Le Dejeuner sur l’Herbe – after Manet
Sally’s paintings are intriguing, there is a drama being enacted, a story unfolding.Sometimes the stage set is a domestic one, or an everyday scene, a seemingly familiar and therefore reassuring picture. We are drawn in as eager observers, only to realise that we have become participants in the story.
Her work displays an interest in, and a deep knowledge of, three visual art traditions, the Narrative, the Surreal and the Symbolic, marrying all together through her use of highly personal imagery. Her paintings are painstakingly crafted, taking months to produce one glowingly detailed art work. The paintings are icons of magical realism, the known with the mysterious. In making art she is making sense of the world and we, in viewing the work become part of that process, part of the drama.
Keith Bayliss Visual Artist 2013
“Each painting is a mini psychological drama, often absurd, sometimes surreal and invariably humorous. I hope that my paintings may both unsettle and amuse the viewer.” Sally Moore 2014
In 2013 film-maker Mark Latimer set up a collaborative project with Sally to make a documentary film about her work. “The Domestic Surrealist” explores Sally’s thought processes and practice giving insight into her complex paintings.
SALLY MOORE – CURRICULUM VITAE 2014
EDUCATION
1986-87 M.A. Fine Art, City of Birmingham Polytechnic
1981-84 Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford University
1980-81 Foundation Studies, South Glamorgan Institute, Cardiff
AWARDS
2005 Welsh Artist of the Year
1996 First-prize, Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
1994 Second-prize, National Eisteddfod Competition of Wales
1993 Second-prize, 10th Anniversary Exhibition, St. David’s Hall,Cardiff
1992 Abbey Memorial Scholarship [to study at the British School in Rome]
1988 Free studio residency at Delfina Studios Trust for two years
1988 Lucy Morrison Memorial Prize, Royal overseas league, London
1988 Second –prize, Mid Art ’88, Dudley Art Gallery, Birmingham
1987 Emma Jessie Phipps Award, City of Birmingham Polytechnic
1986 Welsh Arts council Grant
1983 art research travel scholarship, Somerville college, Oxford
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
National Museum of Wales
National library of Wales
Newport Museum and Art Gallery
Contemporary Art Society for Wales
Works in collections continued
Sunderland Art Gallery
South East Wales Art Association
St John’s College, Oxford
Private collections worldwide
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 St David’s Cathedral, West Wales, Festival artist
2013, 2011, 2010. 2007, 2005, 2003, 2000, 1997, 1995 Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff
1991 Long and Ryle Art International, London
1988 The Bridge Gallery, Polytechnic of Wales, Pontypridd
1986 The Viriamu Jones Gallery, University College Cardiff
1983 Somerville College, Oxford
GROUP EXHIBITIONS [selected]
2016 The Columbia Threadneedle Prize , Mall Galleries, London
2014 BP Portrait Award Exhibition, National Portrait Gallery, London
2012 Small paintings Exhibition, Oriel Tegryn [Martin Tinney], North Wales
2012 The Affordable Art Fair, Martin Tinney, Battersea, London
2010 Four Women Artists, Oriel Tegryn, North Wales
2010 ‘St Paul’s in the 21st Century’, St Paul’s Catherdral, London
2009 ‘Paintings with [Welsh] People in’ Martin Tinney Gallery,Cardiff
2009 Wales Portrait Award’ Travelling exhibition
2005 ‘Kew’, Kew Gardens, London
2003 Two person show, Leslie and Sally Moore, Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff
2003 ‘Celebrate’, Oriel Davies Gallery
2001 ‘Summer Exhibition 2001’, The Royal Academy, London
2000 ‘Summer Exhibition 2000’, The Royal Academy, London
1998 ‘Animal Tales and Pet Confessions’,Leicester City Gallery
1997 ‘Welsh Painters Talking’, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
1996 ‘Discerning Eye Prize Winner’s Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
1995 ‘Lineart ‘95’, Ghent, Belgium [with MartinTinney Gallery]
1994 – 2012, ‘Art ’94 – 2012’,Business Design Centre, London [with Martin Tinney Gallery]
1993 ‘Summer Group Show’ Bruton Street Gallery
1993 ‘Mostra ‘93’, British School, Rome, Italy
1992 Group Show , Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne
1992 ‘Heads’, Lamont Gallery, London
1992 Competion Exhibition, Royal Overseas League, London
1992 Group Show, Frost and Reed, London
1992 ‘Summer Group Show’, Bruton Street Gallery, London
1992 ‘The Group Show’, Wales/Philadelphia Visual Art, Philadelphia
1991 ‘Three Women Artists’, Vera Grodzinski Modern and Contemporary Art, London
1991 The Welsh Group, Glyn Vivian Gallery, Swansea
1990 The London Group Exhibition, Royal College of Art, London
1990 Group Show, The Thumb Gallery, London
1990 ‘New British Painting’, Long and Ryle Art International, London
1989 ‘Christie’s New Contemporaries’, Royal College of Art, London
1989 ‘Inner Language’, [travelling exhibition] Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
1988 ‘Delfina Studios Inaugural Exhibition’, Delfina Studios, London
1988 Competition exhibition, Royal Overseas League, London
1988 Mid Art ’88, Dudley Art Gallery, Birmingham
1988 ‘Canterbury Tales’ exhibition [commission], Chaucer Heritage Centre, Canterbury
1986 ‘Direct Contact’, Stuttgart/Cardiff Exchange, Kunstlerhaus Stuttgart and Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff
1984 ‘Young Cardiff Artists’, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
1983 Cardiff University Centenary Exhibition, Cardiff University
