Sarah Needham

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Sarah Needham makes abstract paintings from hand-made paints using pigments and dyes researched for their role in global human visual culture. By painting with materials chosen for their historical and geographical specificity, Sarah offers a unique visual language voicing existential questions about how we live now and how this relates to our past. She pours these historical echoes and stories onto her canvas, abstracting place and art history on canvas and providing a space for viewers to venture and seek understanding.

Sarah Needham’s Early Career and Interests

Sarah Needham has trained in the UK and China. The artist studied International Development at a postgraduate level and is interested in how we make and have made connections across the globe and over time. Sarah believes that materials embody stories and are full of opportunities to discover and interpret new and cross-cultural ties.

Material Selection

Sarah carefully selects her materials, a methodology with roots in her love for art history, interest in human development, and curiosity surrounding the individual and the group. To guide her selection, Sarah investigates the use and significance of certain pigments in different places throughout history. This process also allows Sarah to explore transcultural influence, exchange and nature over time.

Exhibitions and Press

The artist has exhibited her oil paintings widely throughout the UK and beyond, including at The Other Art Fair, The Truman Brewery, London, The Decorative Arts and Antiques Fair, Battersea, London, and ‘Beyond Other Horizons: Contemporary Paintings Made in Britain and Romania’, Iasi Palace of Culture, Iasi, Romania. Sarah has artwork in private collections in the UK, Switzerland, France, Australia, the USA, the Middle East and Japan.

Sarah Needham Artworks

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    Mitosis by Sarah Needham
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    Mitosis by Sarah Needham

    Mitosis

    Paintings - 60x60 cm
    Red Mark by Sarah Needham
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    Red Mark by Sarah Needham

    Red Mark

    Paintings - 91x91 cm
    Amplitude by Sarah Needham
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    Amplitude by Sarah Needham

    Amplitude

    Paintings - 150x120 cm
    After Peche Merle by Sarah Needham
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    After Peche Merle by Sarah Needham

    After Peche Merle

    Paintings - 150x100 cm
    Pendle Hill by Sarah Needham
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    Pendle Hill by Sarah Needham

    Pendle Hill

    Paintings - 77x77 cmRent for $225 /mo
    Bristol Presentiments, Ochre by Sarah Needham
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    Bristol Presentiments, Ochre by Sarah Needham

    Bristol Presentiments, Ochre

    Paintings - 77x77 cmRent for $225 /mo
    Our House is Falling down by Sarah Needham
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    Our House is Falling down by Sarah Needham

    Our House is Falling down

    Paintings - 177x126 cm
    The Origins Of Everything by Sarah Needham
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    The Origins Of Everything by Sarah Needham

    The Origins Of Everything

    Paintings - 100x100 cm
    If You Prick Me Will I Not bleed? by Sarah Needham
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    If You Prick Me Will I Not bleed? by Sarah Needham
    Bay by Sarah Needham
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    Bay by Sarah Needham

    Bay

    Paintings - 40x30 cm
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    Incoming by Sarah Needham

    Incoming

    Paintings - 40x30 cm
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    New Coves by Sarah Needham

    New Coves

    Paintings - 40x30 cm
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    Washback by Sarah Needham

    Washback

    Paintings - 40x30 cm
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    Sea Lines by Sarah Needham

    Sea Lines

    Paintings - 150x120 cm
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    Beneath The Surface by Sarah Needham

    Beneath The Surface

    Paintings - 125x178 cm
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    Low Tide by Sarah Needham

    Low Tide

    Paintings - 150x120 cm

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