Sarah Morton

I studied Art History at the University of St Andrews and the Art of Black and White Photography at Glasgow School of Art. I have been selected for exhibition with the Royal Photographic Society, the Chania International Photography Festival, the Blank Wall Gallery in Athens and have recently become a Juried Affiliate Artist with the prestigious Circle-Arts Foundation in France. I won two awards for my photography from the annual Monochrome Awards, and I picked up several accolades for her wedding photography. I am also a member of Art Map Argyll, the BJP 1854 community and the RPS. My work has been exhibited in Britain and Europe and is in private collections from the USA to Australia. My photographs have been published in ArtMag, Spotlight and Contemporary Artist magazines and in 2020 I was selected as one of the first artists to feature in the new European art magazine Art IDEAL.

"As as student of Art History, I studied the work of the “gesture painters” and “colour field” artists and my photography is very much influenced by this period. At the Glasgow School of Art I studied the art of black and white photography. It opened my eyes to the possibilities of pushing inherently representational photography towards the abstract...

University of St Andrews,
Glasgow School of Art

EXHIBITIONS
2023 ILLMINSTER ARTS CENTRE, ILLMINSTER, DEVON
2023 THE ARCHWAY GALLERY, LOCHGILPHEAD, ARGYLL
2021 SELECTED FOR CONTEMPORARY ART CURATOR ONLINE EXHIBITION 1 - INFINITE DREAMS
2021 - BLANK WALL GALLERY, ATHENS, GREECE
2021 - CREATIVE COVERAGE GROUP EXHIBITION

2019 - WITH MICHAEL MULLEN, ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL, GLASGOW
2017-2020 - THE BLANK WALL GALLERY, ATHENS, GREECE
2018 - GROUP SHOW, THE ART AND DESIGN LIBRARY, EDINBURGH
2017 - PAINTING WITH LIGHT (SOLO SHOW), THE WHITE CLOTH GALLERY, LEEDS 2017 - GROUP SHOW, THE LALLY GALLERY, EREWASH MUSEM, ILKESTON
2017 - SUMMER SHOW, THE RICCIO GALLERY, DALKEITH
2017 - WITH MARTY KRISTIAN, ST JOHN’S ARC, HARLOW, ESSEX
2017 - GROUP SHOW, THE NEW FOREST GALLERY, LYNDHURST, HANTS
2016 - TWO SEA KINGDOMS, THE LOFT GALLERY, ELIE, FIFE
2015 - WITH PRISCILLA BRIGHTMAN, THE STABLES GALLERY, HOPETOUN HOUSE, MIDLOTHIAN
2014 - PHOTOGRAPHERS, THE OYSTER BAR, CAIRNDOW, ARGYLL
2013 - HARBOUR LIFE, COASTAL DESIGN GALLERY, CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLL 2012 - GROUP SHOW, SALISBURY, WILTS
2011 - COWAL OPEN STUDIOS, BENMORE BOTANIC GARDENS, ARGYLL
2010 - SOLO EXHIBITION, CHATTERS, DUNOON, ARGYLL