Sara Dare

Sara Dare is an abstract painter. She works at multiple scales using paper, linen and canvas, with a range of mediums informed by their fluidity
including ink, oil, emulsion and acrylic.
Dare’s paintings seek to convey an initial playful interaction with the viewer followed by a sense of unease or tension. Psychologically charged
forms push against the edges of the canvas, split open, dangle, and protrude. Successes are a balance between discomfort and humour, lure
and repulsion, confrontation and sanctuary and the organic and contrived.
The size of work is carefully considered to create the illusion of a physiological space through visual clues and the manipulation of symmetry - a
tunnel or an archway - intimate or imposing. There is evidence of Dare’s physical contact and the process behind the work is typically exposed.
This touch is often awkwardly just within reach, reducing the capacity for a slick finish or confident gesture and unambiguously hand made.
Smaller works emphasise broad movements and allow the viewer to observe the artist-painting relationship more intimately.
Dare’s palette reference is broad and instinctive, and colour is manipulated to evoke an emotional response.
Dare is also concerned with the environment s...

BA Hons - Fine Art Painting - University of Brighton

Postgraduate Certificate in Education - Art and Design University of Brighton
Turps Banana - Correspondence Course.

Sara Dare graduated in Fine Art Painting at The University of Brighton in 2008.
In 2010 she gained a Postgraduate Certificate in Education in Art and Design and focused on absorbing these methodologies into her approach as a socially engaged artist and collaborator. In 2018 she studied on the Correspondence Course at alternative art school Turps Education.
Alongside her practice as an abstract painter, Dare seeks to work on inclusive creative projects with diverse community groups and audiences.
She has worked as lead artist and consultant on a broad range of visual arts programmes with organisations in the health and visual arts sector
including: Turner Prize (2021) nominated Project Art Works, NHS Partnerships, MK Gallery and Tate Liverpool.
Sara Dare has worked as an Associate Lead Artist with Project Art Works since 2004 and as Gallery and Productions Manager since 2019.
Sara Dare is based in Worthing, West Sussex.

2022: Spring International Exhibition, Group Show, Nordic Art Agency, Hansa, Malmo, Sweden.
2021: Turner Prize 2021, Production/Curation Team & Lead Artist, Project Art Works. UK.
2021: A Generous Space, Artist Support Pledge, Group Show, Hastings Contemporary, Hastings, UK.
2021: Rhythm Adjust, The Breath Project, Groups Show, TM Lighting Gallery, London. UK.
2021: Studio Response 01, Saatchi Gallery, London.
2021: London Art Fair, After Nyne Contemporary, LAF Edit.
2020: Kite Circus, Group Show, Sidney and Matilda, Sheffield, UK.
2020: Dear Painting, Group Show, Nordic Art Agency, Malmo, Sweden.
2019: '2022', Group Show, The Ark, Bembridge, UK
2019: 'Object Meditation', Group Show, After Nyne Gallery, London.
2019: 'Putting Ourselves in the Picture', Artist-in-Residence, Fabrica Gallery Brighton, UK.
2019: 'Black Stuff'. Unit 3 Projects. ASC Studios. London.
2019: Solo Show. Rye Creative Centre. Rye. East Sussex.
2019: Solo Show. Sid Motion Gallery. London. N1 0AX
2018: ‘C’est La Peinture’ Bankley Gallery & Studios. Manchester.
2018: The Other Art Fair. The College. London WC1.
2018: 100% Design. London Design Festival. Olympia. West Kensington.
2018: Decorex International. London Design Festival. Syon Park...