Sharon Farrelly

I was born in Warwickshire in 1970, I studied Art and Fashion to degree level. I moved to London in the late 1980's and worked as a Fashion stylist for 6 years, working with Fashion/Art photographers,Fashion designer Hussien Chalayan and magazines: The Face, I-D and Allure, also fashion/art and visual media publications. This is how I formed my visual ideas, and promotion abilities.
I also worked as a press officer for Acid Jazz Records, and promoted, bands such as: Jamiroquai, Brand New Heavies, The Young Disciples and Goldbug. During this time I met a lot of creative and visually open minded individuals which has and does informed my visual ideas to this day. In 1999, I changed work direction totally and worked within the public service sector, which was a total eye opener this only lasted to 2005. I started painting in 2006 and by 2008 I knew that this was going to be my career. I have been painting professionally for 15 years.
My ideas for my work come as a result of Appropriating from a broad range of media sources, Internet, Photo’s, Text, Films, Politics, Hollywood, Queer Culture and paper media publications, including expressions from my own position and experience of British and American historical events. I want viewers ...

b 1970/Life

Jackson Art Prize 2021
XIII Florence Biennale 2021
Ashurst Prize London 2020
Group Exhibition: Konstepidemin Gothenburg Sweden 2019
Group Exhibition "MEAT" Aarhus Denmark September 2018.
Artrooms 2018
London Open 2018
Ashhurst Art Prize 2018
Ashhurst Art Prize 2017
The Other Art Fair Bristol 2017
National Open Art Exhibition 2016
Birmingham Museum 2014-2015-2016
Waterhall Gallery of Modern Art Birmingham 2015
Wolverhampton Art Gallery 2014
Baltic Art gallery 2015
Walsall Museum 2015
Barber Institute 2014-2015
Cork Street London 2013
National Trust Commission 2015
Leipzig Painting commission 2016
Berlin Commission 2016
Threedneedle Prize 2016 Selected
Artrooms 2016
Art Gemini Finalist 2015