Sarah Morton
Biography
I studied Art History at the University of St Andrews and the Art of Black and White Photography at Glasgow School of Art. I have been selected for exhibition with the Royal Photographic Society, the Chania International Photography Festival, the Blank Wall Gallery in Athens and have recently become a Juried Affiliate Artist with the prestigious Circle-Arts Foundation in France. I have won four awards for my photography from the annual Monochrome Awards, and this year won a Gold Award from the inaugural New York Photography Awards. I am also a member of Art Map Argyll, the BJP 1854 community and the RPS. My work has been exhibited in Britain and Europe and is in private collections from the USA to Australia. My photographs have been published in ArtMag, Spotlight and Contemporary Artist magazines and in 2020 I was selected as one of the first artists to feature in the new European art magazine Art IDEAL. My work has also been selected by Saatchi Art to feature in their Catalogue 2020.
EXHIBITIONS
2022 - SELECTED FOR CONTEMPORARY ART CURATOR EXHIBITION - THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT
2021 - SELECTED FOR CONTEMPORARY ART CURATOR EXHIBITION - INFINITE DREAMS
2021 - BLANK WALL GALLERY, ATHENS, GREECE
2021 - CREATIVE COVERAGE GROUP EXHIBITION
2019 - WITH MICHAEL MULLEN, ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL, GLASGOW
2017-2020 - THE BLANK WALL GALLERY, ATHENS, GREECE
2018 - GROUP SHOW, THE ART AND DESIGN LIBRARY, EDINBURGH
2017 - PAINTING WITH LIGHT (SOLO SHOW), THE WHITE CLOTH GALLERY, LEEDS
2017 - GROUP SHOW, THE LALLY GALLERY, EREWASH MUSEM, ILKESTON
2017 - SUMMER SHOW, THE RICCIO GALLERY, DALKEITH
2017 - WITH MARTY KRISTIAN, ST JOHN’S ARC, HARLOW, ESSEX
2017 - GROUP SHOW, THE NEW FOREST GALLERY, LYNDHURST, HANTS
2016 - TWO SEA KINGDOMS, THE LOFT GALLERY, ELIE, FIFE
2015 - WITH PRISCILLA BRIGHTMAN, THE STABLES GALLERY, HOPETOUN HOUSE, MIDLOTHIAN
2014 - PHOTOGRAPHERS, THE OYSTER BAR, CAIRNDOW, ARGYLL
2013 - HARBOUR LIFE, COASTAL DESIGN GALLERY, CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLL
2012 - GROUP SHOW, SALISBURY, WILTS
2011 - COWAL OPEN STUDIOS, BENMORE BOTANIC GARDENS, ARGYLL
2010 - SOLO EXHIBITION, CHATTERS, DUNOON, ARGYLL
AWARDS AND SELECTED COMPETITIONS
2022 - SILVER MEDAL IN THE MUSE PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
2021 - GOLD MEDAL IN THE INAUGURAL NEW YORK PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
2021 - SELECTED FOR 4TH INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL, CHANIA, CRETE
2021 - HIGHLY COMMENDED - MONOCHROME AWARDS
2020 - SELECTED FOR 3RD INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL, CHANIA, CRETE
2020 - HIGHLY COMMENDED - MONOCHROME AWARDS
2020 - SELECTED FOR BLANK WALL GALLERY PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION
2019 - SELECTED FOR 2ND INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL, CHANIA, CRETE
2018 - HIGHLY COMMENDED - MONOCHROME AWARDS
2017 - SELECTED FOR RPS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 160
2017 - SELECTED FOR ‘PERSONAL PORTRAITS’, RIVERSIDE GALLERY, RICHMOND, MIDDLESEX
Artist Statement
This collection of monochrome images is all from 2022. I love black and white. A very average and not particularly interesting image in colour can be transformed into something dramatic and eye-catching when rendered in monochrome. I live surrounded by sea on a peninsula on the west coast of Scotland. My inspiration is on the doorstep and informs much of my work. Themes of memory, time, perception and reality all appear in my work - sometimes deliberately, sometimes coincidentally...
Country United Kingdom
Website www.sarahmortonphotography.co.uk
