SARAH PICKSTONE (b. 1965) 'William Shakespeare, 2019'

Sarah Pickstone
Lives and works in London. Winner of the John Moores Painting Prize in 2014. A recipient of the Rome Scholarship, at the British School at Rome. Residencies in New York and Italy. She shows internationally, most recently in Shanghai, Seoul, New York, Italy and throughout the UK. She studied at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and the Royal Academy Schools, London.
Pickstone makes large-scale paintings in watercolour with oil and draws extensively. She has a particular interest in the contribution made by women artists and writers to visual and literary history and their creative processes. Recent work includes An Allegory of Painting, a commissioned site-specific painting for the Royal Academy collection space and the entrance hall of Burlington House, celebrating the work of Angelica Kauffman.