SARAH HOSKINS
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Biography
Dartmoor based artist Sarah Hoskins, was born in Kent and grew up in the South West of England, in Devon. In 1996 she graduated from Wimbledon School of Art, then completed a Post Graduate diploma at the Cyprus College of Art in 2002. Since then she has exhibited throughout the UK, and internationally. In 2010 she returned to Cyprus initially as a resident artist at the Cyprus College of Art, and was made their Head of Foundation until December 2012. Since returning to this cold country in 2013, she has mostly been up in her attic, making paintings. Many of them can be seen on this website.
Artist Statement
There are times in my studio, say, when I am painting a sloppy turquoise-green onto a scruffy pink-grey, and the experience is honestly better than eating the most delicious food. There are also times when I feel faint and nauseous with mental exhaustion. Both states are a sign that something precise is happening.
I am resistant to meanings and emotional interpretations, but I know I can’t control what my paintings say to people when my back is turned.
I can’t speak for my paintings; they are cleverer than me. Some of them are anyway.
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CV
Group Shows
2017 'Green Hill Open' Green Hill Arts, Moretonhampstead
2016 'Dartmoor Open' Green Hill Arts, Moretonhampstead
2015 'Open Drawing Competition Exhibition' The Plough Arts Centre, Torrington
2015 'Slow Abstraction' (Plymouth Art Weekender), Plymouth School of Creative Arts, Plymouth
2015 'DOS' Steel Yard Arts, Crediton
2015 'Finding Form' The Square Club, Bristol
2014 'THG Open Exhibition' Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton
2014 'Works on Paper' Artspace@57, Ashburton
2013 'DOS' Lees Barn, Belstone
2011 ‘From Here and There’ D5 Drawing Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2011 ‘Romantic Cyprus’ Avenue Gallery, Northampton
2009 ‘Roots And Shoots Charity Auction’ Roots And Shoots Learning Centre, Lambeth, London
2007 ‘Midwinter Show’ Gallery 86, Crediton
2007 ‘Devon Artworks 2007’ Gallery 86, Crediton
2006 ‘The Power Of Three’ Rostra Gallery, Bath
2005 ‘Summer Exhibition’ Rostra Gallery, Bath
2005 ‘New Start’ Rostra Gallery, Bath
2005 ‘Affordable Art Fair’ Represented by Gallery One, Bristol
2004 ‘Paws For Thought’ Gallery One, Barnes, London
2004 ‘Christmas Open Studio’ 2 The Shrubbery, Topsham, Exeter
2004 ‘On The Wall’ Olympia Grand Hall, London
2004 ‘The Islington Contemporary Art & Design Fair 2004’ Candid Arts Trust, Islington, London
2004 ‘Inaugural Exhibition Group show’ Art House Gallery, San Jose, California
2002 ‘End Of Year Show’ Morfi Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus
1999 ‘Christmas Show’ Sui Generis, Cheltenham
Solo Shows
2012 'New Foundations' Cornaro Institute, Larnaka, Cyprus
2008 'Patterns and Portraits' Gallery 86, Crediton, Devon
2005 'Wake Up Singing' Touring Exhibition: Tower Arts Centre; Winchester, Forest Arts Centre; New Milton
2002 'Cyprus Return' Walcot Street Chapel, Bath
2002 'Lying With The Birds' Cyprus College of Art, Lempa, Cyprus
Artist Residencies
Cyprus College of Art
January – August 2010
Larnaka, Cyprus
Sanskriti Foundation
February 2007
New Delhi, India
Open Studios
Gallery86: Artists’ Co-operative Gallery
September 2007 – August 2009
Crediton, Devon
The Old Customs House
November 2002 - July 2004
Topsham, Exeter, Devon
