SARAH GRAHAM
SARAH GRAHAM Exhibition: 19th June - 17th July 2012
sims reed gallery The Economist Building 30 Bury Street London SW1Y 6AU Tel. +44 (0) 207 930 5111 Fax +44 (0) 207 930 1555 gallery@simsreed.com www.gallery.simsreed.com
My thanks to the Natural History Museum, without whom this show would not have been possible
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Harlequin Longhorn Beetle, Acrocinus longimanus Graphite on paper, 2012 65 x 46.5 inches; 165 x 118 cm 6
Rhino Beetle, Augosoma centaurus Ink on paper, 2011 46.9 x 70.1 inches; 119 x 178 cm 8
Graphite on paper, 2011 48 x 65 inches; 122 x 165 cm 10
Scorpion, Heterometrus sp. Ink on paper, 2011 61 x 45.1 inches; 155 x 114.5 cm 12
Henrietta Graphite on paper, 2012 64.8 x 47.6 inches; 164.5 x 121 cm 14
Giant Cicada, Cicadidae sp. Ink on paper, 2011 65 x 46.7 inches; 82 x 196.3 cm
Bat Graphite on paper, 2012 46.5 x 96.5 inches; 118 x 245 cm 18
Iris I Ink on paper, 2012 70.9 x 53.9 inches; 180 x 137 cm
Iris II Ink on paper, 2012 71.3 x 53.1 inches; 181 x 135 cm
Tailess Whipscorpion, Damon medius Ink on paper, 2011 46.9 x 70.9 inches; 119 x 180 cm 22
Giant Dead Leaf Mantis, Beroplatis desiccata Graphite on paper, 2012 63 x 47.6 inches; 160 x 121 cm
Longhorn Beetle, Callipogon armillatus Graphite on paper, 2011 65 x 47.5 inches; 165 x 118.5 cm
After D端rer Ink on paper, 2012 41.7 x 58.5 inches; 106 x 148.5 cm 26
African Goliath Beetle, Goliathus goliatus Ink on paper, 2011 70.3 x 47.2 inches; 178.5 x 120 cm 28
Chrysanthemum Graphite on paper, 2011 62 x 40.9 inches; 157.5 x 104 cm
Sunflower Graphite on paper, 2011 64.2 x 46.5 inches; 163 x 168 cm
Tree Frog Ink on paper, 2011 70.5 x 58.5 inches; 179 x 148.5 cm 32
Amaryllis Ink on paper, 2012 71.7 x 53.5 inches; 182 x 136 cm 34
Stag Beetle, Lucanus cervus Ink on paper, 2012 61 x 44.9 inches; 155 x 114 cm 36
Biography Sarah Graham was born in Edinburgh in 1973. Between 1992 and 1996 she completed two MA’s at Edinburgh University and Edinburgh College of Art in History of Art and Fine Art. From 1994 – 2005, she travelled across the world drawing and painting in Australia, Turkey, Cape Town, China, Pakistan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan, California and Long Island, USA. In 2001 she rode across Central Asia with a travel writer and made a film that the Discovery Channel bought called “Beyond the Mountains of Heaven” and co-wrote the book “Silk Road, Troubled Dreams”. Natural forms and the plant world provide her main source of inspiration. She now alternates between walking and drawing from nature and then working up the drawings in her studio.
Exhibitions Galerie Maximillian, Aspen - July 2011 Sims Reed Gallery, London - June 2010 Sims Reed Gallery, London - October - November 2008
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