Artist, writer, educator and occasional curator

 

Obsessed about obsession and the act of looking over and over. Press repeat, nothing stays the same. 

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Sarah Chapman is an artist based in Plymouth, UK, and  is an alumni of the Royal Drawing School, London.

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Her current work explores the fluid boundaries between memory, mythology, magical thinking, landscape and bodily forms. Previous preoccupations include sinking into bodies of water, mis-rememberance and spoken word - attractions that haven’t entirely gone away.

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From 2010 to 2021, she curated and directed a public arts and education programme in Plymouth, UK.

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Selected curatorial highlights include: www.marinerbigread.com and www.mobydickbigread.com

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In 2022, she made the decision to step away from the field of curation to return to her first love: making art. 

 

She recently founded and launched dRAWing Space to widen access to drawing and to help others develop their own unique creative voice.

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2024

03 - 16 October - Selected artwork: Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, London, touring to museums and galleries in Salisbury, Falmouth, Dundee, and Manchester, until October 2025.

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October - Dartmoor Collective Exhibition, Manor Street Galleries, Plymouth, UK

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August - September - Summer Open. Studio KIND. Barnstaple, Devon​

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June - England is a Forest, group exhibition. Curated by SMALL WORKS at Sluice, The Minories, Colchester.

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May - Urban Tree Festival exhibition, Ocean Studios, Plymouth.

 

April - Extract from Slip-Skin, a short story featured in 'Grandma's Story,' a painting installation by Delpha Hudson. Tremenheere Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall.

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April - Eye To Paper Vol 2. The Paper Stage Spring Show. Edinburgh Palette, 151 London Road, St Margaret's House, Gallery 1, Edinburgh.

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April - Longlisted for the Jackson's Arts Prize.

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March - Drawing Beyond: works on paper. Group exhibition. Breaker's Gallery, Notting Dale, North Kensington, London.

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February - Artist residency at Dumfries House, Scotland, supported by the Royal Drawing School and The King's Trust.

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2023

Selected artwork in Royal West of England Academy (RWA) 170th Open, Bristol.

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Chapter contribution to Radical Fauna by Angela Cockayne. Sea Locker Press. 

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Of Gods and Goddesses - that is all. Solo Exhibition, accompanied by a drawing intensive workshop weekend. Leadworks, Plymouth.

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Silent / Listen. Group Exhibition, Ashburton Arts Centre, Devon.

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Dartmoor Collective. Group Exhibition, Poltimore House, Exeter.

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