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Sarah Cathers

Mixed Media

A collector of oddities with an urge to document and preserve the forgotten. Driven by the process of fragmentation, I gather pieces of discarded objects with the incentive to mend and rebuild the broken and repurpose the forgotten. I create my own tangible compositions placing odd pieces of different materials that fit together, juxtaposing the unlikely. Fascinated by adhesives and their ability to secure and fasten two objects together, I aim to preserve an objects history and importance, using these materials to preserve and trap their history and original importance. By focusing on the binding capabilities of thread, I use fibres to conceal and repair, wrapping and securing pieces together, acknowledging their past while recognising their potential to be something other than their intended purpose.

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Where to Buy My Work

Craft NI Gallery, Belfast

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Achievements

August 2021: 1st Prize at Craft NI Gallery’s August Craft Month Exhibition, ‘RE-New’.

March 2021: Awarded IERP funding from ACNI.

January 2021: Completed a collaborative series of works with jeweller, Rosie Elwood.

September 2019: Commissioned to create ‘KINDRED’, a series of site responsive artworks for Ulster University

November 2018: ArtsTalks: ArtWalks Original Vision Prize

October 2018: Bluecoat Display Centre’s Showcase Award

July 2018: 1 of 5 UK makers selected to exhibit in the Emerging Makers category at the GNNCC

June 2018: The Lila Speir Award for Embroidered Textile Art

 

Exhibitions

November 2021: Portrait of Northern Ireland, 100 year centenary exhibition at the Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast.

August 2021: ‘RE-New’ August Craft Month 2021 Exhibition at Craft Ni Gallery, Belfast

June 2021: Creative Industries Internship Window Display, Craft NI Gallery, Belfast

October 2019: The Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair, Manchester

June 2019: Graduates in Residence, Ulster University Belfast

May 2019: New Makers Exhibition, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool

March 2019: Material Matters, Ulster University Belfast

November 2018: Royal Ulster Academy of Arts 138th Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast

October 2018: The Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair, Manchester

September 2018: TRANS-FORM, for London Design Week by Mint Shop, London

August 2018: Portal, Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre Cwmbran, Wales

July 2018: New Designers, Business Design Centre, London

June 2018: Graduate Degree Show, Ulster University Belfast

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