s a r a h j o s e p h AFRO-CARIBBEAN PAINTER
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Education
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MBA, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad, 2001
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BFA, Summa cum Laude, Howard University, Washington D.C., 1991
Awards
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Best Figurative & Portrait Award, Art in the Gardens, Sheffield, 2022, for Autumn Spirit
Public Commissions
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2023: Commissioned painting presented to Pope Francis, St Peter's Square, Vatican City, 18 October 2023. The work was also used as the cover art for Archbishop Robert Rivas O.P.'s book The Face of a Listening Church.
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2023: Commissioned painting for the Alder Bar Pub, Kelham Island, Sheffield UK.
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2019: Commissioned Painting for 54 Saddle Restaurant, Maraval, Trinidad
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2014: Commissioned Paintings for House of Angostura Distillery, Laventille, Trinidad
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
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Open Gallery Autumn Exhibition, Open Gallery, Halifax, 21–24 Oct and 4–14 Nov
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RBSA Friends Exhibition, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, 8 Jan – 7 Feb, showing Head to the Sky
2025–2027
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Caribbean Footsteps, Weston Park Museum, Sheffield. A Grateful Heart is on loan until May 2027.
2021–2024
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Walkley Edge Artists, group exhibitions, Sheffield 2022, 2024
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Huddle Winter Art Collection, Hammersmith, London, June–December 2021
1995–1999
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Group exhibitions with Women in Art, Gallery 101 and the T&T Art Society, Trinidad
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2000–2012
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2000, 2001, 2007, 2012, Horizons Art Gallery, Port-of-Spain
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017
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"A Glimpse of Gold" [Gustav Klimt tribute exhibition], Gallery 6, Port-of-Spain, October
2016
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"Elements" Horizons Art Gallery, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad
2015
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"Resonance" The Inner Gallery, Castries, St Lucia, 2015
PROFESSIONAL ART FAIRS
2022–2026
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Art in the Gardens, Sheffield, UK, Annually 2022 - 2026
Publications
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2024: Yorkshire Post, Weekend Magazine Article, UK
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2023: Exposed Magazine, August cover and featured Spotlight artist, UK
Memberships
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2024- Present: Friend - Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Birmingham, UK
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2022 - Present: Walkley Edge Artists, Sheffield, UK
Public and private collections
Republic Bank Ltd, Guardian Group, House of Angostura, Niherst, Kenson Group, Alder Bar, and the Vatican.
Private collections across the Caribbean, USA, UK, Europe, Canada and Australia.