Sarah Duffy (b.1986) lives and works in the UK. Duffy graduated in 2013 with a MFA from Goldsmiths, University of London; after which she became the inaugural recipient of The Acme Goldsmiths MFA Studio Award. Projects and exhibitions include: Solo Performance Om3am x Sarah Duffy hosted by Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Jos Bitelli and Felix Melia; Mount Florida Screenings at Glasgow Museum of Modern Art; A Faraway Rendez-vous at SixtyEight Art Institute as part of Copenhagen Art Week; Artists Behind Bars at Matt’s Gallery; Solo performance Enjoy The Silence at The Camden Arts Centre; The Ol' Switcheroo at Jupiter Woods, alongside Sophie Jung and Rebecca Lennon and The Frequency of Magic at out_sight Gallery, Seoul. Duffy has participated in several international residency programs including, The Arnis Residency, Germany; Terra Firma at Chateau de Bosmelet, Normandy and a 3-month residency in South Korea as part of The Seoul Museum of Art’s international residency program. From September to November 2019, Duffy will be in residence at Lugar a Dudas in Cali, Colombia as part of The Triangle Network’s and Gasworks International Fellowship programme.
Education
2013
MFA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London
2009
BA Hons Fine Art, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham
Selected solo shows and performances
2019
Sarah Duffy Performance - Lugar a Dudas, Cali, Colombia
2016
Om3am: Om3am x Sarah Duffy hosted by Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Josh Bitelli and Felix Melia - Greenwich foot tunnel, London
2015
Sarah Duffy: Performance: Enjoy The Silence - The Camden Arts Centre, London
2014
Come On In - Circus, London
Breathless - Acme Project Space, London
2010
The Other Interior - Commission awarded by Sideshow2010, the official fringe to ‘The British Art Show 7’ in Nottingham
Selected group exhibitions and events
2019
Between Aeaea and the rocks of Scylla – The Horse Hospital, London
The Frequency of Magic - Outsight Gallery, Seoul
You Are Good - toured to Kunstraum, London; The Tetley, Leeds; Humber Street Gallery, Hull; Islington Mill, Salford
2018
The Name Without An Owner, The Sound Of My Call - seMA Nanji Hall, Seoul
Entangle - Phoenix Arts Centre, Brighton
Solo Performance at Diep Haven Festival - Chateau Bosmelet, Normandy
The Ol' Switcheroo - Jupiter Woods, London
2017
Infinite Diegesis - Gossamer Fog, London
Claremorris Open - Claremorris, Ireland
Arnis Residency 2017 Urban Hinterland - Various locations in Arnis, Germany
Mount Florida Screenings 08 - Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
Mount Florida Screenings 08 - Mount Florida Studios, Glasgow
48-hour Film Screening - Almanac, London
2016
Liberties - The Exchange, Penzance
A Faraway Rendez-vous - SixtyEight Art Institute, as part of Copenhagen Art Week, Copenhagen
Artists Behind Bars - Matt's Gallery, London
Hello You - TAP, Southend-on-sea
2015
Experimentica Festival - Chapter Gallery, Cardiff
Liberties - Collyer Bristow Gallery, London
2014
Sub-Cell: A View From Below - The Old Police Cells Museum, Brighton
Paperwork Magazine Launch - Jupiter Woods, London
Paperwork Magazine Launch - Spike Island, Bristol
Honeymoon In Pickle Paradise – Emalin at The Landmark Hotel, London
Space of No Exception - Sokol, Moscow
Screening at Muzeon Park - IV Moscow Biennale for Young Art, Moscow
Here, The Other Side - APT gallery, London
Delve – RCA Curating Contemporary Art MFA interim show, Acme Project Space, London
2012
Pact - Studio 1:1, London
Performer for Jack Strange at Open File - Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes 2010
2010
Satellite - Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham
Residencies and Awards
2019
Triangle Network International 8-week Fellowship at Lugar a Dudas in Cali, Colombia
Jerwood Arts bursary to fund place on ‘Field Recording and Soundscape Composition’ course at Goldsmiths College, Uol
2018
seMA Nanji residency program, a three-month autumn/winter residency in Seoul, South Korea with The Seoul Museum of Art.
Diep~Haven Festival 2018: Terra Firma. One-week residency culminating in a public performance at Château de Bosmelet, Normandy
2017
Claremorris Open, Selected by Tom Morton as a prize winner
Arnis Residency, A ten-day residency in Arnis, Germany with ramoslübbert
2013-2014
One-year residency at Acme Studios, Copperfield road, as a result of winning the Goldsmiths MFA Studio Award. The residency included a studio, a bursary, a solo show and a mentorship program.
2013-2014
Two-week residency in Russia on an exchange programme with the ICA Moscow. This resulted in two group exhibitions the following year.
2008
Traversing Territories, a ten-day exchange to Musashino University in Tokyo.
Published writing
2014
COME ON IN - Paperwork Magazine Issue two: Act Natural
Surplus Matter - As part of 'Here, The Other Side' at APT Gallery
Teaching and workshops
2019
(Upcoming) Visiting Lecturer and MFA Fine Art Workshop leader at Nottingham Trent
2018
Visiting Tutor at Ewha Womans University, Seoul
2017
Serpentine Family Weekend: Lung Songs workshop with Jenny Moore at Serpentine Gallery, London
2014
Visiting Tutor for Nottingham Trent University Fine Art BA course – Nottingham Trent