Sarah Cunningham (1993 – c. 2 November 2024) was a British painter, known for her large landscapes.[1]
Education and career
editCunningham was born in Nottingham in 1993.[2][3] She studied at Loughborough University, gaining a BFA, and later studied at the Royal College of Art until 2022.[1][2] She did an artist-in-residency in Armila, Guna Yala, Panama, in 2018. Her first solo exhibition in the United States was in 2022 at the Almine Rech Gallery, New York.[1] In July–August 2024, she had a solo exhibition at the Lisson Gallery, Los Angeles.[4] Her works had also been shown in Berlin and Vancouver.[2]
Death
editCunningham was found dead in the early morning of 4 November 2024, on the tracks of the Chalk Farm tube station near Camden in north London.[5] She had last been seen alive on 2 November. Cunningham was 31.[6][7][8]
References
edit- ^ a b c Alexis Schwartz (3 March 2022). "Painter Sarah Cunningham Does Her Best Work at Night". Cultured. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ a b c Scheer, Urseula (7 November 2024). "Künstlerin tot aufgefunden". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. p. 11.
- ^ "City gallery 'truly devastated' by 'incredible artist's' death in London". Nottingham Evening Post. 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Gallery highlights: Sarah Cunningham: Flight Paths". Apollo. Vol. 200, no. 732. 1 July 2024. p. 22.
- ^ Jess Warren (4 November 2024). "Body found in search for missing artist". BBC News. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- ^ "British Painter Sarah Cunningham Dies at 31". Hyper Allergic. 5 November 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ "Rising Artist Sarah Cunningham Found Dead After Going Missing". Art Forum. 5 November 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ Seymour, Tom (12 November 2024). "Sarah Cunningham: the art world grieves one of the most compelling new voices in British painting". The Standard. Retrieved 12 November 2024.