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\"\"I am influenced by forms and light invisible to the naked eye. I seek beauty in the realms of science, astronomy, microscopy.\u00a0 Optical technology allows us to glimpse the unseeable. My work reflect on these technological revelations, and try to grasp what would be unknowable without them.<\/p>\n

My printmaking revels in time and speed, abstracted by telescopes peering into the deep past or microscopes delving into hidden worlds.\u00a0 Throughout history the night sky has been a screen for our projected dreams. My work seeks to reflect this screen, and to find others to illuminate.<\/p>\n

Scientific studies are currently focusing less on the possibility and more on the certainty and speed with which climate change is taking place. My practice is not obviously engaged with worldly issues, working directly to transform the global scale of climate change into a human narrative. But more to have it subtly resonate within my work.<\/p>\n

I continue to explore moments of transition and turbulence in the landscape. I choose to show the beauty rather than the devastation, a celebration of what we stand to lose.<\/p>\n

2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Cosmos” RWA, Bristol<\/p>\n

2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London<\/p>\n

John Ruskin Prize, Trinity Buoy Wharf<\/p>\n

Ironbridge Printmaking Exhibition<\/p>\n

Landscape Open Exhibition, The Salisbury Museum<\/p>\n

2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London<\/p>\n

RWA Annual Open Show, Bristol<\/p>\n

2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

London Original Print, Smithson Gallery, Somerset House, London<\/p>\n

Our World, Our Crisis, WYPW, Yorkshire<\/p>\n

2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nominated, Queen Sonja Print Award, Norway<\/p>\n

Selected Artist, Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London<\/p>\n

London Original Print, Smithson Gallery, Somerset House, London<\/p>\n

2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London<\/p>\n

2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

Syzygy,\u00a0 Solo show, Pounds Arts, Corsham<\/p>\n

Ascent, Irving Gallery, Oxford<\/p>\n

London Original Print, Smithson Gallery, Somerset House, London<\/p>\n

2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stars over the the Storm, Smithson x HIX. The Tramshed, London<\/span><\/p>\n

RWA – 167 Annual Open Exhibition<\/p>\n

Shortlisted, John Ruskin Prize. Holden Gallery in Manchester<\/p>\n

Wells Art Contemporary, Wells Cathedral<\/p>\n

2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

Immerse, Printroom. Suffolk<\/p>\n

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London<\/p>\n

Shorlisted Artist. Derwent Art Prize, London<\/p>\n

Arteles Silent Awareness Residency, Finland<\/p>\n

2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prizewinner (Work on Paper) Drawn, RWA, Bristol<\/p>\n

Selected Artist. Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London<\/p>\n

Prizewinner<\/span>. Fourish. West Yorkshire Print Workshop<\/p>\n

Selected Artist. National Original Print Fair, Bankside, London<\/p>\n

Brighton Print Fair, The Phoenix , Brighton<\/p>\n

Selected Artist. The Observatory, Exeter University.<\/p>\n

You Cannot Know It From The Picture, Sim Gallery, Reykjavik<\/p>\n

Project Gemini. Spike Island, Bristol<\/p>\n

School of Light. Ugly Duck, London<\/p>\n

Sim Icelandic Residency, Reykjavik, Iceland<\/p>\n

2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

La Fine Dell\u2019Universo. The Crypt Gallery, London<\/p>\n

Prizewinner. Best Print Award. National Open Art Exhibition, London<\/p>\n

Lumen Residency, Atina, Italy<\/p>\n

Shortlisted –\u00a0 Neo Print Prize. Bolton<\/p>\n

Printmaking Open: Edition 2, 44AD, Bath<\/p>\n

Marking Time. Spike Island, Bristol<\/p>\n

2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

RWA Annual Open Show, Bristol<\/p>\n

Space to Place. Embassy Tea Gallery. London<\/p>\n

Printopia. London Print Studio<\/p>\n

Selected Artist. Wells Art Contemporary. Wells<\/p>\n

MA Final Show UWE Bristol<\/p>\n

Selected Artist. Exchange Exhibition. Hong Kong Open Printshop<\/p>\n

2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shortlisted, People of Print Graduate Award<\/p>\n

Multiplied, Christies, London<\/p>\n

Selected Artist. Taller Experimental de Grafica, Havana, Cuba<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am influenced by forms and light invisible to the naked eye. I seek beauty in the realms of science, astronomy, microscopy.\u00a0 Optical technology allows us to glimpse the unseeable. My work reflect on these technological revelations, and try to grasp what would be unknowable without them. My printmaking revels in time and speed, abstracted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/print.sarahduncan.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/print.sarahduncan.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/print.sarahduncan.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/print.sarahduncan.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/print.sarahduncan.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"http:\/\/print.sarahduncan.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":823,"href":"http:\/\/print.sarahduncan.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/print.sarahduncan.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}