Sarah knill-jones
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- Biography
A yearning for significance on being in this world permeates the artist's work, and without seeking to provide solutions, she hopes to encourage reflection on the impact of our actions. She draws from within herself to reflect on the universality of human drama, which is expressed through the limitations of her body, the repetitiveness of her gestures, the relentless seeking out of meaning, and the struggle to survive in the face of the evident absurdity of her actions.
Raised in Scotland Sarah Knill-Jones studied at the Glasgow School of Art and obtained her Master in Fine Art from the University of the Arts London.
The human form and our capacity for the monstrous is a key component, areas of colour create a fusion between image and situation, and partial obliteration lend the works a certain ambiguity and fluidity. Her practice incorporates drawing, painting, performance, print making, video and collaborative experiments, and the core remains centred on the creative act as a visceral, human response to the world we live in.
Raised in Scotland Sarah Knill-Jones studied at the Glasgow School of Art and obtained her Master in Fine Art from the University of the Arts London.
The human form and our capacity for the monstrous is a key component, areas of colour create a fusion between image and situation, and partial obliteration lend the works a certain ambiguity and fluidity. Her practice incorporates drawing, painting, performance, print making, video and collaborative experiments, and the core remains centred on the creative act as a visceral, human response to the world we live in.
Education
2010 MA CAMBERWELL COLLEGE OF ART (London, UK)
2009 Postgraduate Diploma BYAM SHAW SCHOOL OF ART (London UK) 1991 BA GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART (Glasgow, Scotland)
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Shifting Selves, IESA Gallery, Paris
2015 The (Dis-)appearing Woman, Museum of Modern Art, Baku, Azerbaijan, curated by Anastasia Blockhina
2010 Perceptions, MiM Centre of Contemporary Art, Baku, Azerbaijan, curated by Sabina Shikhlinskaya,
2008 Metamorphosis, Sting, Stavanger, Norway
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2025
Dérive(s) Duwoshow with Louise Decruck, Rift at Poush, Aubervilliers, curator Yvannoe Kruger
This Year’s Model III, Studio 1.1 London, UK, curator Keran James
2024 Drawing at the Arctic Circle, Gallleri Napa, Rovaniemi Finland, curator Elisa Alaluusua
Quand la chrysalide s’éveille, Galerie Dauphine/Brownstone Foundation Paris, curator Dayneris Brito
This Year’s Model, Studio 1.1 London, UK, curator Keran James
2023
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing prize, London UK
Insights Inside, Blossom Art Agency, Annecy, France
2022
Dreams & Visions, Pakistan Art Forum, Lahore, Pakistan, curator Zara Saijid
Wander Lines, Blossom Art Agency, Paris
A Cable I Have No Knife to Cut, curated by Alexandre Colliex, Poush Manifesto, Clichy, France
2020
This Year’s Model, Studio 1.1, London, UK
2018
‘Kif-Kif’ Exercises in reproducibility collaborative painting experiments with Nina Rodin, Fine Arts, Maastricht
2017
Despina Residency Projects, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, curator Raphael Fonseca
This Year’s Model, Studio 1.1 London, UK
2016
Editions, Tripp Gallery, London (collaboration with Nina Rodin) Looking Up, Studio 1.1, London UK
Open Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Art Converters, Studio 1.1 London, UK
2014
This Year's Model, Studio 1.1, London UK
Art Converters, Studio 1.1, London, UK
Threadneedle Prize Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2013
Contemporary Miniature, Baku, Azerbaijan
Caspiy, Caspian Biennale, Centre of Contemporary Art, Baku
2012
Variable Control/Control Variable collaboration with Nina Rodin
2010 MA CAMBERWELL COLLEGE OF ART (London, UK)
2009 Postgraduate Diploma BYAM SHAW SCHOOL OF ART (London UK) 1991 BA GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART (Glasgow, Scotland)
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Shifting Selves, IESA Gallery, Paris
2015 The (Dis-)appearing Woman, Museum of Modern Art, Baku, Azerbaijan, curated by Anastasia Blockhina
2010 Perceptions, MiM Centre of Contemporary Art, Baku, Azerbaijan, curated by Sabina Shikhlinskaya,
2008 Metamorphosis, Sting, Stavanger, Norway
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2025
Dérive(s) Duwoshow with Louise Decruck, Rift at Poush, Aubervilliers, curator Yvannoe Kruger
This Year’s Model III, Studio 1.1 London, UK, curator Keran James
2024 Drawing at the Arctic Circle, Gallleri Napa, Rovaniemi Finland, curator Elisa Alaluusua
Quand la chrysalide s’éveille, Galerie Dauphine/Brownstone Foundation Paris, curator Dayneris Brito
This Year’s Model, Studio 1.1 London, UK, curator Keran James
2023
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing prize, London UK
Insights Inside, Blossom Art Agency, Annecy, France
2022
Dreams & Visions, Pakistan Art Forum, Lahore, Pakistan, curator Zara Saijid
Wander Lines, Blossom Art Agency, Paris
A Cable I Have No Knife to Cut, curated by Alexandre Colliex, Poush Manifesto, Clichy, France
2020
This Year’s Model, Studio 1.1, London, UK
2018
‘Kif-Kif’ Exercises in reproducibility collaborative painting experiments with Nina Rodin, Fine Arts, Maastricht
2017
Despina Residency Projects, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, curator Raphael Fonseca
This Year’s Model, Studio 1.1 London, UK
2016
Editions, Tripp Gallery, London (collaboration with Nina Rodin) Looking Up, Studio 1.1, London UK
Open Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Art Converters, Studio 1.1 London, UK
2014
This Year's Model, Studio 1.1, London UK
Art Converters, Studio 1.1, London, UK
Threadneedle Prize Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2013
Contemporary Miniature, Baku, Azerbaijan
Caspiy, Caspian Biennale, Centre of Contemporary Art, Baku
2012
Variable Control/Control Variable collaboration with Nina Rodin
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