Sarah Lee

Sarah Lee’s work is influenced by animals, architecture, history and literature, often blending these to make detailed annotations on life and the world around her. She has a collection of living sketch books which she takes everywhere she goes so that she can make images as she travels. She also makes lively depictions and cartoons of the life and movements of her cat Horatio.

In 2022 Sarah took part in Narratives, the third in our pioneering Conversations Series, in which artists from Venture Arts work alongside other contemporary artists over several months, producing new work through an equal exchange of art and ideas. Sarah worked closely with the Manchester Jewish Museum and her hand embroidered text and images were influenced by the stained glass windows and structures within the synagogue. Sarah’s work also reinterprets her grandfather’s experience and woodcarvings which he made as a way to process the persecution he had experienced. This collaboration resulted in an exhibition at The Lowry in January 2023.

Sarah also took part in the first Conversation Series, OutsiderXchanges in 2016, and her resulting work was exhibited at The Manchester Contemporary and BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead.