John Rank Gallery
Sarah Buckingham is classically trained, BA (Hons) Fine Art: Wimbledon; MA Visual Arts: West Dean. She has exhibited work both locally in West Sussex, Surrey and in London, primarily through ‘The Flowers Gallery’, London WC1. She was chosen as ‘Artist of the day’ by Maggi Hambling in 1982 at the Flowers Gallery, London. and exhibited in ‘Small is beautiful’ 1982, 1983, 1984. She was awarded The British Institution Prize for Painting from the RA in 1982.
Her work was exhibited alongside David Hockney and R. B. Kitaj and was subsequently published in an edited book volume (Edward Lucie-Smith (Ed.), The male nude, a modern view. London: Phaidon Press (1986). She curated an exhibition with staff and students at Regent’s College School of Psychotherapy and Counselling (1999). A one-woman show entitled ‘A day at a time-A gestation of painting from Friday 13th June-Friday 13th March 2009’ was held at Haslemere Museum (2009). Sarah also curated an exhibition entitled ‘Metamorphosis’ - A joint show of contemporary women artists and designers (2010). A joint exhibition entitled ‘Connecting Landscapes’ (Buckingham & Moorhouse, 2015) was held at the Oxmarket, Chichester. Sarah held a one-woman show at The Farnham Pottery, ‘A New Dawn a New Day’ 2017, and participated in the Arundel Gallery Trail 2016, 2017, 2018 and Parrallax Art Fair 2017, London.
“Paint is the plastic vehicle for my material explorations upon this uncertain world. Altered perspectives and juxtaposed imagery conflate to present historical and contemporary experiences that are biased toward a more psychological interpretation, offered up on board or canvas to challenge and expose.
Attending Grimsby School of Art, Wimbledon School of Art and West Dean College, I have been privileged to be a recipient of significant visual arts trainings and continue this at present by studying for a diploma in painting technique at the Norfolk Painting School.
Artist for the Day at Angela Flowers Gallery in 1982 (chosen by Maggi Hambling) and awarded the British Institution Prize for painting in 1982, I subsequently embarked on a more scientific route.
And now I return to my roots, living between Italy and UK to continue my explorations in paint. As a friend once said, “do not let the music die inside you.”
My studio (The Hex Hut) is located within the grounds of Stansted Park House.”
Sarah Buckingham, 2022
