British visual artist
Sarah Pickering (born 1972) is a British
visual artist working with
photography
[1] and related media including
3D scanning and
digital rendering , performance,
[2] appropriated objects and print. Her artist statement says she is interested in "fakes, tests, hierarchy, sci-fi, explosions, photography and gunfire."
[3] She is based in London.
Pickering's book Explosions, Fires and Public Order was published by
Aperture in 2010. She has had solo exhibitions at Meessen De Clercq, Brussels (2009),
[4]
Ffotogallery , Wales (2009),
[5]
Museum of Contemporary Photography , Chicago (MoCP, 2010),
[6] and Durham Art Gallery (2013);
[7] and was included in
Manifesta 11 in Zurich (2016).
[8] Her work is held in the collections of the
Victoria and Albert Museum , London; MoCP, Chicago, IL; and
North Carolina Museum of Art , Raleigh, NC.
She is a part-time Associate Professor in fine art media at the
Slade School of Fine Art ,
University College London .
[9]
[10]
Life and work
Pickering was born and raised in
Durham, England , and attended
Belmont Comprehensive School and
Durham Sixth Form Centre .
[11] After a foundation course in art and design at
Newcastle College (1991–1992), she was awarded a BA (Hons.) in photographic studies at the
University of Derby (1992–1995), and a MA in photography at the
Royal College of Art (2003–2005).
[12]
[13]
Her artist statement says she is interested in "fakes, tests, hierarchy, sci-fi, explosions, photography and gunfire."
[3]
Based in London, she is a part-time
teaching fellow in fine art media at the
Slade School of Fine Art ,
University College London .
[9]
[10]
"Match, 2015", was a 38 metre long public artwork installed at Castlegate Shopping Centre, Stockton-on-Tees between 2016 and 2017.
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[15]
Publications
Books by Pickering
Publications with contributions by Pickering
Vitamin Ph, A survey of Contemporary Photography.
Phaidon , 2006.
ISBN
9780714856421 .
System Error: War is a Force that Gives us Meaning. Italy: Silvana, 2007.
ISBN
9788836608423 . Edited by L. Fusi and N. Mohaiemen.
How We Are Photographing Britain from the 1840s to the present. London:
Tate , 2007.
ISBN
9781854377142 . Edited by
Val Williams and
Susan Bright .
In our World, New Photography in Britain. 2008. Milan:
Skira .
ISBN
9788861305434 . Edited by Filippo Maggia. Pickering's contribution is on pages 142–151.
Foam Album 08. Amsterdam:
Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam , 2008.
ISBN
9789490022013 .
New Light: Jerwood Photography Awards 2003–08. Edinburgh: Portfolio Magazine, 2009.
ISBN
978-0-9520608-4-0 . With a foreword by Roanne Dods, an essay by Martin Barnes, and an afterword by Gloria Chalmers.
Theatres of the Real. Antwerp:
Fotomuseum Antwerp ; Brighton:
Photoworks , 2009.
ISBN
9781903796269 .
Realtà Manipolate/Manipulating Reality. Alias, 2009.
ISBN
9788896532041 .
C International Photo Magazine 09. London:
Ivorypress , 2009.
ISBN
9780955961335 .
Bruit De Fond/Background Noise. Je Suis une Bande de Jeunes, 2010.
ISBN
9782953350616 .
Afterwards: Contemporary Photography Confronting the Past. London:
Thames & Hudson , 2011.
ISBN
9780500543986 . Edited by Nathalie Herschdorfer.
Public Relations. SAFLE Commission, 2012.
ISBN
9780950820163 .
Hijacked III: Australia / United Kingdom. Cottesloe, WA: Big City; Heidelberg:
Kehrer , 2012.
ISBN
9783868282856 . Exhibition catalogue.
The Photographer's Playbook: 307 Assignments and Ideas. New York: Aperture, 2014.
ISBN
978-1-59711-247-5 . Edited by
Gregory Halpern and
Jason Fulford .
Staging Disorder. London:
Black Dog Publishing , 2015.
ISBN
9781910433157 . Edited by Christopher Stewart and Esther Teichmann.
Revelations. London:
Mack , 2015. Edited by Ben Burbridge.
ISBN
9781907946455 .
Awards
2005:
Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers Photography Prize,
Royal College of Art .
[16]
2005:
The Photographers' Gallery Graduate Award, London.
