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About Artist

SOLO EXHIBITION
Sadie Tierney
The mountains are calling and I must go
20 November –18 December
Mountains are so often beguiling. They signal the evolution from the ordinary earth, to the extraordinary world, and the return therefrom. These are the sacred monuments that inspire the work of Sadie Tierney.

Amidst distinctive and expressive terrains, Sadie is keen to include a human element. This is to inspire themes of destination, contemplation and emotional connection to nature on a grand scale.

Rabley Gallery is thrilled to exhibit a new collection of Sadie Tierney’s paintings and prints ‘The mountains are calling and I must go’ quoting the pioneering C19th naturalist John Muir. Her works range across both mediums and mountain ranges capturing the light and atmosphere of the Alps.

Boodle Hatfield Prize Booth
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair
11–14 November

Working in a tradition of an English landscape painter and printmaker, Sadie Tierney explores objects and places where form is linked to emotion and metaphor. Her expressive images have a contemporary edge, they start with sketches and drawings made en plein air and are marked by their energetic use of colour and line.

The anticipated excitement of the voyage radiates from her prints and paintings. As the sun sets a ship heads out of port reflecting its lights on the sea, a fun fair with its mantle of starry gems lights the night sky or the road ahead sharing glimpses of a new horizon in an alpine valley.

Sadie Tierney was born in London and grew up in Chichester, UK. She currently lives in Portsmouth with her family. She studied at the Royal College of Art, MA (RCA) Fine Art Printmaking and BA(Hons) Fine Art, at Newcastle University.
Her work is in numerous collections including: UK: The Royal West of England Academy (Bristol); Golder Thompson Gift, Otter Collection, University of Chichester; Swindon Museum and Art Gallery; Clifford Chance Collection; Eton College Collection, Royal College of Art, London; The Royal Navy. USA:Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York. European: National Museum in Gdansk (Poland)

Selected Artworks

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Exhibitions

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021
Solo Exhibition with Rabley Gallery, Autumn 2019 Round Tower (solo), Portsmouth,
2019
Round Tower Portsmouth
2017
Of Night and Light and the Half Light, Rabley Gallery, Rabley Drawing Centre, UK
From Here to There, Eton College
2016
Tide and Time, Playdead Gallery, UK
2007
Flotilla, Aspex Gallery Portsmouth
Flotilla, Rabley Gallery, Rabley Drawing Centre, UK
A Space, 23, Old Portsmouth, UK
2003 Angela Flowers, Ireland
2002
Plemont Gallery, Jersey
2000
Flowers East Gallery (Gallery M), UK
1998
Flowers East Gallery (Flowers Graphics), UK
Oxford Gallery, UK
1999
Drawing Schools Gallery, Eton College , UK

