About me
Welcome!
My name is Sara Ulfsparre (b.1975), and I am an artist. Originally from Sweden, I now live and create in the UK. My work is about me, my thoughts, and my experiences, as someone who lives with chronic illness and pain.
I came to art making late in my thirties. I explore materials, line, form and text. Initially focussing on drawing and painting, more recently I have developed my practice to concentrate on making three dimensional work. I use repeated and accumulative actions with needle felting, slow-stitching, crochet and soft sculpture.
The process and outcomes are of equal importance to me. The process helps me to make sense of my thoughts and ideas. It also helps to sooth my mental and physical pain, whilst helping to explore and communicate my understanding of that pain, and how to live with it. The outcomes give me extra insight into this, allowing audiences to have awareness of how my conditions affect my life, whilst giving space for their own interpretations.
Me, with my sculpture Pink Chair, at the Annual Exhibition at Royal West of England Academy in 2022
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS and publications:
2023
09 Jan-27 Jan 2023 Humanity: The Outside In National Exhibition, Sotheby’s, London (the exhibition will then tour to Glasgow and Brighton)
12 Aug - 16 Sept 2023 Humanity: The Outside In National Exhibition, Project Ability, Glasgow
25 Nov - 21 Jan 2024 Humanity: The Outside In National Exhibition. Brighton and Hove Museums
Bait/Switch Vol 4, No 1, Winter 2023: Interview and artwork Unravel, Ravel, Revel, Reveal
2022
08 Oct - 08 Jan 2023 RWA (Royal West of England Academy) 169th Annual Juried Exhibition
01 Apr-31 May Audacity - juried virtual exhibition at Roaring Artist Gallery
2021
05 Nov - 06 Dec THRESHOLD - online solo exhibition at Small House Gallery
August The Big Small Summer Open at Small House Gallery
2020
Art / Unlocked / Unearthed, juried online exhibition and downloadable zine
2019
02 Nov - 11 Dec RSA (Royal Scottish Academy) 193rd Annual Juried Exhibition
29 Sept - 01 Dec RWA (Royal West of England Academy) 167th Annual Juried Exhibition
2018
07 Oct - 25 Nov RWA (Royal West of England Academy) 166th Annual Juried Exhibition
2017
01 Oct - 03 Dec RWA (Royal West of England Academy) 165th Annual Juried Exhibition
22 July - 01 Oct RSA (Royal Scottish Academy) 191st Annual Juried Exhibition