[17]
2005: Jerwood Photography Award, for Public Order. Other winners were Daniel Gustav Cramer, Nina Mangalanayagam, Oliver Parker, and Luke Stephenson.
[18]
[19]
2008: Peter S. Reed Award, Peter S. Reed Foundation, USA.
[20]
2015: Refocus: the Castlegate mima Photography Prize,
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (mima) and
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council . A commission to produce "Match, 2015".
[21]
[22]
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
Fire Scene, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York City, 2008.
[23]
Explosion, Meessen De Clercq, Brussels, 2009.
[4]
Holding Fire,
Ffotogallery , Wales, 2009.
[5]
Incident Control,
Museum of Contemporary Photography , Chicago, IL, 2010.
[6]
Aim & Fire, included Celestial Objects and other works, Durham Art Gallery, Durham, England. Part of The Social: Encountering Photography festival, 2013, for which Celestial Objects was commissioned.
[7]
[24]
Group exhibitions
Part of East International festival, Norwich, UK, 2005. Selected by
Gustav Metzger .
[25]
How We Are: Photographing Britain from the 1840s to the Present,
Tate Britain , London, 2007. Curated by
Val Williams and
Susan Bright .
[26]
'Theatres of the Real' – Contemporary British Post-Documentary Photography ,
Fotomuseum Antwerp , Antwerp, Belgium, 2009. Curated by David Green and Joanna Lowry.
[27]
Manipulating Reality: How Images Redefine the World , Centro di Cultura Contemporanea Strozzina,
Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi ,
Palazzo Strozzi , Florence, Italy, 2009/10.
[28]
Signs of a Struggle: Photography in the Wake of Postmodernism,
Victoria and Albert Museum , London, 2011.
[29]
[30] Curated by Marta Weiss.
An Orchestrated Vision: The Theater of Contemporary Photography,
Saint Louis Art Museum , St. Louis, MO, 2012.
[31]
[32]
[33]
Living in the Ruins of the Twentieth Century , UTS Gallery,
University of Technology, Sydney , Australia, 2013.
[34]
[35]
Revelations: Experiments in Photography,
Media Space ,
Science Museum, London , 2015;
[36]
National Media Museum , Bradford, 2015/16.
[37] Co-curated by Greg Hobson and Ben Burbridge.
Professions Performing in Art,
Manifesta 11, Zurich, 2016. Curated by
Christian Jankowski and Francesca Gavin.
[8]
Collections
Pickering's work is held in the following permanent collections:
References
^ Davies, Lucy (25 August 2010).
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"Sarah Pickering - Pickpocket - A free Professional Development Workshop for Artists" . Manifesta . 10 June 2016. Archived from
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Pickering, Sarah .
"Bio" . Retrieved 18 April 2017 .
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"Sarah Pickering: Explosion: March 6, 2009 - April 11, 2009" . Meessen De Clercq . 2009. Archived from
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"Exhibitions: Sarah Pickering – Holding Fire: May 9 - Jun 20 2009" . Ffoto Gallery . 2009. Archived from
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Sarah Pickering: Incident Control: Apr 9 — Jun 20, 2010 ".
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"Photographers' artwork putting city in the picture" .
Sunderland Echo . Sunderland. 17 October 2013. Archived from
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Ms Sarah Pickering: Teaching Fellow ".
Slade School of Fine Art . Accessed 6 April 2017
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https://www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/people/academic/spick01/ "
People > All Staff ".
Slade School of Fine Art . 3 July 2023
^ Thompson, Fiona (13 November 2013).
"Sarah's Exhibition Hits the Mark" .
Sunderland Echo . Sunderland. Retrieved 8 April 2017 .
^ Sarah Pickering (2010). Sarah Pickering - Explosions, Fires and Public Order .
Aperture Foundation . p. 121.
ISBN
978-1597111232 .
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Locate: A Jerwood Encounters exhibition: Curated by Sarah Williams ".
Jerwood Foundation . Accessed 18 April 2017
^ Webber, Chris (30 May 2015).
"A heavenly match made in Stockton to be displayed in new work of art" . Darlington:
The Northern Echo . Retrieved 7 April 2017 .
^ Sampson, Lindsey (29 May 2015).
"Student's 38-metre friction match artwork to take pride of place in Stockton" . Middlesbrough:
Teesside Gazette . Retrieved 7 April 2017 .
