Sarah Ball
Born 1965 in South Yorkshire, England
Lives and works near Penzance, Cornwall
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2027
The Holburne Museum, Bath, England (forthcoming)
Pilar Corrias, London, England (forthcoming)
2025
Stephen Friedman Gallery, Frieze London, England
Oh! You Pretty Things, Longlati Foundation, Shanghai, China
Stephen Friedman Gallery, Frieze London, England
Oh! You Pretty Things, Longlati Foundation, Shanghai, China
2024
Tilted, Stephen Friedman Gallery, New York, USA
Tilted, Stephen Friedman Gallery, New York, USA
2022
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, England (catalogue)
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, England (catalogue)
2021
Stephen Friedman Gallery, Frieze New York, USA
Stephen Friedman Gallery, Frieze New York, USA
2020
Portraits, Ben Hunter Gallery, London, England
Portraits, Ben Hunter Gallery, London, England
2019
Themself, Anima Mundi, St Ives, England
Bertillon, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, Texas, USA
An Unlikely Likeness, Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas, USA
Themself, Anima Mundi, St Ives, England
Bertillon, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, Texas, USA
An Unlikely Likeness, Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas, USA
2017
Bertillon, Anima-Mundi, St Ives, Cornwall, England
Kindred, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, Texas, USA
Bertillon, Anima-Mundi, St Ives, Cornwall, England
Kindred, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, Texas, USA
2016
The Garden Room, House of St Barnabas, Soho Square, London, England
The Garden Room, House of St Barnabas, Soho Square, London, England
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
The Mechanised Image: Forty Years of Paupers Press, Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Penzance, England
Fool's Privilege, Uffner Liu, New York, USA
Drawing Biennial 2026, Drawing Room, London, England
Mirrors: Reflecting on Identity, Falmouth Art Gallery, England
2025
New Contemporaries, Christies, London, England
2024
Contemporary Collecting: David Hockney to Cornelia Parker, The British Museum, London, England
Being There, No.1 Royal Crescent, Bath, England
X Collection 202: Portrait of a Man, X Museum, Beijing, China
The Infinite Woman, Fondation Carmignac, Porquerolles, France
Contemporary collecting: David Hockney to Cornelia Parker, Gallery 90, British Museum, London, England
From the Ashes, The Truman Brewery, London, England
Being There, No.1 Royal Crescent, Bath, England
X Collection 202: Portrait of a Man, X Museum, Beijing, China
The Infinite Woman, Fondation Carmignac, Porquerolles, France
Contemporary collecting: David Hockney to Cornelia Parker, Gallery 90, British Museum, London, England
From the Ashes, The Truman Brewery, London, England
2023
The Place I Am, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, England
the artist is a beast: Collection Edwin Oostmeijer, On The Inside, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
A Living Collection, Hepworth Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
The Place I Am, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, England
the artist is a beast: Collection Edwin Oostmeijer, On The Inside, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
A Living Collection, Hepworth Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
2022
Being In the World: The Tenth Anniversary of the Long Museum, Long Museum, Shanghai, China
The Collection of Beth Rudin DeWoody, The Bunker Artspace, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
I'm stepping high, I'm drifting, and there I go leaping, Xiao Museum of Contemporary Art, Rizhao City, China
From Near and Far: Collage and Figuration in the Contemporary Age, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, England
Space for Imaginative Actions, a group show of the collection at Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Being In the World: The Tenth Anniversary of the Long Museum, Long Museum, Shanghai, China
The Collection of Beth Rudin DeWoody, The Bunker Artspace, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
I'm stepping high, I'm drifting, and there I go leaping, Xiao Museum of Contemporary Art, Rizhao City, China
From Near and Far: Collage and Figuration in the Contemporary Age, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, England
Space for Imaginative Actions, a group show of the collection at Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
2021
TWO x TWO for AIDS and Art, Rachofsky House, Dallas, Texas, USA
Friend Zone, Half Gallery, New York, USA
TWO x TWO for AIDS and Art, Rachofsky House, Dallas, Texas, USA
Friend Zone, Half Gallery, New York, USA
