - April 11, 2009". Meessen De Clercq. 2009. Archived from the original on 20 April 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Exhibitions: Sarah Pickering – Holding Fire: May 9 - Jun 20 2009". Ffoto Gallery. 2009. Archived from the original on 20 April 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Sarah Pickering: Incident Control: Apr 9 — Jun 20, 2010". Museum of Contemporary Photography. Accessed 6 April 2017
  7. ^ a b "Photographers' artwork putting city in the picture". Sunderland Echo. Sunderland. 17 October 2013. Archived from the original on 20 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  8. ^ a b "Professions Performing in Art". Manifesta. 2016. Archived from the original on 20 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  9. ^ a b "Ms Sarah Pickering: Teaching Fellow". Slade School of Fine Art. Accessed 6 April 2017
  10. ^ a b https://www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/people/academic/spick01/"People > All Staff". Slade School of Fine Art. 3 July 2023
  11. ^ Thompson, Fiona (13 November 2013). "Sarah's Exhibition Hits the Mark". Sunderland Echo. Sunderland. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  12. ^ Sarah Pickering (2010). Sarah Pickering - Explosions, Fires and Public Order. Aperture Foundation. p. 121. ISBN 978-1597111232.
  13. ^ "Locate: A Jerwood Encounters exhibition: Curated by Sarah Williams". Jerwood Foundation. Accessed 18 April 2017
  14. ^ Webber, Chris (30 May 2015). "A heavenly match made in Stockton to be displayed in new work of art". Darlington: The Northern Echo. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  15. ^ Sampson, Lindsey (29 May 2015). "Student's 38-metre friction match artwork to take pride of place in Stockton". Middlesbrough: Teesside Gazette. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  16. ^ Filippo Maggia, ed. (2008). In our World, New Photography in Britain. Skira. p. 143. ISBN 9788861305434.
  17. ^ "Sarah Pickering Wins The Photographers' Gallery Graduate Award". The Photographers' Gallery, 13 June 2005. Accessed 7 April 2017
  18. ^ "Jerwood Photography Award 2005". Jerwood Charitable Foundation. Accessed 7 April 2017
  19. ^ Judd, Terri (18 November 2005). "Photographers take a view on hot political issues". The Independent. London. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  20. ^ "List of Individual grant recipients by year - 2008". Peter S. Reed Foundation. Archived from the original on 8 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  21. ^ "Match, 2015". Refocus. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  22. ^ "Teesside University lecturer recreates famous John Walker match". Teesside University. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  23. ^ Gopnik, Blake (15 January 2006). "Up in Smoke: An Explosive Approach to Art". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  24. ^ Padley, Gemma (1 November 2013). "New photography festival takes over Northeast England". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  25. ^ "East International 2005: Sarah Pickering". East International, Norwich University of the Arts. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  26. ^ "We are here: Photographing Britain", Tate, 1 May 2007. Accessed 17 April 2017.
  27. ^ "'Theatres of the Real' – Contemporary British Post-Documentary Photography". Fotomuseum Antwerp. 2009. Archived from the original on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  28. ^ "Manipulating Reality: How Images Redefine the World". Centro di Cultura Contemporanea Strozzina. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  29. ^ Ward, Ossian (20 August 2011). "Signs of a Struggle, V&A, London". The Independent. London. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  30. ^ "Signs of a Struggle: V&A - review". London: London Evening Standard. 16 August 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  31. ^ "An Orchestrated Vision: The Theater of Contemporary Photography: February 19–May 13, 2012". Saint Louis Art Museum. Archived from the original on 16 October 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  32. ^ Richard B. Woodward (17 April 2012). "Walls Come Tumbling Down". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  33. ^ Beall, Dickson (29 February 2012). ""An Orchestrated Vision": Saint Louis Art Museum debuts exhibit of contemporary photography". Webster-Kirkwood Times. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  34. ^ "Living In The Ruins Of The Twentieth Century: A vision of the twentieth century as a history of false starts, misbegotten technologies and missing utopias". University of Technology, Sydney. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  35. ^ "Living in the Ruins of the Twentieth Century". Living in the Ruins. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  36. ^ "Revelations: Experiments in Photography". Science Museum. Media Space. January 2015. Archived from the original on 3 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  37. ^ "Revelations: Experiments in Photography". National Science and Media Museum. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  38. ^ "White Goods | Pickering, Sarah". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  39. ^ "John Adams, Museum Collection. Salted paper Print circa 1852-60. Unknown Photographer | Sarah Pickering". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  40. ^ "Landmine". Museum of Contemporary Photography. Accessed 7 April 2017
  41. ^ "Dining Room". Museum of Contemporary Photography. Accessed 17 April 2017
  42. ^ "Cigarette". North Carolina Museum of Art. 11 March 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  43. ^ "Large Maroon". North Carolina Museum of Art. 11 March 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  44. ^ "Shellburst Day". North Carolina Museum of Art. 11 March 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  45. ^ Packard, Cassie (7 October 2021). "LACMA and the Brooklyn Museum Will Share 200 Photographs by European Women Artists". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  46. ^ LACMA, Press Release (30 September 2021). "EXHIBITION Advisory Exhibition: In the Now: Gender and Nation in Europe, Selections from the Sir Mark Fehrs Haukohl Photography Collection On View: November 14, 2021–February 13, 2022 Location: Resnick Pavilion" (PDF). LACMA.org. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
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