Sarah Ryder MRSS

I work instinctively and responsively with colour, marks, materials, and form, enjoying the richness of multidimensionality by mixing languages of painting, sculpture, and drawing.

My autonomy is growing as I develop ways of maintaining my art practice without contorting myself into capitalist systems which only benefit the ruling class.

I'm currently focused on exploring aluminium foil as a painting surface.
It enables me to work with a variety of sizes, processes, and speeds. Conceptually, I like how the foil substrate makes the painting as much as the paint, and my actions. It is easily portable. There are no hidden support structures dictating size, shape, and form.

My art is incomplete. It resists ossification, remains curious, and accepts entropy as part of the story.

Sarah Ryder* (b. 1978, Wales) lives and works in Colwyn Bay, North Wales. MFA Painting, Slade School of Fine Art, London, 2008; BA in Fine Art Painting at the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside, 2000.

Recent solo exhibitions Feet. Brain. Back Again. Galeri, Caernarfon, with second iteration in Cass Art Gallery, Manchester, both 2022. Recent group exhibitions: Caught In The Act, Royal Society of Sculptors, London, 2024; PLAY: The Movie!, Ty Pawb, Wrexham, 2023; BLINK Room Share 4, Safehouse 1, London, 2023; Maquette, No Show Space, London, 2023; Exeter Contemporary Open, Exeter Phoenix, Devon, 2022; Yellow Archangel Perceiving Anomalies, General Practice, Lincoln, 2021; ArtHouses, Whitley Bay, 2019.

Recipient of the overall award for Exeter Contemporary Open 2022.