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021
RWA Annual Open Exhibition, Bristol, 5 January – 11 April
Pause, Reflect, Curate, curated by Hotwalls Studios Portsmouth – 22 May
2020
Picture Palace, Transition Gallery, London,
London Original Print Fair,
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair (Boodle Hatfield Prizewinner)
2019
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London Original Print Fair, Joie, Gallery 68 Ulverston,
Printfest Printmaker of the Year,
National Original Print Exhibition,
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair
2018 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London Original Print Fair,
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fai
Sawdust and Sequins, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK
250th Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
London Original Print Fair, Rabley Gallery, London
London Art Fair, Rabley Gallery, London
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair
Gifted: A Celebration of Recent Acquisitions, University of Chichester
2017
Ink Miami Art Fair, Rabley Gallery, Miami, USA
London Original Print Fair, Rabley Gallery, Royal Academy of Arts, London
London Art Fair, Rabley Gallery, Islington, London
2016
Portsmouth in Paint and Print, Jack House Gallery, Portsmouth
La Poeme, Atelier Studio, Portsmouth, La Mer, Atelier Studio, Portsmouth RCA Secret London (1995-2016), RCA Secret Dubai (2015-16)
2015
Under the Spotlight, Coastguard Studios, Mamart at MAKE
2014
The Discerning Eye (selected artist), Mall Galleries, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Creating Balance, Aspex Gallery, Beyond Dickens (Dickens Birthplace Museum)
2013
Small is Beautiful, Flowers East Gallery, London
Creating Balance London, Shedshow 1, 2, 3 (solo), Shedshow 4
2012
Beyond Dickens, Portsmouth University
2010
London Art Fair, Rabley Contemporary, Islington, London
2008
Acquire, Aspex Gallery Portsmouth
RCA Secret, 1995-2002, 2004-8
2007
Funfair, Pottinger Gallery (solo)
Rabley Contemporary Drawing Centre (solo)
A Space, 23 High Street, Old Portsmouth (solo)
Art for Life, Christies, Cancer Research Campaign 2002,2005-7
2006
A Beautiful South…, Millais Gallery, Southampton Solent University
2005
Acid Drops, Sugar Candy, Transition, Fosterart, London
Band of Nod, 39, London
Nocturne, Sketch and Drawing Through Print, Rabley Drawing
Centre and 77 Contemporary, London
2004
Group Show, 39, London
2003
Angela Flowers Ireland (solo)
Exhibit 001, OLS&CO gallery, London
Evans Collection, Rivington Gallery, London
Clifford Chance, London
2002
Plemont Gallery, Jersey (solo)
Small is Beautiful, Flowers East (1998-2002)
Young Masters, Atlanta Georgia
2000
Flowers East (Gallery M)(solo)
Hammerson, London
The Peterborough Prize 2000 (finalist)
1999
Drawing Schools Gallery, Eton College (solo)
1998
Flowers East (Flowers Graphics) (solo)
Oxford Gallery (solo)
British Airways (Concorde Lounge)
1997
Addison Wesley Longmans, Clifford Chance, London
The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Cable & Wireless
Printmakers’ Council
1995
University of Bratislava

Film Screenings
2008
BBC BIG SCREEN FILM FESTIVAL Shortlisted for
Best Arts/Factual/Documentary
5th London Short Film Festival
Documentary program screening, Roxy Bar & Screen
2007
Reading Lines, Aspex Gallery
The Bigger Picture curated by Cornerhouse
Exchange Square, Manchester City Centre
2006
Gravix Award, Switzerland
Talent Circle Super Shorts Film Festival, London
Rewind Film Festival, Harbour Lights, Southampton
Stolen, The Aquarium Gallery, Euston
Halloween Short Film Festival (vx Vauxhall Auteur Theory Award
nominee), ICA,
Road Buzz, India Arms
Portsmouth Film and New Media Festival

Film Projects
2007
Road Buzz 60 minute documentary supported by Arts Council
England
2006
Southsea Sunsets 10 minute looped film for the Millais Gallery funded by the Millais Gallery and Arts Council England Awards:
2006
Arts Council England Grants for Individuals Award 2005 Arts Council England Grants for Individuals Award 1997 Printmakers’ Council Award, Alf Dunn Award (RCA)
1996
Alkazzi Travel Bursary

Residencies
2017 Rabley Drawing Centre, Artist in Residence

Collections
UK: The Royal West of England Academy (Bristol); Golder Thompson Gift, Otter Collection, University of Chichester; Swindon Museum and Art Gallery; Clifford Chance Collection; Eton College Collection, Royal College of Art, London; The Royal Navy. USA:Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York. European: National Museum in Gdansk (Poland),

Awards
2020
AN Bursary: Time Space Money Award
Arts Council England Emergency Response Fund
Boodle Hatfield Prize for print (purchase prize and solo exhibition)
2019 Printfest Printmaker of the Year (purchase prize, residency and exhibition)
2019 Printfest (Printmaker of the Year), Ulverston, UK.
2012 Road Buzz 60 minute documentary supported by Arts Council England
2006 Southsea Sunsets 10 minute looped film for the Millais Gallery

funded by the Millais Gallery and Arts Council England
2006 Arts Council England Grants for Individuals Award http://www.arts.org.uk/regions/homepage.php?rid=6
2005 Arts Council England Grants for Individuals Award
1997 Printmakers’ Council Award, Alf Dunn Award (RCA)
1996 The Basil Alkazzi Travel Bursary