Sarah Cunningham talks through her works in 'Accordion Fields'

23 February 2024

Sarah Cunningham seeks out the essential and the alive through her imaginary wildernesses and fluid forestscapes. She constructs kaleidoscopic environments and imagined forest clearings from multiple layers of radiating bursts of light, line and colour. Cunningham builds up complex spatial structures through gestural marks, in a process of continual obliteration and overpainting, until hidden worlds and pastures appear.

She received an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art in 2022 and had her first exhibition at Lisson Gallery, London in July 2023. Her work has also been included in exhibitions in Aspen, Berlin, Los Angeles, New York and Vancouver at Almine Rech, Max Hetzler and the CICA Vancouver among others.