Sarah Firmin MA
2010 - present
Currently involved in "Cosmic", an ongoing series of paintings, drawings and digital imagery, exploring cosmic events
and shown at Art-Science Encounters (University of Sheffield) as "Celebrating CERN", 2009
2000 - 2009 exhibitions include
- "Mental Image" pen / ink drawings, Project Ability Centre for Developmental Arts, Glasgow 2007
- "Pop Art" & "British Prints", Christies Gallery, London 2005/6
- "Contemporary British Art", Gallery Deco, Tokyo
- "The Creative Screen", an exhibition of screen prints, Eckersley Gallery, University of the Arts London College
of Communication 2002
1970 - 2000 early work
- Use of HANDMADE PAPER and recycled materials, "Volcano", Barbican Centre, London 1991
and Wasserturm Vienna 1993
- "A Library of Strange Books", interactive installation shown at Swiss Cottage Library, London
the Gardner Centre, University of Sussex 1983 and at the Edinburgh Festival 1984
- BOOKART at Saturday Gallery, Ohio USA and INTERNATIONAL BOOK ART at the New York
Public Library, USA 1984
- First one person exhibition at ICA, London 1970 entitled "The Human Aura", screen printed paintings, collage,
monotypes on canvas
- First serious interest in the "human condition" and art for health and wellbeing
Collections
- SCREEN PRINTS in the British, Victoria & Albert and the Hunterian Museum / Departments of Prints
and Drawings / University of the Arts, London College of Communication and in private collections
- BOOK ART in Victoria & Albert Museum, Ruth and Marvin Sacknar Archive, Miami, USA
- HANDMADE PAPER COLLAGE "Volcano", Victoria & Albert Museum
Other
- Images from "A Library of Strange Books" are included in. the Ephemera Archive of Tate Britain / 2011
- Taught at Croydon College of Art, London College of Printing, Central St. Martins and University of the Arts. Formed PAPER GROUP in 1986 to promote imaginative use of paper and recyclable materials
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