Sarah Harvey

Born - 1981 in London. Sarah Harvey.My paintings of figures floating are predominantly self portraits. I aim to create paintings that arouse both a sense of well being and pleasure, whilst simultaneously suggesting notions of insecurity, fantasy and sexuality. Entirely suspended by the water, the human forms are fragmented by the Ripples and swirls created by the water, abstracting them, and often with implausible results such as the appearance of disfiguration or distortion. I have become increasingly excited about the abstract elements in these works, and the interplay between light, colour and water. The emerging patterns are becoming more apparent and dominant, drawing the eye not only towards the main focal point of the human form, but also to the surrounding areas, which are of equal significance.I am greatly influenced by Francis Bacons Carcass and crucifixion paintings, and of course by the work of Jenny Saville. Both of these figurative artists are intensely intrigued by the imagery of flesh in both ugly and magnificently beautiful ways.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011 Collectors Contemporary, Singapore
2010 James Freeman Gallery, London
2008 Beaux Arts Gallery, Bath
2007 Oisin Gallery, Dublin
2006 Sesame Gallery, London
2006 Paul Gullotti Gallery, Perth Australia

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2012

- Art Below, Gallery Difference London
- Art Below, Regents Park Underground Station London

2011

- Oisin Gallery, Dublin
2010
- ‘The View’ Taylor Place London
- ‘CLUSTER [mingle]’ Stone Gallery Dublin
- KIAF 2010 represented by James Freeman Gallery Korea
- Rarity Gallery Greece

2009

-Wunder Kammer the Chamber of Sesame Gallery London
-Winter Exhibition Stone Gallery, Dublin -Christmas Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
-UNTITLED 2 (summer 2009) Collectors Contemporary Singapore
-'12x12x122' BECA Gallery USA
-2021 Art Fair, represented by Beaux Arts Bath, London
-Group show. Sesame London
-ART DAEGU Represented by Sesame Korea -Affordable Art Fair (Represented by SarahMyerscough) London
-London Art Fair. Represented by SarahMyerscough London

2008

- 2021 British Art Fair. Represented by Beaux Arts Bath, LONDON
- Art London. Represented by Beaux Arts Bath, LONDON
- Art Toronto. Represented by Sarah Myerscough Gallery London, TORONT...