Sarah Roberts is a Welsh artist who lives and works in Leeds and Wales. She is interested in our capacity for momentary encounters with the world, primarily with visible surfaces of architecture, landscape and the body. Moments in which these surfaces are seen as collisions of form and colour that reverberate and invite us to reencounter an object and the power of visually driven connections to take us back to the past.

Sarah creates collage, written works and immersive installations using sculpture, large format print, found objects, textiles, sound, moving image, fragrance and whatever else is drawn into her conversation about the materials she associates with the place or emotion she’s exploring. She takes a tactile approach as she researches the place of provenance, this can include meticulously collecting the scent, the sensation and the hue of a suburban concrete driveway, a casino carpet or a cliff edge.

Alongside her practice, Sarah volunteers with a local charity, is a part-time associate lecturer in fine art, and is founder and curator at Hyde Park Art Club and SHELF.

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