SARAH DUFFY
Sarah Duffy (b.1986) lives and works in London. Duffy graduated in 2013 with an 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; Solo performance Enjoy The Silence at The Camden Arts Centre, London; The Ol' Switcheroo at Jupiter Woods, London; The Frequency of Magic at out_sight Gallery, Seoul; and Nothing is, Everything Just Has Been Or Will Be at The Korean Cultural Centre, London and Berlin. In 2020, Duffy joined the 5 year Live/work Programme at the Acme Fire Station in London, UK. Other international and national residency programmes include: The Seoul Museum of Art in 2018; A Triangle Network/ Gasworks International Fellowship at Lugar a Dudas in Cali, Colombia in 2019; Artlink, Fort Dunree in Donegal, Ireland in 2021; and a fellowship at Schloss Wiepersdorf in Brandenburg, Germany in 2022. In 2023, Duffy was AIR at ICST at Zurich University of the Arts where she continued her ongoing work in spatial sound. In November 2023, Duffy returned to Zurich for the first public iteration of her ongoing immersive sound project ' The Harvard Sentences', which was performed for an audience on a 28-speaker array in Concert Hall 1at ZHDK.
Education
2013
MFA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK
2009
BA Hons Fine Art, Nottingham Trent University, UK
Selected solo shows and performances
2023
The Harvard Sentences: AIR Showcase - Zurich University of the Arts, Concert Hall 1, Zurich, Switzerland
2022
Seven Days: online exhibition – CCA Derry ~ Londonderry, Ireland
2021
The House Always Wins - Fort Dunree, Inishowen, Ireland
2019
Receptor - Lugar a Dudas, Cali, Colombia
2016
Om3am: Om3am x Sarah Duffy hosted by Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Jos Bitelli and Felix Melia - Greenwich foot tunnel, London
2015
Sarah Duffy: Performance: Enjoy The Silence - The Camden Arts Centre, London
2014
Breathless - Acme Project Space, London
Selected group exhibitions and events
2024
Stage - SET Woolwich, London
2023
No Passive Mingling - Royal College of Art Curating Contemporary Art Degree Show, London
2022
Cill Ard publication launch – Artlink, Donegal, Ireland
Sommerfest - Schloss Wiepersdorf, Brandenburg, Germany
What Art Can Do - C *Space, Berlin, Germany
The Aside – Jägerschere Gallery, Brandenburg, Germany
2021
Nothing is, Everything just has been or will be - Gallery damdam, Berlin
Nothing is, Everything just has been or will be – Korean Cultural Centre, London
2020
Triangle Network commission for social media collaboration with Ivan Tovar
Transmissions - Episode Two hosted by Sophie Jung as part of an online screening program supported by Somerset House.
2019
Between Aeaea and The Rocks of Scylla - The Horse Hospital, London
The Frequency of Magic - out-sight 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
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 - 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
Residencies and Awards
2023:
ICST, Zurich University of the Arts: A two-week Artist residency exploring spatial sound synthesis
2022
Schloss Wiepersdorf Fellowship: A three-month Fellowship at Schloss Wiepersdorf Cultural Foundation in Brandenburg, Germany
The Clare Thornton Memorial Residency: A one-month residency at 37 Looe Street in Plymouth, UK
ZU-UK Drift: An intensive one week performance residency with Live Art company, ZU-UK in London, UK
2021
Developing Your Creative Practice Award: Arts Council England
Artlink residency: A one-month residency at Fort Dunree in County Donegal, Ireland
2020
ACME Fire station live/work Residency 2020-2025
2019
Gasworks/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.
Teaching and workshops
2022
Visiting Lecturer on BA Fine Art at The University of Plymouth
2020
Visiting Lecturer on BA Fine Art at Farnham, University of Creative Arts
2019
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