Sarah Longley - Biography View Artwork

Born: Belfast 1975


Education:

1986.1993 Methodist College Belfast
1993.1994 Manchester Metropolitan University
Diploma in Foundation Studies with Distinction
1995.1998 Edinburgh College of Art
BA(Hons) in Drawing & Painting: First Class
1999.2001 Edinburgh College of Art
MFA in Drawing & Painting


Solo Exhibitions:

1999 Drawings for Catriona White Prize, Edinburgh College of Art
2001 Peppercanister Gallery, Dublin
2003 Peppercanister Gallery, Dublin
2005 Peppercanister Gallery, Dublin
2005 Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast
2006 Peppercanister Gallery, Dublin
2009 Peppercanister Gallery, Dublin
2009 'Seasons', Mullan Gallery, Belfast
2011 'Sissinghurst Revisited', Peppercanister Gallery, Dublin
2012 'People and Places', Mullan Gallery, Belfast
2013 'Passing Places', Peppercanister Gallery, Dublin

Group Exhibitions:

1997 Royal Ulster Academy, Annual Exhibition, Belfast
1997 Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
1998 Compass Gallery, New Generation Exhibition, Glasgow
1998 Royal Scottish Academy, Annual Student Exhibition, Edinburgh
1998 Royal Bank of Scotland, Selected Student Exhibition, Edinburgh
1998 Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast
1999 Kelly’s Hotel Festival Exhibition, Co. Wexford
1999 Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast
2000 Royal Scottish Academy, Student Exhibition, Edinburgh
2000 Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast
2001 Royal Hibernian Gallery, Dublin
2001-2011 Peppercanister Gallery Spring, Summer & Winter Shows, Dublin
2001-2007 Brandon House Hotel, New Ross, Co. Wexford
2002 Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
2002 Gallery H.D.Nick, Exhibition of Irish Art, Aubais, France
2004 Boyle Arts Festival, Co. Roscommon
2004 Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast
2007 Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast
2008 Boyle Arts Festival, Co. Roscommon
2008 Mullan Gallery, Christmas Exhibition, Belfast
2009 Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
2009 Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast
2009 Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2011 Mullan Gallery, Christmas Exhibition, Belfast
2011 The Scottish Gallery, Christmas Exhibition, Edinburgh
2011 Anniversary Exhibition, Mullan Gallery, Belfast
2011 26 Treasures Exhibition, Ulster Museum
2012 Summer Exhibition, Mullan Gallery
2013&2014 Lochalsh Art Fair, Wester Ross
2013 Christmas Exhibition, Peppercanister Gallery, Dublin
2013 Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast


Prizes & Awards:

1997 University Prize for Outstanding Merit
1998 Catriona White Memorial Prize for Drawing
1998 Emer Gallery Prize, best work by a student at the R.U.A
2001 Short listed for Sainsbury Scholarship to Rome
2001 Short listed for Gilchrist-Fisher Award for Landscape Painting
2001 Nicholson & Bass Prize for best drawing in the R.U.A
2004&2007 Emer Gallery Prize for best self-portrait in the R.U.A

Collections:

1997&2004&2012 Arts Council of Northern Ireland
1997 Haverty Trust
1997 Crawford Municipal Gallery, Cork
1998 Ulster Television
1999 Edinburgh College of Art
2000 Department of the Environment, Northern Ireland
2004 Self-Portrait Collection, Limerick University


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