^ Filippo Maggia, ed. (2008). In our World, New Photography in Britain .
Skira . p. 143.
ISBN
9788861305434 .
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Sarah Pickering Wins The Photographers' Gallery Graduate Award ".
The Photographers' Gallery , 13 June 2005. Accessed 7 April 2017
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Jerwood Photography Award 2005 ". Jerwood Charitable Foundation. Accessed 7 April 2017
^ Judd, Terri (18 November 2005).
"Photographers take a view on hot political issues" .
The Independent . London. Retrieved 7 April 2017 .
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"List of Individual grant recipients by year - 2008" . Peter S. Reed Foundation . Archived from
the original on 8 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017 .
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"Match, 2015" . Refocus. Retrieved 7 April 2017 .
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"Teesside University lecturer recreates famous John Walker match" . Teesside University. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2017 .
^ Gopnik, Blake (15 January 2006).
"Up in Smoke: An Explosive Approach to Art" .
The Washington Post . Washington, D.C. Retrieved 7 April 2017 .
^ Padley, Gemma (1 November 2013).
"New photography festival takes over Northeast England" .
British Journal of Photography . Retrieved 17 April 2017 .
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"East International 2005: Sarah Pickering" . East International, Norwich University of the Arts. Retrieved 17 April 2017 .
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We are here: Photographing Britain ", Tate, 1 May 2007. Accessed 17 April 2017.
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" 'Theatres of the Real' – Contemporary British Post-Documentary Photography" .
Fotomuseum Antwerp . 2009. Archived from
the original on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017 .
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"Manipulating Reality: How Images Redefine the World" . Centro di Cultura Contemporanea Strozzina. Retrieved 17 April 2017 .
^ Ward, Ossian (20 August 2011).
"Signs of a Struggle, V&A, London" .
The Independent . London. Retrieved 7 April 2017 .
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"Signs of a Struggle: V&A - review" . London:
London Evening Standard . 16 August 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2017 .
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"An Orchestrated Vision: The Theater of Contemporary Photography: February 19–May 13, 2012" .
Saint Louis Art Museum . Archived from
the original on 16 October 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017 .
^ Richard B. Woodward (17 April 2012).
"Walls Come Tumbling Down" .
The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved 17 April 2017 .
^ Beall, Dickson (29 February 2012).
" "An Orchestrated Vision": Saint Louis Art Museum debuts exhibit of contemporary photography" . Webster-Kirkwood Times. Retrieved 17 April 2017 .
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"Living In The Ruins Of The Twentieth Century: A vision of the twentieth century as a history of false starts, misbegotten technologies and missing utopias" .
University of Technology, Sydney . Retrieved 17 April 2017 .
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"Living in the Ruins of the Twentieth Century" . Living in the Ruins . Archived from
the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2017 .
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"Revelations: Experiments in Photography" . Science Museum .
Media Space . January 2015. Archived from
the original on 3 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017 .
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"Revelations: Experiments in Photography" .
National Science and Media Museum . Retrieved 1 May 2020 .
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"White Goods | Pickering, Sarah" . Victoria and Albert Museum . Retrieved 8 May 2022 .
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"John Adams, Museum Collection. Salted paper Print circa 1852-60. Unknown Photographer | Sarah Pickering" . Victoria and Albert Museum . Retrieved 8 May 2022 .
^ "
Landmine ".
Museum of Contemporary Photography . Accessed 7 April 2017
^ "
Dining Room ".
Museum of Contemporary Photography . Accessed 17 April 2017
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"Cigarette" . North Carolina Museum of Art . 11 March 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2022 .
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"Large Maroon" . North Carolina Museum of Art . 11 March 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2022 .
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"Shellburst Day" . North Carolina Museum of Art . 11 March 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2022 .
^ Packard, Cassie (7 October 2021).
"LACMA and the Brooklyn Museum Will Share 200 Photographs by European Women Artists" . Hyperallergic . Retrieved 3 July 2023 .
^ LACMA, Press Release (30 September 2021).
"EXHIBITION Advisory Exhibition: In the Now: Gender and Nation in Europe, Selections from the Sir Mark Fehrs Haukohl Photography Collection On View: November 14, 2021–February 13, 2022 Location: Resnick Pavilion" (PDF) . LACMA.org . Retrieved 3 July 2023 .
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