SARAH MISSELBROOK
PRESS RELEASE &CV
August 2007

Contemporary conceptual artist

Sarah Misselbrook’s art practice has strongly developed over the last 3 years with solo and group shows both locally and nationally. Sarah has been given many exhibition opportunities for new art work to be viewed in both the gallery environment and the inspirational backdrop of the Artvaults show in 2004. With financial support from Arts Council England, a new body of work entitled ‘Absolution’ was on show throughout the summer of 2004 in Quilter’s Vault, one of the underground medieval vaults within the historic walls of Southampton, and saw over 15,000 visitors.

With further funding from Arts Council England, Misselbrook produced a site-specific body of work for a solo show at the bargate monument gallery, Southampton, UK. Entitled 'Affirmation', the work saw over 5,000 visitors open to the public in May 2006.

Misselbrook’s work has featured on national television and in national and local press, which has further heightened the anticipation for new works and forthcoming shows.

Misselbrook’s practice involves digital photography, sculpture, casting, and drawing. Her 3D works are a play on traditional sculptural concerns, the process of adding or taking away. However, this is not achieved using stone or wood but chocolate or soap, degradable or even edible materials which underline the transient state of the body. The final works show the seductive yet repellent nature of human anatomy. They embody ways of externalising a very internalised self-analysis of the body personal.

Forthcoming Exhibitions:
2007: Sep – La Viande, Shoreditch, London ‘ela,ela’ (group)

Recent Exhibitions:
2007: June –  Langstone Gate, Havant 'resurgence', UK (group)
2007: May/June –  Cyprus College Of Art , Pafos 'ela,ela', Cyprus (group)
2007: May –  Idrima Panicos Mavrellis , Lemesos 'ela,ela', Cyprus (group)
2006: Dec/Jan 07 – Cyprus College of Art , Pafos 'Christmas show', Cyprus (group)
2006: May/Jul 06 – Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton '1m2', UK (solo)
2006: May/Jul 06 – The Bargate Monument, Southampton 'Affirmation', UK (solo)
2005: Dec/Feb 06 – Havant Arts Centre, Havant 'Sarah Misselbrook', UK (solo)
2004: Dec/Jan – Michael Naimski Gallery, London End of Year Show, UK (group)
2004: Nov/Dec – a space, Southampton 'Human’, UK (group)
2004: Aug/Nov – ArtVaults, Southampton 'Absolution’, UK (solo installation)
2004: Feb/Mar – One Tree Gallery, Petersfield 'The Body’, UK (group)
2004: Jan/Feb – a space, Southampton 'Mind Consuming Body’, UK  (solo)
2003: Nov/Jan 04 – Southampton City Gallery 'Self Portrait', UK (group)
2003: Oct/Nov – Michael Naimski Gallery, London, UK (solo)
2003: May/Jun – Beatrice Royal Gallery, Eastleigh 'FEAST YOUR EYES', UK (solo)

Education:
2007: Cyprus College of Art, Cyprus: Post Graduate Diploma in Fine Art
2004: University of Southampton, UK: Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PCET)
2001: Itchen College, Southampton UK: A/S Psychology
2000: Nottingham Trent University, UK BA (Hons) Fine Art
1997: Portsmouth School of Art & Design, UK Diploma Foundation Studies Art & Design
1996: St Anne’s Sixth Form College, UK: A Level Art, French
1994: St Anne’s School, UK: GCSE Art, English Language, English Literature, French, Geography, Maths, Religious Studies, Science (Double Award)

Commissions and Residencies:           
2002: Sep/Jun 05 - Associate Lecturer Art & Design, Southampton City College, UK
2003: July - Artist residency at Southampton Saab producing installation, UK
2003: May - Appearing as special guest artist at Beatrice Royal Gallery for Lee Peck Greenfield corporate event, interview and liaising with public, UK
2002/03: Sep/June - Transitional Classes for A2 students @ Barton Peveril College, UK 2002: July - Commissioned artwork with ‘out of school’ learning group at Oakland’s Community School, UK
2001: Dec/Jan 02 - Casting workshops and digital photography tuition for physically disabled clients and clients with learning disabilities at the Hexagon Centre, Southampton, UK
2002: Feb - Conceptual Self-portrait Drawing workshop @ St Anne’s School Southampton, UK
2001: Feb Life Drawing workshops for 16 to 18 year olds @ St Anne’s School Southampton, UK
2001: Jan - 'Arts Festival' @ Sholing School Southampton including commissioned artwork and installation as permanent sculpture within the school, UK