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Sarah Bell positions her practice at the nexus of photography, printmaking and painting; seeking to uplift the medium of photography through her engagement with slow and considered technical processes of care and experimentation most likened to the traditional mediums of painting and printmaking.

She studied at the Victorian College of the Arts under the guidance of renowned Australian photographer, Bill Henson, completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1985 with a printmaking major. She has since exhibited locally at Linden Gallery (now Linden New Art), Brunswick Street Gallery and Artistcare Gallery in Melbourne. She was awarded the Sheila Kirk Award for Printmaking and the Geelong Grammar School Foundation Board Award for art education studies in Reggio Emilia, Italy. Sarah Bell was a finalist in the 2017 Lens Mist Awards.

Sarah’s recent works herald a return to painting and reflect an emotional response to the natural environment where she lives on the Mornington Peninsula, capturing the atmosphere, light and forms that change with the seasons.

 CV

Education

1985  

Bachelor of Fine Arts /Degree 

Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne

Major Printmaking, Minor Photography

1994

RMIT, Mosaic Technology, International Specialised Skills

2004

Postgraduate Diploma of Education

Monash University

Individual Exhibitions

2017

‘Transience’ G3 Space, Kingston Arts.

2001

'Soul Dreaming'

Artistcare Gallery

South Melbourne

1990

'Evolving'

Linden Gallery

St Kilda

Group Exhibitions

2017 Finalist, Lens Mist Awards, Kingston Arts

2016 Linden Postcard Show

2015

Small Works, Brunswick St Gallery

1989

'St Kilda 2' Linden Gallery

'Art for the Forests' Bondi Pavillion Gallery

'Environmental' State Bank Galleria

St Kilda Festival Aquisition, Linden Gallery

1988

St Kilda 1, Linden Gallery

1987

Flinders Art Exhibition

1986

Emerging Printmakers, 70 Arden St

Flinders Art Exhibition

Group Printmakers, 70 Arden St Kilda Festival, Linden Gallery

'Ad-in-Fine-Art-Um' 33 Surrey St, Kings Cross

Collaborations

Vicki Couzens and Geelong Grammar School Indigenous Scholars

Possum Skin Cloak

Mosaic Mural ‘Wings to Fly’ Geelong grammar School.

Press

The Weekly Review, 2013

http://issuu.com/theweeklyreview.com.au/docs/twr-stonnington-20131211-iss/30

The Age, 1985, Gary Catalano

Group Printmakers, 70 Arden St

Awards

2010 Geelong Grammar School Foundation Board Award

For studies in Reggio Emilia, Italy

1986 Flinders Art Exhibition - Sheila Kirk Award for printmaking

1983 and 1984 Victorian College of the Arts, printmaking award

Commissions

1998 Board Game design 'The Destiny Game'

1994-1998 Public and private mosaic commissions

1991 McPhee and Gribble

Book cover Illustration 'The Necessary Jungle'. David Brooks

1990 Oxford University Press, Book cover Illustration 'Project Chemistry'

Current Position - Art Educator

Currently employed as the Head of Art at an IBO World School, Art specialist in inquiry and Reggio Emilia based practices.