Sarah McConkey - Visual Artist

Contact Details:
2A Curtis Road, Fenham, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 9BH
Tel: 0191 273 0682 / Mobile: 0781 1121891

Allenholme, Elm Bank Road, Wylam, NE41 8HT
Tel: 01661 852922
Email: mcconkey_sarah@hotmail.com
Web: www.sarahmcconkey.co.uk

With the Samling Foundation: I staged an exhibition with the Foundation in 1996 when it was in the Lake District.

Current Activities: Since 1996 I have obtained a master's degree at Norwich and continue to exhibit regularly in London. This year my work was selected from the BP Portrait Award Exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. The BP picture is on the www.npg.org.uk website. Other images can be found on www.pymsgallery.com

Born: 1973, Newport, Gwent.

Education: Educated at primary and secondary level in Newcastle upon Tyne and at Prudhoe, Northumberland.
1992 Foundation Studies in Art and Design, Newcastle College; 1993 Summer School in Etching, Bewick Studios; 1995 BA hons in Fine Art, Loughborough College of Art and Design; 1998 MA in Fine Art at Norwich School of Art and Design.

Teaching and other Professional Experience:
1996-7 Part-time lecturer for Preparatory Certificate in Fine Art, (2nd Year), University of Northumbria at Newcastle; 1998 Gallery Assistant, Norwich School of Art Gallery; Visiting Lecturer, Cleveland College of Art; 1998-9 Part-time lecturer for 1st Year Undergraduate Fine Art, University of Northumbria at Newcastle; Part-time tutor, Foundation Studies in Art and Design, Sunderland City College; 1999-2000 Part-time tutor, at University of Northumbria, Sunderland City College, Bensham Community College and Gateshead College; 2000-2 Part-time tutor at Sunderland City College, and Gateshead College, Visiting Lecturer Sunderland University.

Exhibitions:
1995 Loughborough, University, Blackburn Lectures Exhibition; Loughborough, College of Art and Design, Final Degree Show; London, Mall Galleries, New English Art Club.
1996 Edinburgh, Habitat UK, Solo Exhibition (16 works); Windermere, Cumbria, The Samling, Solo Exhibition (22 works); North Shields, Vicarage Cottage Gallery Summer Exhibition, Five Women Artists, (12 works); London, Mall Galleries, New English Art Club, Peterlee, Peterlee Arts Centre, Solo Exhibition, (2 works); North Shields, Vicarage Cottage Gallery, Christmas Exhibition, (5 works); Whickham, Newcastle upon Tyne, The Beacon, 'Portfolio', (3 works).
1997 Morpeth, Longhirst Hall, Three Women Artists,(3 works); Newcastle upon Tyne, Clayton Gallery, Summer Exhibition, (4 works); Newcastle upon Tyne, University of Northumbria, Staff/Student exhibition, Now I can do that, (2 works); London, Mall Galleries, New English Art Club.
1998 Pontypridd, University of Glamorgan Purchase Prize exhibition; Norwich School of Art Gallery, Real Time; London, Mall Galleries, New English Art Club; Newcastle upon Tyne, University of Northumbria,
Staff/Student exhibition, (2 works).
1999 Newcastle upon Tyne, Bath Lane Gallery, 18-35, (5 works); Milifield, Somerset, Atkinson Art Gallery, Branson '99, selected work by recent MA Fine Art Students, (4 works); Durham, Saints Internet Cafe, Two person show (9 works); London, Mall Galleries, New English Art Club; Cockermouth, Castleside Gallery, Christmas Exhibition; Newcastle upon Tyne, Bluebell Gallery, Christmas Exhibiton.
2000 Milifield, Somerset, Atkinson Art Gallery, Visitor Attractions, (solo exhibition, 25 works); London, Mall Galleries, New English Art Club; London, Pyms Gallery, Visitors (two person show with Jacinta Feeney, 20 works).
2001 Newcastle upon Tyne, University of Northumbria Gallery; The People Show London; Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Spring Exhibition; London, Mall Galleries, New English Art Club.
2002 Newcastle upon Tyne, University of Northumbria Gallery, The People Show; Bury Art Gallery, Manchester Academy of Fine Art, Annual Exhibition; London, National Portrait Gallery, and Aberdeen Art Gallery, BP Portrait Award Exhibition; London, Mall Galleries, New English Art Club; Durham, DLI Museum and Durham Art Gallery, Eye Opener exhibition.

Awards and Prizes:

1996 Winner of the Worshipful Company of Painter Stainers Prize, New English Art Club; 1996 Small Assistance Award, Northern Arts; 1997 Winner of the Marks and Spencer Young Artists' Prize; 1999 Small Assistance Award, Northern Arts; 1999-200 1 Post-graduate Studentship, University of Northumbria;

Works in Loughborough University Permanent Collection, Habitat UK, Samling Art Foundation, University of
Northumbria at Newcastle, Tricycle Theatre, London and in Private Collections in England, Scotland and Ireland.