Sarah Kirby

Abbey Mills and the Wolsey Building - linocut, 2013

Abbey Mills and the Wolsey Building, 2012 - linocut, 2013
Wheatsheaf Works, Leicester - linocut

Wheatsheaf Works, Leicester - linocut
St Margarets and the Corah Works - linocut, 2012

St Margarets and the Corah Works - linocut, 2012

Elected 2002

www.sarahkirby.co.uk

Sarah Kirby has an MA in Fine Art from Nottingham Trent University and an MA in Museum & Gallery Studies from City University, London. She works from her studio in central Leicester and at Leicester Print Workshop, where she has been a member and tutor for over 20 years. She regularly exhibits in LPW shows and she hosts a grand Open Studio/Open House event at her studio in November each year.

In 2012 Sarah was awarded a prestigious Leverhulme Artist in Residence (AIR) award. She became Artist in Residence at the Centre for Urban Studies at University of Leicester 2012 - 2014, exploring new ways of looking at Leicester's history with a new series of linocuts. Commissioned work includes 14 Fantastical Animal Alphabet with Leicester Print Workshop at Compton Verney in 2013.