2020
Underglass 2, Half Gallery, New York, USA
I See You, Victoria Miro, London, England
Ode to a Nightingale, Anima Mundi, St Ives, Cornwall, England
Underglass 2, Half Gallery, New York, USA
I See You, Victoria Miro, London, England
Ode to a Nightingale, Anima Mundi, St Ives, Cornwall, England
2019
Protected by Alarms, Anima Mundi, St Ives, Cornwall, England
Till We Have Faces (with Natalia Dias), Ten Gallery, Cardiff, Wales
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, England
Protected by Alarms, Anima Mundi, St Ives, Cornwall, England
Till We Have Faces (with Natalia Dias), Ten Gallery, Cardiff, Wales
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, England
2018
As The Crow Flies, bo.lee, London, England
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, England
Threadneedle Prize for painting and sculpture, Mall Galleries, London, England
As The Crow Flies, bo.lee, London, England
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, England
Threadneedle Prize for painting and sculpture, Mall Galleries, London, England
2017
REALLY?, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA (curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody)
REALLY?, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA (curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody)
2016
From Silence, (organised by Anima Mundi), Herrick Gallery, London, England
Marmite Prize for Painting, Block 336, London, England and High Lanes Gallery, Drogheda, Ireland
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, England
Threadneedle Prize for Painting and Sculpture, Mall Galleries, London, England
TWO X TWO, Dallas, Texas, USA (benefiting amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS research, Dallas, Texas, USA)
From Silence, (organised by Anima Mundi), Herrick Gallery, London, England
Marmite Prize for Painting, Block 336, London, England and High Lanes Gallery, Drogheda, Ireland
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, England
Threadneedle Prize for Painting and Sculpture, Mall Galleries, London, England
TWO X TWO, Dallas, Texas, USA (benefiting amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS research, Dallas, Texas, USA)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2025
famm: Female Artists of the Mougins Museum, France, Merrell, London, England
famm: Female Artists of the Mougins Museum, France, Merrell, London, England
2024
The Anomie Review of Contemporary British Painting 3, Anomie Publishing, London, England
The Anomie Review of Contemporary British Painting 3, Anomie Publishing, London, England
2022
Sarah Ball, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, England
Sarah Ball, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, England
EDUCATION
2005
MFA, Bath Spa University, Bath, England
1986
BA Hons, Newport Art College, Newport, Wales
AWARDS
2014
Threadneedle Prize for Painting and Sculpture (shortlisted)
National Open Art Competition, Somerset House, London, England (winner: Best from Wales)
Threadneedle Prize for Painting and Sculpture (shortlisted)
National Open Art Competition, Somerset House, London, England (winner: Best from Wales)
2013
Welsh Artist of the Year (winner)
Welsh Artist of the Year (winner)
2012
National Open Art Competition, Somerset House, London, England (winner: Best from Wales)
National Open Art Competition, Somerset House, London, England (winner: Best from Wales)
2005
Purchase Prize, Welsh Millenium Centre/ Oriel Y Bont, University of Glamorgan, Wales (shortlisted)
Purchase Prize, Welsh Millenium Centre/ Oriel Y Bont, University of Glamorgan, Wales (shortlisted)
NOTABLE COLLECTIONS
Arts Council Collection, UK
British Museum, London, UK
British Museum, London, UK
FAMM (Femme Artistes du Musée de Mougins), France
Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas, USA
Hepworth Wakefield, West Yorkshire, UK
Jerwood Collection, UK
Kistefos Museum, Jevnaker, Norway
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
Longlati Foundation, Shanghai, China
Long Museum, Shanghai, China
Pond Society, Shanghai, China
Rachofsky Collection, Dallas, Texas, USA
University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, Wales, UK
Xiao Museum of Contemporary Art, Rizhao City, China
Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas, USA
Hepworth Wakefield, West Yorkshire, UK
Jerwood Collection, UK
Kistefos Museum, Jevnaker, Norway
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
Longlati Foundation, Shanghai, China
Long Museum, Shanghai, China
Pond Society, Shanghai, China
Rachofsky Collection, Dallas, Texas, USA
University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, Wales, UK
Xiao Museum of Contemporary Art, Rizhao City, China