Sarah Poots (b. Co. Down, N. Ireland) graduated from Glasgow School of Art, 2002; The Royal Academy Schools, London, 2010 and from HGB Academy Leipzig, Germany in 2008. Poots has exhibited extensively in the UK and Ireland. Solo shows include, Placeholder, Curated by Kristian Day, Weekday Cross, Nottingham, 2024; One Unit and the Next, ANDOR Gallery, London, 2015; Can be used over and over, CCA Derry, 2014. A selection of group exhibitions include: Pourquoi London with Gertrude x Canopy Collections, Spitalfields, London, 2024; To Feel All Your Warmth, Warbling Collective, London, 2023; Contemporary British Painting Prize, 2021; Fully Awake, Holden Gallery, Manchester 2021; Blazon, Sid Motion Gallery, London 2019;The Toast, curated by Robin Footitt, New Arts Projects, London, 2018; Marching Through The Fields, Warbling Collective, London 2018; You can’t blame gravity for falling in love, curated by Eliza Bonham Carter, Lychee One, London, 2016; Outpost Open, Selected by Chris Rawcliffe and Lynda Morris, Norwich, 2016.